Robotics
Most know the white cane as a simple-but-crucial tool that assists people with visual impairments in making their way through the world. Researchers at Stanford University have now introduced an affordable robotic cane that ...
Oct 14, 2021
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Engineering
A fix for a software problem that could possibly result in power loss in Boeing 787s has been ordered. Federal Aviation Administration officials adopted a new airworthiness directive (AD), effective as of Friday, for Boeing ...
Software
Every time scientists study a new material for future batteries or investigate diseases to develop new drugs, they must wade through an ocean of data. Today, a whole ecosystem of scientific tools creates a wild variety of ...
Nov 24, 2021
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Machine learning & AI
A historical dream team of five master sculptors, including Michelangelo, Rodin and Takamura, have trained artificial intelligence (AI) to design a sculpture dubbed "the Impossible Statue", now on show in a Swedish museum.
Jun 9, 2023
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Software
A group of engineers at CREATE Lab (Computational Robot Design & Fabrication Lab), EPFL, in Lausanne Switzerland, has designed and built a robot arm that is capable of designing paper airplanes, building them and then launching ...
Computer Sciences
Machine learning happens a lot like erosion.
May 18, 2022
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Software
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed autonomous driving software which distributes risk on the street in a fair manner. The algorithm contained in the software is considered to be the first ...
Feb 3, 2023
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Business
Google's launch of Bard, it's search-integrated, AI-powered chatbot, went wrong when the bot's first advertisement accidentally showed it was unable to find and present accurate information to users.
Mar 11, 2023
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Software
Virtual reality software which allows researchers to 'walk' inside and analyse individual cells could be used to understand fundamental problems in biology and develop new treatments for disease.
Oct 12, 2020
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Software
Open your garage door by smartphone and control your home's heating on your way back from the office: More and more aspects of our lives are governed by smart, connected electronic devices. Many functions can be controlled ...
Apr 4, 2023
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Computer software, or just software is a general term used to describe the role that computer programs, procedures and documentation play in a computer system.
The term includes:
Software includes things such as websites, programs or video games, that are coded by programming languages like C or C++.
"Software" is sometimes used in a broader context to mean anything which is not hardware but which is used with hardware, such as film, tapes and records.
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