Engineering
In recent years, computer scientists have been investigating a range of techniques for removing reflections from digital photographs shot through glass. Some have tried to use variability in focal distance or the polarization ...
Mar 27, 2016
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers from ETH Zurich have achieved what scientists have been attempting to do for some 20 years: in their laboratory work as part of European Horizon 2020 research projects, they have manufactured a chip on which fast ...
Jul 3, 2020
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Engineering
An experiment by EPFL researchers has confirmed a theory that has been used in mechanics for over half a century—despite never having been fully validated. The team could now use the theory in bolder and more innovative ...
Feb 21, 2020
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Electronics & Semiconductors
After the introduction of the fifth-generation technology standard for broadband cellular networks (5G), engineers worldwide are now working on systems that could further speed up communications. The next-generation wireless ...
Engineering
A team of researchers demonstrated that popular robotic household vacuum cleaners can be remotely hacked to act as microphones.
Nov 18, 2020
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Security
Facial recognition systems, computational tools that can recognize individuals in images or video footage, are now widely employed worldwide. Some users and developers, however, have raised privacy-related concerns, as by ...
Computer Sciences
Machine learning happens a lot like erosion.
May 18, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
As information and communication technologies (ICT) process data, they convert electricity into heat. Already today, the global ICT ecosystem's CO2 footprint rivals that of aviation. It turns out, however, that a big part ...
Nov 13, 2023
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Engineering
Imagine typing on a computer without a keyboard, playing a video game without a controller or driving a car without a wheel.
Dec 21, 2020
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Random Telegraph Noise (RTN), a type of unwanted electronic noise, has long been a nuisance in electronic systems, causing fluctuations and errors in signal processing. However, a team of researchers from the Center for Integrated ...
Aug 10, 2023
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