Understanding people's concerns and attitudes toward smart cities
If you own an internet-connected "smart" device, chances are it knows a lot about your home life.
Apr 25, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Can the heat from running computers help grow our food? It's complicated
Digital technologies are changing how food is produced. And it's more than harvesting robots that are arriving on the scene. Companies are now pairing data centers with greenhouses, capturing the heat emitted by computing ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
Five burning questions about ChatGPT, answered by humans
This sentence was not written by ChatGPT. Later on in this story, you'll find a paragraph drafted by the popular artificial intelligence platform (it's up to you to decide which paragraph). But, for now, what you read is ...
Feb 21, 2023
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Security
ChatGPT is a data privacy nightmare. If you've ever posted online, you ought to be concerned, says researcher
ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. Within two months of its release it reached 100 million active users, making it the fastest-growing consumer application ever launched. Users are attracted to the tool's advanced capabilities—and ...
Feb 8, 2023
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Software
Dolphin-inspired compact sonar for enhanced underwater acoustic imaging
Underwater imaging sonars are an essential technology for ocean exploration. Biomimetic sonars that are inspired from marine mammals such as dolphins are an emerging development in this field. A team of scientists from the ...
Jan 19, 2023
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Self-driving lorries hit the road in Sweden
Barrelling down a motorway south of Stockholm in a 40-ton lorry and trailer, the driver keeps a careful eye on the road but, jarringly, no hands on the wheel.
Nov 30, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Argonne releases small modular reactor waste analysis report
Study one of the first to address nuclear waste production of small modular reactors.
Nov 18, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
The one-party versus third-party question: How brands tackle the challenges of selling via online platforms
Researchers from University of Missouri and University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines the pricing and brand equity implications of brands selling their products ...
Aug 17, 2022
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Business
Video game worlds are often devoid of children—here's why
While the potential benefits or drawbacks of children playing video games receives a lot of attention, little notice is taken of the place of children within video games themselves. However, the representation of children ...
Jun 2, 2022
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Robotics
Robotic cubes: Self-reconfiguring ElectroVoxels use embedded electromagnets to test applications for space exploration
If faced with the choice of sending a swarm of full-sized, distinct robots to space, or a large crew of smaller robotic modules, you might want to enlist the latter. Modular robots, like those depicted in films such as "Big ...
Feb 23, 2022
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