IBM Research shows how health insights may come from fingernail wearable
A tiny fingernail sensor has been worked up that monitors diseases and movement disorders. IBM Research tells their prototype story in a December video.
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Unmanned and unbothered: Autonomous intelligent oceanic exploration is upon us
The ocean has always been a force to be reckoned with when it comes to understanding and traversing its seemingly limitless blue waters. Past innovations such as deep-sea submersibles and ocean-observing satellites have helped ...
Oct 11, 2023
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Avocado robot swings its way to unexplored treetops
It abseils from a height and swings around obstacles: Robot Avocado will one day maneuver through the canopy of the rainforest and collect data for researchers about this hard-to-reach habitat.
Jan 30, 2024
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Security
New chip stops attacks before they start
A new computer processor architecture developed at the University of Michigan could usher in a future where computers proactively defend against threats, rendering the current electronic security model of bugs and patches ...
May 2, 2019
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New device simulates feel of walls, solid objects in virtual reality
Today's virtual reality systems can create immersive visual experiences, but seldom do they enable users to feel anything—particularly walls, appliances and furniture. A new device developed at Carnegie Mellon University, ...
Apr 28, 2020
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Virtual reality can combat isolation with awe and empathy, on Earth and in space
It takes seven months to get to Mars in an efficiently engineered spaceship, covering the distance of 480 million kilometers. On this journey, a crew would have to survive in a confined space with no opportunity to experience ...
Nov 1, 2021
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Robots deciding their next move need help prioritizing
As robots replace humans in dangerous situations such as search and rescue missions, they need to be able to quickly assess and make decisions—to react and adapt like a human being would. Researchers at the University of ...
Oct 21, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Microsoft Research, University of Cambridge work on DeepCoder to write its own code
(Tech Xplore)—It's been said that an artificial intelligence dream has been building systems that can write computer programs. A University of Cambridge and Microsoft Research team is on a direct path.
Business
New NLP model improves stock market predictions
For financial investors, finding ways to effectively predict the behavior of stocks and shares is critical if they want their investments to perform well. There are online sources of information on the factors that drive ...
Oct 20, 2021
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Highly sensitive pressure sensors for robotics and healthcare applications
Microscopic sensors that can detect small changes in pressure have numerous useful applications, particularly for the development of robots and health-monitoring wearable devices. Most existing capacitive and transistor-based ...
