Machine learning & AI
It has become nearly impossible for human researchers to keep track of the overwhelming abundance of scientific publications in the field of artificial intelligence and to stay up-to-date with advances.
Oct 23, 2023
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Modern computer models—for example for complex, potent AI applications—push traditional digital computer processes to their limits. New types of computing architecture, which emulate the working principles of biological ...
Oct 23, 2023
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Engineering
Engineers at The University of Manchester have built and flown the world's largest quadcopter drone. The drone, made from a cardboard-like material called foamboard, measures 6.4m (21 ft) corner to corner and weighs 24.5kg—0.5kg ...
Oct 23, 2023
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Internet
There are enough differing opinions about the usefulness of Wikipedia to fill, well, an encyclopedia.
Oct 23, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A lithium ceramic could act as a solid electrolyte in a more powerful and cost-efficient generation of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. The challenge is to find a production method that works without sintering at high ...
Oct 23, 2023
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Computer Sciences
EPFL researchers have developed a new distributed algorithm that, for the first time, solves one of the key performance and reliability problems affecting most of the currently-deployed consensus protocols. The work has been ...
Oct 23, 2023
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Business
Taiwan defended tech giant Foxconn on Monday after China launched an investigation into several of the firm's sites, saying that Taiwanese businesses should not be subjected to "political interference".
Oct 23, 2023
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Robotics
For the first time ever, researchers at the Surgical Robotics Laboratory of the University of Twente successfully made two microrobots work together to pick up, move and assemble passive objects in 3D environments. This achievement ...
Oct 24, 2023
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Engineering
It's viable to produce low-cost, lightweight solar panels that can generate energy in space, according to new research from the Universities of Surrey and Swansea.
Oct 24, 2023
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Engineering
It is estimated that more than 80% of engineering failures are due to material fatigue, so the fight against metal fatigue failures continues, as this is a key parameter for lightweight structures for all mechanical systems, ...
Oct 24, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Layered lithium cobalt oxide, a key component of lithium-ion batteries, has been synthesized at temperatures as low as 300°C and durations as short as 30 minutes.
Oct 24, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists with Texas A&M AgriLife are actively contributing to the growing body of research focused on agrivoltaics—an innovative technology with the potential to enhance the efficiency and resiliency of sustainable food ...
Oct 24, 2023
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Robotics
Intelligent robots are reshaping our universe. In New Jersey's Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, AI-assisted robots are bringing a new level of security to doctors and patients by scanning every inch of the premises ...
Oct 24, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers at EPFL and Northwestern University have unveiled a groundbreaking design for perovskite solar cells, creating one of the most stable PSCs with a power-conversion efficiency above 25%, paving the way for future ...
Oct 24, 2023
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Security
Artists who have stood by helplessly as their online works remained ripe for the picking without authorization by AI web scraping operations can finally fight back.
Oct 25, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
A new study provides evidence that pigeons tackle some problems just as artificial intelligence would—allowing them to solve difficult tasks that would vex humans.
Oct 25, 2023
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Engineering
Large chunks of the Navajo Nation in the Southwest lack access to clean drinkable water, a trend that has been rising in many parts of the U.S. in recent years. A research team led by engineers with The University of Texas ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Robotics
To safely share spaces with humans, robots should ideally be able to detect their presence and determine where they are located, so that they can avoid accidents and collisions. So far, most robots were trained to localize ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
Humans have the ability to learn a new concept and then immediately use it to understand related uses of that concept—once children know how to "skip," they understand what it means to "skip twice around the room" or "skip ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Acoustic resonators are everywhere. In fact, there is a good chance you're holding one in your hand right now. Most smart phones today use bulk acoustic resonators as radio frequency filters to filter out noise that could ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Security
With the advent of LensaAI, ChatGPT and other highly performing generative machine learning models, the internet is now growing increasingly saturated with texts, images logos and videos created by artificial intelligence ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Robotics
At EPFL's CREATE lab, under the guidance of Josie Hughes, a breakthrough has been made in the realm of soft robotics. Drawing inspiration from the versatile movement of elephant trunks and octopus tentacles, the team introduced ...
Oct 26, 2023
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Robotics
Smart, stretchable and highly sensitive, a new soft sensor developed by UBC and Honda researchers opens the door to a wide range of applications in robotics and prosthetics.
Oct 26, 2023
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Hardware
Hussam Amrouch has developed an AI-ready architecture that is twice as powerful as comparable in-memory computing approaches. As reported in the journal Nature Communications, the professor at the Technical University of ...
Oct 26, 2023
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Robotics
An electric knifefish shimmies in the water for the same reason a dog sniffs or a human glances around a new place—to make sense of their surroundings. For the first time, scientists demonstrate that a wide range of organisms, ...
Oct 26, 2023
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Engineering
This summer, Canada experienced wildfires, extreme heat, drought and flooding. Other regions of the world faced similar events.
Oct 26, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Solar cell efficiency has soared in recent years due to light-harvesting materials like halide perovskites, but the ability to produce them reliably at scale continues to be a challenge.
Oct 26, 2023
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Hardware
Modern processors come with a fundamental vulnerability in their hardware architecture that allows attackers to hijack sensitive data. This insight emerged from the so-called Spectre attack reported in 2018.
Oct 26, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
The rise in capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) systems has led to the view that these systems might soon be conscious. However, we might be underestimating the neurobiological mechanisms underlying human consciousness.
Oct 27, 2023
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Internet
Smart speakers offer amazing convenience—from playing your favorite tunes to re-ordering toilet paper—with only a simple voice command. But that convenience can come with a steep cost in privacy that many consumers aren't ...
Oct 27, 2023
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Engineering
In recent years, engineers at ETH Zurich have developed the technology to produce liquid fuels from sunlight and air. In 2019, they demonstrated the entire thermochemical process chain under real conditions for the first ...
Oct 27, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Gaming is a $193 billion industry—nearly double the size of the film and music industries combined—and there are around three billion gamers worldwide. While online gaming can improve well-being and foster social relations, ...
Oct 27, 2023
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Robotics
Ryo Yoshida has monster-sized dreams for his drivable, "Gundam"-like robot, even though its huge size makes it hard to park and the $3-million price tag will crush most wallets.
Oct 27, 2023
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Robotics
Robots should ideally interact with users and objects in their surroundings in flexible ways, rather than always sticking to the same sets of responses and actions. A robotics approach aimed towards this goal that recently ...
Oct 27, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A team of researchers from UNIST has achieved a remarkable breakthrough in the production of clean gas raw materials, particularly green hydrogen. By developing a hydrogel thin film technology, the team has paved the way ...
Oct 27, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
Artificial intelligence already wears multiple hats in the workplace, whether its writing ad copy, handling customer support requests, or filtering job applications. As the technology continues its ascent and capabilities, ...
Oct 28, 2023
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Internet
X on Friday unveiled a $16-a-month subscription plan allowing users who pay more to get the biggest boost for their replies posted at the platform formerly known as Twitter.
Oct 28, 2023
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Business
One year ago, billionaire and new owner Elon Musk walked into Twitter's San Francisco headquarters with a white bathroom sink and a grin, fired its CEO and other top executives and began transforming the social media platform ...
Oct 28, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
By installing a heat pump in his house in the hills of Oslo, Oyvind Solstad killed three birds with one stone, improving his comfort, finances and climate footprint.
Oct 29, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
Visitors to a Ukrainian news website on the evening of February 18 2022, were greeted by a familiar sight, a video of their president giving a speech. While the resemblance was there, the face seemed slightly out of sync ...
Oct 29, 2023
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Business
Companies in the foundation model space are becoming less transparent, says Rishi Bommasani, Society Lead at the Center for Research on Foundation Models (CRFM), within Stanford HAI. For example, OpenAI, which has the word ...
Oct 29, 2023
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Automotive
Stellantis and the striking United Auto Workers union have reached a preliminary agreement on a new labor contract, the two sides said Saturday, allowing members to go back to work at grounded factories.
Oct 29, 2023
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