California cuts electric-car rebates, drops luxury models
California's rebate program to entice more drivers to purchase electric vehicles has gotten less generous, especially for residents looking to buy luxury models.
Dec 04, 2019
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Software
Clothing development software: Computer model calculates heat dissipation beneath clothing
Whether for sports, at work or in the living room—depending on activity and environment, our clothing has to meet different demands. Empa scientists have developed a model that predicts how well a given garment will keep ...
Nov 22, 2019
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Business
Where parents feel like chauffeurs, companies step in
When Deb Fink heard about a company that could drive her 9-year-old son to his after-school program, she balked at the idea of putting him in a car with a stranger. But faced with the unrelenting pressure of driving him where ...
Nov 21, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Reimagined thermionic energy technology to help reduce electricity costs
Energy technology can be costly and inconvenient for commercial usage due to operational expenses. Atlas Energy Systems, a Purdue University-affiliated startup, is working to create a more robust form of energy technology.
Nov 20, 2019
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Top US court to hear key Google-Oracle software case
The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a software copyright case pitting Oracle against Google in which billions of dollars is at stake.
Nov 15, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Tech Q&A: Some slow PCs can't be made much faster
Q: About three months ago, I purchased an HP Pavilion laptop, model 17-ar050wm, that is clearly the slowest PC I've ever owned or used. I had a technician look for anything that could be turned off or deleted to make the ...
Nov 14, 2019
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Engineering
UPS makes first drone deliveries of CVS prescriptions to consumers' homes
UPS has completed its first commercial drone deliveries of CVS prescriptions to consumers' homes, as part of a partnership between the shipping giant and the drugstore chain to develop plans for drone delivery service.
Nov 06, 2019
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Computer Sciences
Designing unmanned aerial vehicle trajectories for energy minimization
A team of researchers at the University of Luxembourg and the Ontario Tech University have recently proposed a new approach to design trajectories for energy-efficient unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled wireless communications. ...
Nov 04, 2019 feature
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Computer Sciences
Why more software development needs to go to the machines
Our expert: Justin Gottschlich leads the Machine Programming Research (MPR) team in the Systems and Software Research Lab. Justin's newly-formed research group focuses on the pioneering promise of machine programming, which ...
Oct 28, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
Could AI beat radiologists at spotting bleeds in the brain?
Computer-driven artificial intelligence (AI) can help protect human brains from the damage wrought by stroke, a new report suggests.
Oct 24, 2019
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Software
Tapis computing platform weaves together science computing tools
Scientists looking to reduce their complexity to research and add a new computational tool to their tool belt can explore the Tapis Project. The Tapis software platform aims to help researchers more easily leverage powerful ...
Oct 23, 2019
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Team finds glitch that could affect more than 100 scientific studies
A team of researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa came across a discovery they never intended to uncover when a graduate student attempted to verify calculated data just prior to publication of a study involving ...
Oct 17, 2019
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Internet
Research shows people are overconfident about identifying phishing emails
People may not be as cyber-savvy as they believe they are when it comes to identifying email phishing scams, according to Missouri S&T researchers. But employers may benefit from teaching employees how to spot phishing by ...
Sep 27, 2019
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How an AI trained to read scientific papers could predict future discoveries
"Can machines think?", asked the famous mathematician, code breaker and computer scientist Alan Turing almost 70 years ago. Today, some experts have no doubt that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will soon be able to develop ...
Sep 24, 2019
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Pentagon cancels billion-dollar missile defense project
The Pentagon is pulling the plug on a billion-dollar, technically troubled project to build a better weapon that would destroy incoming missiles. The move is aimed in part at considering new approaches to missile defense ...
Aug 21, 2019
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