Chrome descriptions of images will clue in blind and low vision users
You can get image descriptions on Chrome. This is a real boost for blind and low-vision users, so that they can know what is on display.
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Engineering
Bioactive inks printed on wearable textiles can map conditions over the entire surface of the body
Researchers at Tufts University's School of Engineering have developed biomaterial-based inks that respond to and quantify chemicals released from the body (e.g. in sweat and potentially other biofluids) or in the surrounding ...
Jun 5, 2020
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers demonstrate second-generation digital display with perovskite light-emitting diodes
A team of microelectronic engineers affiliated with several institutions in China, working with a colleague from Sweden, has demonstrated a second-generation digital display screen that uses perovskite light-emitting diodes ...
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To the moon and beyond: How HoloLens 2 is helping build NASA's Orion spacecraft
When workers for Lockheed Martin began assembling the crew seats for a spacecraft designed to return astronauts to the moon and pave the way for human exploration to Mars, they had no need for paper instructions or tablet ...
Oct 2, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Need to take a screenshot? Here's how to capture them on any device
Whether you're on a smartphone or computer, one of the most useful tools is the ability to take a screenshot.
Jan 10, 2022
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Computer Sciences
AI art is everywhere right now. Even experts don't know what it will mean
An art prize at the Colorado State Fair was awarded last month to a work that—unbeknown to the judges—was generated by an artificial intelligence (AI) system.
Sep 13, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Browser extension helps the visually impaired interpret online images
Imagine internet browsing without the ability to make sense of images. It's a problem that visually impaired computer users face every day. While screen reading technology gives users audible access to written content, it ...
Feb 12, 2018
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Consumer & Gadgets
Samsung patent talk reveals smartphone designs on rollable
Samsung watchers are buzzing around over a discovered patent filing with the World Intellectual Property Office. Topic in hand: a design for some kind of rollable device.
Engineering
New flexible sensor holds potential for foldable touch screens
Picture a tablet that you can fold into the size of a phone and put away in your pocket, or an artificial skin that can sense your body's movements and vital signs. A new, inexpensive sensor developed at the University of ...
Mar 15, 2017
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Consumer & Gadgets
CES 2024 updates: The most interesting news and gadgets from tech's big show
CES 2024 kicks off in Las Vegas this week. The multi-day trade event put on by the Consumer Technology Association is set to feature swaths of the latest advances and gadgets across personal tech, transportation, health care, ...
Jan 9, 2024
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Screening
Screening, in general, is the investigation of a great number of something (for instance, people) looking for those with a particular problem or feature. One example is at an airport, where many bags get x-rayed to try to detect any which may contain weapons or explosives. People are also screened going through a metal detector. Even though the procedure aims at a large number of screens, it is always equivalent to sampling in statistics, because the complete population is almost always inaccessible for screening.
Screening has other, more specific meanings:
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