How complex is your life? Computer scientists found a way to measure it
Nobel laureate economist Richard Thaler famously quipped: "People aren't dumb, the world is hard."
Aug 10, 2022
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Engineering
Reducing energy consumption: Researchers develop test system for passive cooling materials
Passive day cooling is a promising technology for the sustainable reduction of energy consumption. It avoids the heating up of buildings by solar radiation and dissipates accumulated heat without external energy consumption. ...
Jul 18, 2022
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A Google software engineer believes an AI has become sentient. If he's right, how would we know?
Google's LaMDA software (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) is a sophisticated AI chatbot that produces text in response to user input. According to software engineer Blake Lemoine, LaMDA has achieved a long-held dream ...
Jun 14, 2022
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Robotics
Rapid adaptation of deep learning teaches drones to survive any weather
To be truly useful, drones—that is, autonomous flying vehicles—will need to learn to navigate real-world weather and wind conditions.
May 4, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers protecting solar technologies from cyberattack
New research from the University of Georgia suggests a novel approach to safeguarding one possible target of a cyberattack—the nation's solar farms. In a study published in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, a team in UGA's ...
Mar 28, 2022
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Better behaving bots: Researcher helps robots problem solve and care
ANU researcher Hanna Kurniawati is helping robots problem solve and care. Her work has not just shaped how AI works every day; it's been recognized with a major global prize.
Jul 23, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Radiative cooling and solar heating from one system, no electricity needed
Passive cooling, like the shade a tree provides, has been around forever.
Feb 8, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists build high-performing hybrid solar energy converter
Tulane University researchers are part of a team of scientists who have developed a hybrid solar energy converter that generates electricity and steam with high efficiency and low cost.
Jul 15, 2020
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Engineering
Sound beacons support safer tunnel evacuation
Research conducted as part of the project EvacSound demonstrates that auditory guidance using sound beacons is an effective aid during the evacuation of smoke-filled road tunnels. This is good news. It is a fact that vehicle ...
Jun 11, 2020
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Safe and effective shipboard firefighting
"Fire on board!" This is a grave danger for any ship, but especially so when a ship is ostensibly safely docked in harbor—where "normal" firefighters are on duty and have to cope with the special challenges on board a ship. ...
Feb 3, 2020
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