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Clearing the air: Wind farms more land efficient than previously thought
Wind power is a source of energy that is both affordable and renewable. However, decision-makers have been reluctant to invest in wind energy due to a perception that wind farms require a lot of land compared to electric ...
Engineering
10 hours ago
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How 3D printers can give robots a soft touch
Soft skin coverings and touch sensors have emerged as a promising feature for robots that are both safer and more intuitive for human interaction, but they are expensive and difficult to make. A recent study demonstrates ...
Robotics
10 hours ago
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A rimless wheel robot that can reliably overcome steps
Robots with wheels could potentially navigate a variety of indoor and outdoor environments, traveling for longer distances and with fewer risks of losing balance. While some wheeled robots have achieved very promising results ...
Researchers use machine learning to create a fabric-based touch sensor
A new study from NC State University combines three-dimensional embroidery techniques with machine learning to create a fabric-based sensor that can control electronic devices through touch. The paper is published in the ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
13 hours ago
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New material for hydrogen storage confines this clean yet troublesome fuel
Skoltech scientists and their colleagues from Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of RAS and research centers in China, Japan, and Italy have discovered a material for chemical storage of hydrogen that can "soak up" four ...
Engineering
16 hours ago
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Retro-reflectors could help future cities keep their cool
Engineers at Princeton University have quantified the cooling benefits of a simple solution for beating urban heat: reflecting solar radiation back from whence it came.
Engineering
16 hours ago
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Researchers develop energy-efficient probabilistic computer by combining CMOS with stochastic nanomagnet
Researchers at Tohoku University and the University of California, Santa Barbara, have unveiled a probabilistic computer prototype. Manufacturable with a near-future technology, the prototype combines a complementary metal-oxide ...
Hardware
18 hours ago
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Canada to start taxing tech giants in 2024 despite US complaints
Canada will start applying a proposed tax on the world's biggest technology companies this year, despite threats from American lawmakers to carry out trade reprisals against a levy that will primarily hit U.S. firms.
Business
12 hours ago
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A magneto-pneumatic hybrid-driven soft actuator with bidirectional torsion
The ability of the human wrist to rotate around the forearm axis in 2 directions is crucial for many daily activities. This rotation, limited to a range of approximately [-90°, 90°], restricts the wrist's capacity to execute ...
Robotics
11 hours ago
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Q&A: Enhancing last-mile logistics with machine learning
Across the country, hundreds of thousands of drivers deliver packages and parcels to customers and companies each day, with many click-to-door times averaging only a few days. Coordinating a supply chain feat of this magnitude ...
Business
12 hours ago
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National roaming can increase resilience of Dutch mobile networks
Within the Netherlands, your mobile phone only uses the masts of your own provider. Other providers' masts can only be used to reach emergency services. As soon as you cross the border, you can switch on roaming to use other ...
Telecom
12 hours ago
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New framework may solve mode collapse in generative adversarial network
Generative adversarial networks (GANs) are widely used to synthesize intricate and realistic data by learning the distribution of authentic real samples. However, a significant challenge that GANs face is mode collapse, where ...
Machine learning & AI
12 hours ago
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Meta shouldn't force users to pay for data protection: EU watchdog
Facebook owner Meta and other online platforms must not force users to pay for the right to data protection enshrined in EU law when offering ad-free subscriptions, the European data regulator said Wednesday.
Internet
12 hours ago
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Amazon removed Just Walk Out from many of its own stores but wants to sell the system to others
Amazon wants the public and—especially other businesses—to know it's not giving up on its Just Walk Out technology.
Business
12 hours ago
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Q&A: Legal implications of generative artificial intelligence
Maura R. Grossman, JD, Ph.D., is a Research Professor at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, cross-appointed to the School of Public Health Sciences at Waterloo, an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, and an ...
Business
14 hours ago
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Websites deceive users by deliberately hiding the extent of data collection and sharing
Websites sometimes hide how widely they share our personal information, and can go to great lengths to pull the wool over our eyes. This deception is intended to prevent full disclosure to consumers, thus preventing informed ...
Internet
14 hours ago
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AI is making smart devices easier to hack—here's how to stay safe
From asking our smart speakers for the weather to receiving personalized advice from smartwatches, devices powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly streamlining our routines and decision making. The technology ...
Internet
15 hours ago
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Novel method proposed to design high-efficiency guest components for ternary organic solar cells
A research group led by Prof. Ge Ziyi at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a key strategy for optimizing guest components to minimize non-radiative ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
17 hours ago
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Environment recognition technologies for off-road self-driving with improved real-time processing performance
Off-road environment recognition technologies for detecting extraneous substances such as dust, mud, snow, or rain during off-road autonomous driving of construction machinery, agricultural machines, and unmanned ground vehicles ...
Automotive
10 hours ago
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Going 'backwards'? Whistleblowers slam Boeing safety culture
Witnesses at a US Senate hearing on Boeing drew a disturbing picture Wednesday of an aviation giant that blows off safety questions and sidelines critics as it chases faster production and bigger profits.
Business
11 hours ago
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