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Cerebras' New Monster AI Chip Adds 1.4 Trillion Transistors
Shift to 7-nanometer process boosts the second-generation chip's transistor count to a mind-boggling 2.6 trillion.
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For the First Time, Scientists Detect a Moving Photon Multiple Times Without Destroying It
A boon for all things quantum.
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To Fly a Drone in the U.S., You Now Must Pass FAA's TRUST Test
New drone rules for recreational pilots.
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Smart Bike Predicts Cars' Trajectories, Honks to Warn of Impending Crash
Engineers at the University of Minnesota have designed a prototype smart bicycle which they say can protect itself from collisions.
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Digital Nose Stimulation Enables Smelling in Stereo
Researchers at the University of Chicago (UChicago) have developed a wireless, nose-worn device that can enable directional smell using tiny electrical impulses...
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The Next Frontier for Gesture Control: Teeth
Researchers have developed a prototype wearable system controlled by teeth-tapping gestures.
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How Close Is Ordinary Light to Doing Quantum Computing?
Researchers say it is possible to use mirrors to generate a light beam with multiple classical entanglements.
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Cobots Act Like Puppies to Better Communicate with Humans
Zoomorphic gestures inspired by dogs makes understanding cobots intuitive for anyone.
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A Hacker's Nightmare: Programmable Chips Secured by Chaos
Ohio State University scientists demonstrated a method of using physically unclonable functions to thwart hackers.
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Classify This Robot-Woven Sneaker with 3D-Printed Soles as 'Footware'
Adidas is merging three-dimensional printing and robotic automation to produce mass-market footwear through its Futurecraft.Strung project.
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Smart Bandage Could Hasten Healing, Might Even Detect Covid
A new smart bandage could reduce the number of in-person doctor's visits required for patients with open wounds.
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Waiting for Quantum Computing? Try Probabilistic Computing
An engineer channels Galileo to describe a new approach to computing: p-bits.
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Search-and-Rescue Drone Locates Victims by Homing in on Their Phones
The Search-And-Rescue DrOne platform integrates aerial drones, artificial intelligence, and smartphones to find survivors of disasters using signals from their...
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New Type of DRAM Could Accelerate AI
Teams of researchers in the U.S. and Belgian have proposed a new kind of capacitorless dynamic random-access memory that could benefit AI applications.
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Superconducting Microprocessors? Turns Out They're Ultra-Efficient
Researchers at Japan's Yokohama National University report the creation of the first prototype superconducting microprocessor, which they said has no electrical...
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Disney Research Makes Robotic Gaze Interaction Eerily Lifelike
A team of researchers is imbuing animatronic robots with lifelike eye gaze.
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Throwable Robot Car Always Lands on Four Wheels
Researchers at the U.S. Military Academy have developed robot that can be thrown or dropped and always lands the right way up.
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Here Comes the Internet of Plastic Things, No Batteries or Electronics Required
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a technique for three-dimensionally printing plastic objects that communicate with Wi-Fi devices without...
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Memristor Breakthrough: First Single Device To Act Like a Neuron
Analog computing with neuron-like devices could efficiently solve problems traditional computers struggle to solve.
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