Hi Tech & Innovation
Most of us take our voices for granted. But if we sing too long at a wild party, scream for our team at a sports event or suffer a bout of laryngitis due to a cold, we quickly learn how inconvenient it is to wake up the next ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Last Sunday, Liverpool faced Manchester United in the quarter finals of the FA Cup—and in the final minute of extra time, with the score tied at three-all, Liverpool had the crucial opportunity of a corner kick. A goal ...
Mar 20, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Using a novel fabrication process, MIT researchers have produced smart textiles that snugly conform to the body so they can sense the wearer's posture and motions.
Jul 7, 2022
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Internet
Cybercriminals are preying on emotions of fear to spread dangerous viruses and spyware across Twitter, new research has revealed.
Feb 5, 2021
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Glenn Cummins wrote two papers on how TV might use artificial crowd noise during sports broadcasting years before the COVID-19 pandemic made it a reality.
Sep 30, 2020
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Hi Tech & Innovation
General Motors' self-driving car company will attempt to deliver on its long-running promise to provide a more environmentally friendly ride-hailing service in an unorthodox vehicle designed to eliminate the need for human ...
Jan 22, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
QUT researchers have developed an algorithm that can predict where a tennis player will hit the next ball by analysing Australian Open data of thousands of shots by the top male tennis players.
Jan 21, 2019
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Computer Sciences
Though soccer players have assigned roles, it's routine for players to swap positions during the course of a game, or even of a single play. Other players and most fans recognize when this occurs and now, thanks to new work ...
Aug 21, 2017
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Engineering
Sports analytics—tracking how fast the ball is moving or how players move across the field—is becoming a key component of how coaches make decisions and fans view games. Data for these analytics is currently sourced through ...
Feb 15, 2017
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Robotics
Theo works weekdays, weekends and nights and never complains about a sore spine despite performing hour upon hour of what, for a regular farm hand, would be backbreaking labor checking Dutch tulip fields for sick flowers.
Mar 19, 2024
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