How connected vehicles' windshield wipers could prevent flooding
One of your car's oldest features has been put to a new, high-tech use by University of Michigan researchers.
Jan 18, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
A new way to measure solar panel degradation
Despite many benefits and relative popularity as a renewable energy source, eventually, the sun does set on even the best solar panels. Over time, solar cells face damage from weather, temperature changes, soiling, and UV ...
Jan 10, 2019
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Computer Sciences
Artificial intelligence for better computer graphics
At the TU Wien (Vienna), neural networks have been developed which make it much easier to create photorealistic pictures of a wide variety of materials.
Dec 18, 2018
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Machine Learning & AI
'Human brain' supercomputer with 1 million processors switched on for first time
The world's largest neuromorphic supercomputer designed and built to work in the same way a human brain does has been fitted with its landmark one-millionth processor core and is being switched on for the first time.
Nov 02, 2018
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Engineering
Optimal resource allocation for UAV communication systems in disaster management
Researchers at Queen's University Belfast (QUB) and Duy Tan University (DTU) have been collaborating on a project aimed at improving the communication systems of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Their research was awarded ...
Sep 17, 2018 feature
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Scientists present concept for the elimination of traffic jams
A team of researchers from Cologne and New York has presented proposals for future traffic management. A dynamic, fair toll for road use could reduce congestion.
Aug 03, 2018
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Engineering
Low-cost plastic sensors could monitor a range of health conditions
An international team of researchers have developed a low-cost sensor made from semiconducting plastic that can be used to diagnose or monitor a wide range of health conditions, such as surgical complications or neurodegenerative ...
Jun 22, 2018
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New sensors open door to wearable medical diagnostic device
Scientists from ANU have designed tiny optical sensors that open the door to developing a wearable device that allows doctors to medically diagnose people's health in real time.
Jun 07, 2018
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How artificial intelligence will transform how we gesture
"Over the last decade, machine learning, which is part of artificial intelligence (AI), has given us self-driving cars, practical speech recognition, effective web search, and a vastly improved understanding of the human ...
Feb 20, 2018
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Football helmet smartfoam signals potential concussions in real time
Most football fans have seen players get hit so hard they can barely walk back to the sideline. All too often, those players are back on the field just a few plays later, despite suffering what appears to be a head injury. ...
Sep 21, 2017
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Map offers real-time, crowd-sourced flood reporting during Hurricane Irma
As Hurricane Irma bears down on the U.S., the MIT Urban Risk Lab has launched a free, open-source platform that will help residents and government officials track flooding in Broward County, Florida. The platform, RiskMap.us, ...
Sep 11, 2017
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Robotics
Camera drone for space station is ball of cuteness with cube-shaped brain
(Tech Xplore)—The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has disclosed the first images and movies that have been shot by the "Int-Ball," which is short for Internal Ball Camera. This is a cute-looking and efficient ...
Jul 18, 2017 weblog
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New algorithm for drones quickly makes sense of incoming visual data
There's a limit to how fast autonomous vehicles can fly while safely avoiding obstacles. That's because the cameras used on today's drones can only process images so fast, frame by individual frame. Beyond roughly 30 miles ...
May 26, 2017
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Using deep learning to read images being processed in the brain
(Tech Xplore)—A team of researchers from several institutions in China has applied deep learning by a computer to the problem of reading visual imagery in the brain and then reproduced it in a 2-D format. A paper describing ...
May 08, 2017 report
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Researchers invent 'smart' thread that collects diagnostic data when sutured into tissue
For the first time, researchers led by Tufts University engineers have integrated nano-scale sensors, electronics and microfluidics into threads - ranging from simple cotton to sophisticated synthetics - that can be sutured ...
Jul 18, 2016
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