Machine learning & AI
Firefighting is a race against time. Exactly how much time? For firefighters, that part is often unclear. Building fires can turn from bad to deadly in an instant, and the warning signs are frequently difficult to discern ...
Jun 1, 2021
0
6
Engineering
Recently, a team led by Prof. Sun Jinhua and Prof. Wang Qingsong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Prof. Guo Tuan from Jinan University, ...
Sep 27, 2023
0
18
Consumer & Gadgets
Apple's plan to roll out tools to limit the spread of child sexual abuse material has drawn praise from some privacy and security experts as well as by child protection advocacy groups. There has also been an outcry about ...
Sep 28, 2021
0
4
Hardware
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers demonstrated that an electrochemical sensor paired with a transmitter not only detects propane leaks within seconds, but it can also send a signal to alert emergency services.
Jul 7, 2022
0
5
Internet
Facebook Inc. said it labeled 167 million user posts this year for including information about COVID-19 that was "debunked" by the social network's fact-checkers.
Nov 23, 2020
0
10
Automotive
At busy transport hubs where cars mix with cyclists, buses, and streetcars, it can be impossible for drivers to keep track of everything around them. A radar sensor system could solve this problem by issuing an early warning ...
Apr 1, 2021
0
5
Energy & Green Tech
A major part of making heavy crude oil into gasoline and other products is the fluidic catalytic cracking processing. The process, first used commercially in 1915, has since undergone a variety of refinements but could be ...
Apr 19, 2023
0
15
Business
The world's largest manufacturers lose 1 trillion dollars per year to machine failure. Many problems lie in the noisy factory environment—working equipment and processes produce high sound, consequently, machinery faults ...
Nov 29, 2021
0
8
Business
When one of our students told us they were going to drop out of college in August 2021, it wasn't the first time we'd heard of someone ending their studies prematurely.
Jun 22, 2022
1
36
Hi Tech & Innovation
Roadside bombs are sneaky and effective killers. They are easy to manufacture and hide, making it the weapon of choice for insurgents and terrorists across the world. Finding and disabling these lethal devices is very difficult. ...
Dec 10, 2019
1
21
