Robotics
A pair of engineers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has designed, built and tested a feathered, hawk-inspired drone capable of carrying out banking maneuvers without using its wings.
Nov 25, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly useful for the prediction of emergency events such as heart attacks, natural disasters, and pipeline failures. This requires state-of-the-art technologies that can rapidly ...
Nov 25, 2024
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Engineering
Caltech researchers from campus and JPL have collaborated to devise a method for coating lithium-ion battery cathodes with graphene, extending the life and performance of these widely used rechargeable batteries.
Nov 25, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
In a sense, each of us begins life ready for action. Many animals perform amazing feats soon after they're born. Spiders spin webs. Whales swim. But where do these innate abilities come from? Obviously, the brain plays a ...
Nov 25, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Monash University engineers have developed an ultra-fast charging lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery, capable of powering long-haul EVs and commercial drones.
Nov 25, 2024
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Business
A new study warns that current plans to achieve zero emissions on the grid by 2050 vastly underestimate the required investments in generation and transmission infrastructure. The reason: These plans do not account for climate ...
Nov 25, 2024
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Robotics
A team of roboticists and engineers affiliated with several institutions in South Korea, working with the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, has developed a tiny soft robot that is capable of manipulating multiple ...
Nov 25, 2024
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Robotics
To assist humans with household chores and other everyday manual tasks, robots should be able to effectively manipulate objects that vary in composition, shape and size. The manipulation skills of robots have improved significantly ...
Nov 26, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A research team headed by Prof. Karl Leo at TUD Dresden University of Technology have developed an innovative, nature-inspired solution that could revolutionize the electronics industry: "Leaftronics." This innovative approach ...
Nov 26, 2024
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Engineering
The commercialization of solar green hydrogen production technology is nearing realization, thanks to the development of a novel protective material that significantly enhances the longevity of photoelectrodes, the key component ...
Nov 26, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
In the wake of ChatGPT's dramatic arrival two years ago, companies are excited about generative AI's possibilities but heading into 2025 with careful deliberation rather than rushing to transform their operations.
Nov 26, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
The demand for electronics has led to a significant increase in e-waste. In 2022, approximately 62 million tons of e-waste were generated, marking an 82% increase from 2010. Projections indicate that this figure could rise ...
Nov 26, 2024
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Engineering
A team of biomedical engineers and virtual reality researchers has developed a lollipop interface to simulate taste in a virtual environment. They have published their research in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Nov 26, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
In 2024, the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their foundational work in artificial intelligence (AI), and the Nobel Prize in chemistry went to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John ...
Nov 26, 2024
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Using generative artificial intelligence, a team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin has converted sounds from audio recordings into street-view images. The visual accuracy of these generated images demonstrates ...
Nov 27, 2024
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Telecom
Imagine taking the radio frequency properties of the dish antennas you see on rooftops and knitting them into a wearable garment—a sweater or a blanket that is ultralight, portable, easy to fold up and stow away.
Nov 27, 2024
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Engineering
By leveraging cutting-edge additive manufacturing techniques and shape memory alloys, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have created an antenna that can change its shape ...
Nov 27, 2024
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Engineering
Structural batteries are used in industries such as eco-friendly, energy-based automobiles, mobility, and aerospace, and they must simultaneously meet the requirements of high energy density for energy storage and high load-bearing ...
Nov 27, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
The transition to clean energy is hailed as a crucial step toward environmental and health benefits, but could it inadvertently widen the gap between the wealthy and the disadvantaged? This critical question is addressed ...
Nov 27, 2024
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Business
Samsung Electronics reshuffled its leadership on Wednesday as it looks to gain an edge in the production of microchips used for artificial intelligence servers.
Nov 27, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
By providing flexibility services to renewable energy systems, consumers can both help in balancing power grids and receive financial benefits. Hosna Khajeh's doctoral dissertation from the University of Vaasa, Finland, introduces ...
Nov 27, 2024
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Hi Tech & Innovation
A small team of computer scientists and sociologists, working with Google DeepMind, has developed an AI application that can generate a simulation of a person's personality after interviewing them for just two hours. The ...
Nov 28, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Large language models (LLMs), such as Open AI's renowned conversational platform ChatGPT, have recently become increasingly widespread, with many internet users relying on them to find information quickly and produce texts ...
Nov 28, 2024
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Internet
A team of computer scientists at Technical University of Darmstadt, working with a colleague from the University of Glasgow, and another from Humbold University of Berlin, has found evidence via experiments they ran, that ...
Nov 28, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Anthropomorphism occurs when we attribute human characteristics to non-human entities like animals or machines. Chatbots, such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot, encourage this by imitating human language to communicate with ...
Nov 28, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Would you trust an "AI Jesus" with your innermost thoughts and troubles?
Nov 28, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
The announcement of the artificial intelligence researchers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton as this year's Nobel laureates in physics spurred celebration and consternation over the status of AI in science and society. In ...
Nov 28, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Being able to charge your car at home is a big drawcard for many electric vehicle buyers. But it's rare to find chargers installed at apartment complexes in Australia.
Nov 28, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A team of engineers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has modified the approach used to generate electricity with a hydrovoltaic cell, building one that uses little water and no sunlight. Their study is published in the ...
Nov 29, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
AI design specialists EvoPhase and precision metal fabricators Kwik Fab Ltd have unveiled the world's first urban wind turbine designed by AI, and tailored to the unique wind conditions of a specific geographic area. The ...
Nov 29, 2024
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Robotics
One of the most promising approaches to teaching robots how to complete manual tasks such as cleaning dishes or preparing food is known as imitation learning. End-to-end imitation learning typically entails training a deep ...
Nov 29, 2024
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Engineering
Semiconductor materials known as 2D halide perovskites can be used in devices such as solar cells and light-emitting diodes. Scientists led by Assoc Prof Nripan Mathews of NTU's School of Materials Science and Engineering ...
Nov 29, 2024
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Engineering
A team of researchers led by Professor Philip C.Y. Chow from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has revealed how the structure of organic photovoltaic (OPV) materials affects their ...
Nov 29, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled an ultra-strong adhesive patch platform that adheres effectively to rough skin surfaces and shows remarkable motion adaptiveness during dynamic body movements, all while ...
Nov 29, 2024
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Security
The progress of new technologies has allowed many of the devices and appliances in homes, offices, industries and streets to be connected to the network through the Internet of Things (IoT), improving and streamlining processes, ...
Nov 29, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
A team of engineers and environmental scientists from Mälardalen University, in Sweden, Southwest Jiaotong University, in China and Guizhou University, also in China, has developed a balloon system for producing and delivering ...
Nov 30, 2024
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Engineering
The manipulation of mechanical strain in materials, also known as strain engineering, has allowed engineers to advance electronics over the past decades, for instance enhancing the mobility of charge carriers in devices. ...
Nov 30, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Electric vehicles (EVs) bring not just environmental promise, but also raise critical safety questions—chief among them, the fire risks posed by their lithium-ion batteries. While indispensable for powering EVs, these batteries ...
Nov 30, 2024
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Business
Elon Musk has again asked a US court to stop ChatGPT-maker OpenAI from converting into a for-profit enterprise, CNBC reported Saturday.
Dec 1, 2024
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Automotive
Since 2018, 21 intelligent traffic lights have been in use in Vienna. They recognize when pedestrians are approaching a crossing and automatically request green for them. This reduces the waiting time considerably in some ...
Dec 1, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Vast lines of solar panels reflect the blazing sun in India's western deserts, a dazzling ocean broken only by bristling wind turbines.
Dec 1, 2024
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