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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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AI Luggage for People with Visual Impairments Nets Rave Reviews
The AI Suitcase offers features that surpass those of traditional smartphone guidance systems, providing enhanced safety and environmental awareness.
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The Robots We Were Afraid of Are Already Here
The long-anticipated automation revolution has begun. Robots are ready to operate forklifts and do laundry. It's not as scary as it sounds.
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Aided by A.I. Language Models, Google's Robots Are Getting Smart
Our sneak peek into Google's new robotics model, RT-2, which melds artificial intelligence technology with robots.
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Using Cameras on Transit Buses to Monitor Traffic
Ohio State University researchers monitored traffic using cameras already installed on the Campus Area Bus Service's transit buses.
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Laser Mapping Reveals Forgotten Maya City
Laser-mapping technology uncovered a long-lost Mayan city in the jungles of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
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Robot Boosts Solar Energy Research
Scientists developed a new robot for advancing semiconductor materials discovery.
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At Wagner's Festival, New Technology Reveals a Leadership Rift
The use of augmented reality in a production of the opera "Parsifal" opening Germany's Bayreuth Festival has incited a financial and philosophical dispute.
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Stretchy Integrated Electronics May Be Possible with Sandwiched Semiconductor
An international research team engineered a sandwiched semiconductor to provide elasticity to integrated electronics.
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Researchers Demonstrate 'Unconditionally Secure' Quantum Digital Payments
The research represents a possible breakthrough in quantum communications and, potentially, the onset of the era of quantum fintech.
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The AI-Powered, Totally Autonomous Future of War Is Here
Ships without crews. Self-directed drone swarms. How a U.S. Navy task force is using off-the-shelf robotics and artificial intelligence to prepare for the next...
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Cleaning Up with TidyBot
A multi-institutional team of engineers mated a mobile robotic arm to a vision model and a large language model to create the TidyBot cleaning robot.
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The ESRB Wants to Start Using Facial Scanning Technology to Check People's Ages
The FTC is now seeking public feedback on the ESRB's proposal.
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Algorithm for Robotic Sensing, Movement
University of California, Los Angeles researchers formulated an algorithm that enhances autonomous robots' navigational abilities.
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The Carbon Footprint of Artificial Intelligence
Looking for ways to cut the release of greenhouse gases attributable to AI use, at a time that usage is very likely to grow.
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4D Printing for Nerve Stimulation
Scientists four-dimensionally-printed flexible electrodes for stimulating nerves.
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An A.I. Supercomputer Whirs to Life, Powered by Giant Computer Chips
The new supercomputer, made by the Silicon Valley start-up Cerebras, was unveiled as the A.I. boom drives demand for chips and computing power.
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Want to Win a Chip War? You're Gonna Need a Lot of Water
The U.S. is spending billions to boost semiconductor manufacturing. For the new plants to crank out silicon chips, they need to source millions of gallons of ultrapure...
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A Pink Rover Tackles the Red Planet, Barriers for Women in Science
A team from Australia placed second in the University Rover Challenge in Hanksville, UT, with a pink-colored robotic rover.
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