Robotics
Robots made of metal and other solid materials are already widely used in industry. But they are too rigid and cumbersome for fine-motor activities and interaction with people, such as in nursing or medicine. Intensive research ...
Sep 4, 2023
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Hardware
Evolutionary robotics is a sub-field of robotics aimed at developing artificial "organisms" that can improve their capabilities and body configuration in response to their surroundings, just as humans and animals evolve, ...
Sep 4, 2023
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Robotics
To assist humans during their day-to-day activities and successfully complete domestic chores, robots should be able to effectively manipulate the objects we use every day, including utensils and cleaning equipment. Some ...
Sep 4, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have tweaked the material of ternary organic solar cells (TOSCs) and achieved efficiencies in ...
Sep 4, 2023
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Automotive
Tesla and Chinese carmakers showed off their newest electric models at the Munich auto fair on Monday, throwing down the gauntlet to their European rivals as competition in the sector intensifies.
Sep 4, 2023
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Engineering
Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI) is a label-free imaging technique that leverages the optical path length information in transparent samples to evaluate their refractive index distribution and thickness variations. Multispectral ...
Sep 4, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton made headlines earlier this year when he raised concerns about the capabilities of AI systems. Speaking to CNN journalist Jake Tapper, Hinton said:
Sep 4, 2023
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Telecom
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoTs) refers to a technology that combines wireless sensors, controllers, and mobile communication technologies to make every aspect of industrial production processes intelligent and efficient. ...
Sep 5, 2023
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Internet
Sending an email with a forged address is easier than previously thought, due to flaws in the process that allows email forwarding, according to a research team led by computer scientists at the University of California San ...
Sep 5, 2023
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Robotics
Recently published research assessed human trust when collaborating with eyed and non-eyed robots of the same type. The data suggest that humans might not need human-like machines to trust and work with them. Instead, they ...
Sep 5, 2023
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Engineering
Water could play a crucial role in reducing global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to Johns Hopkins engineers.
Sep 5, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
While conventional silicon-based solar cells have had an unmistakable impact on the buildout of renewable energy resources around the world, additional performance improvements have become increasingly difficult to make as ...
Sep 5, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) provide our portable devices like tablets and mobiles—and increasingly also vehicles—with power. As the share of volatile renewable energy needing electricity storage increases, more and more ...
Sep 5, 2023
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Robotics
The current crop of AI robots has made giant leaps when it comes to tiny activities.
Sep 5, 2023
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Telecom
MIT researchers have demonstrated the first system for ultra-low-power underwater networking and communication, which can transmit signals across kilometer-scale distances.
Sep 6, 2023
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Internet
Google Chrome browser extensions expose users to hackers who can easily tap into their private data, including social security numbers, passwords and banking information, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...
Sep 6, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers at the Faculty of Science and Technology of Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC) and Carnegie Mellon University have developed a water-based conductive ink tailored for producing flexible electronic circuits.
Sep 6, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in the development of non-volatile phase change memory—a type of electronic memory that can store data even when the power is turned off—in a material that has never displayed the ...
Sep 6, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A team of researchers, led by Professor Ji-Hyun Jang from the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST has achieved a significant breakthrough in photoelectrode development.
Sep 6, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Jimmy Jiang envisions a future where every house is powered by renewable energy stored in batteries—perhaps even those he and his students are designing today.
Sep 6, 2023
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Internet
Meta Platforms Inc. plans to stop promoting news content for people in three major European countries, the latest sign that the social network giant is trying to leave the industry behind.
Sep 6, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Amid the fierce competition throughout the globe to develop hydrogen mobility technologies to achieve carbon neutrality, a new technology for a 2-liter class hydrogen-fueled engine (a passenger car hydrogen engine) capable ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Engineering
A vital component of the batteries at the heart of electric vehicles and grid energy storage, lithium is key to a clean energy future. But producing the silvery-white metal comes with significant environmental costs. Among ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
Even linguistics experts are largely unable to spot the difference between writing created by artificial intelligence or humans, according to a new study co-authored by a University of South Florida assistant professor.
Sep 7, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The road from breakthrough in the lab to practical technology can be a long and bumpy one. The lithium-sulfur battery is an example. It has notable advantages over current lithium-ion batteries powering vehicles. But it has ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have devised an efficient method of recovering high-purity silicon from expired solar panels to produce lithium-ion batteries that could help meet ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The transportation of goods forms the basis of today's globally distributed supply chains, and long-haul trucking is a central and critical link in this complex system. To meet climate goals around the world, it is necessary ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Tens of thousands of small-scale hydro energy storage sites could be built from Australia's farm dams, supporting the uptake of reliable, low-carbon power systems in rural communities, new UNSW-Sydney-led research suggests.
Sep 7, 2023
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Artificial intelligence not only affords impressive performance, but also creates significant demand for energy. The more demanding the tasks for which it is trained, the more energy it consumes.
Sep 8, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
In a breakthrough for the field of bioelectronics, researchers at EPFL have enhanced the ability of E. coli bacteria to generate electricity. The innovative approach offers a sustainable solution for organic waste processing ...
Sep 8, 2023
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Robotics
Researchers who created a soft robot that could navigate simple mazes without human or computer direction have now built on that work, creating a "brainless" soft robot that can navigate more complex and dynamic environments. ...
Sep 8, 2023
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Business
On the eve of the Rugby World Cup kicking off, there have already been whispers of teams spying on each other. Inevitable gamesmanship, perhaps, but there's no doubt cheating in sport is a problem authorities struggle to ...
Sep 8, 2023
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Business
The U.S. government has begun an official probe into an advanced made-in-China chip housed within Huawei Technologies Co.'s latest smartphone, as tensions flare between the two superpowers over technological prowess.
Sep 8, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Apple released a significant security update for iPhones and iPads Thursday to patch newly discovered security vulnerabilities in the devices' system software.
Sep 8, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Meet Madison and Jackson, the AI narrators or "digital voices" soon to be reading some of the audiobooks on Apple Books. They sound nothing like Siri or Alexa or the voice telling you about the unexpected item in the bagging ...
Sep 8, 2023
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Business
Elon Musk's X Corp.on Friday sued the state of California over a law requiring social media companies to publicly post their policies regarding hate speech, disinformation, harassment and extremism.
Sep 9, 2023
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Business
After months of complaints from the Authors Guild and other groups, Amazon.com has started requiring writers who want to sell books through its e-book program to tell the company in advance that their work includes artificial ...
Sep 9, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) relies on its creators for training, otherwise known as "machine learning." Machine learning is the process by which the machine generates its intelligence through outside input.
Sep 9, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Farmers often pride themselves on their self-reliance. When you live far from the cities, it makes sense to do as much as possible yourself. Australia's sheer size has meant many remote farms have long been off grid as it's ...
Sep 10, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
With the provision of a swathe of new oil and gas exploration licenses and a crisis in offshore wind energy, clouds are gathering over the UK's net zero promises.
Sep 10, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The Sunshine State is finally realizing its solar-energy generation potential.
Sep 10, 2023
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Business
Google faces its biggest ever legal challenge in a Washington court on Tuesday, as it fends off accusations from the US government that it acted unlawfully to build its overwhelming dominance of online search.
Sep 10, 2023
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Business
Unsung workers who make movie superheroes fly and lightsabers crackle are turning to labor unions as relentless demand for content turns dream jobs into grueling routines.
Sep 10, 2023
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