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May 14, 2024
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May 14, 2024 Cinematography techniques can significantly increase user engagement with virtual environments and, in particular, the aesthetic appeal of what users see in virtual ...
May 13, 2024 Would you trust a robot to look after your cat? New research suggests it takes more than a carefully designed robot to care for your cat, the environment in which they operate is also vital, as well as human ...
May 9, 2024 A new machine-learning technique can train and control a reconfigurable soft robot that can dynamically change its shape to complete a task. The researchers also built a simulator that can evaluate control algorithms for shape-shifting soft ...
May 10, 2024 Many artificial intelligence (AI) systems have already learned how to deceive humans, even systems that have been trained to be helpful and honest. Researchers describe the risks of deception by AI systems and call for governments to develop strong ...
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May 9, 2024 What if your earbuds could do everything your smartphone can, but better? A new class of synthetic materials could allow for smaller devices that use ...
May 8, 2024 Researchers lay out the need for design safety protocols that prevent the emerging 'digital afterlife industry' causing social and psychological ...
May 9, 2024 Walking and running is notoriously difficult to recreate in robots. Now, a group of researchers has overcome some of these challenges by creating an innovative method that employs central pattern ...
May 9, 2024 Scientists delve into the composition of nanocomposites for ultraviolet metasurface ...
May 8, 2024 Researchers have discovered a way to stop the quantum dance of atoms 'seen' by electrons in carbon-based organic molecules. This development will help improve the performance of light emitting ...
May 6, 2024 Engineers created a catapillar-shaped robot that splits into segments and reassembles, hauls cargo, and crawls through twisting ...
May 3, 2024 A stretchy electronic skin could equip robots and other devices with the same softness and touch sensitivity as human skin, opening up new possibilities to perform tasks that require a great deal of ...
May 2, 2024 Driving at night might be a scary challenge for a new driver, but with hours of practice it soon becomes second nature. For self-driving cars, ...
May 2, 2024 New algorithm encourages robots to move more randomly to collect more diverse data for learning. In tests, robots started with no knowledge and then learned and correctly performed tasks within a ...
May 2, 2024 Researchers succeeded in conducting an almost perfect quantum teleportation despite the presence of noise that usually disrupts the transfer of ...
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Apr. 30, 2024 A four-legged robot trained with machine learning has learned to avoid falls by spontaneously switching between walking, trotting, and pronking -- a milestone for roboticists as well as biologists ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Quantum mechanical effects such as radioactive decay, or more generally: 'tunneling', display intriguing mathematical patterns. Researchers now show that a 40-year-old mathematical ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Robotics engineers have worked for decades and invested many millions of research dollars in attempts to create a robot that can walk or run as well as an animal. And yet, it remains the case that ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Researchers have invented a new optical element that brings us one step closer to mixing the real and virtual worlds in an ordinary pair of eyeglasses using high-definition 3D holographic ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Magnetic cilia -- artificial hairs whose movement is powered by embedded magnetic particles -- have been around for a while, and are of interest for applications in soft robotics, transporting ...
Apr. 23, 2024 Sure, ChatGPT can write a poem about your pet in the style of T.S Eliot, but generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have a potentially more useful role to play in idea generation according ...
Apr. 18, 2024 A new robotic suction cup which can grasp rough, curved and heavy stone, has been developed by ...
Apr. 17, 2024 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 ...
Apr. 11, 2024 Star Trek's Holodeck is no longer just science fiction. Using AI, engineers have created a tool that can generate 3D environments, prompted by everyday ...
Apr. 11, 2024 The full power of next-generation quantum computing could soon be harnessed by millions of individuals and companies, thanks to a breakthrough guaranteeing security and privacy. This advance promises ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Engineers designed modular, spring-like devices to maximize the work of live muscle fibers so they can be harnessed to power biohybrid ...
Apr. 3, 2024 Researchers gave nanorobots a trait called adaptive time delay, which allows them to better work ...
Apr. 2, 2024 A group of scholars calculated the amount of energy used by AI tools for the tasks of writing and illustrating and compared it to the average amount of energy humans use for the same processes. Their ...
Apr. 1, 2024 An international study using artificial intelligence has shown that our personalities alter the expression of our genes. The findings shed new light on the long-standing mystery of how the mind and ...
Mar. 27, 2024 What would you do if you walked up to a robot with a human-like head and it smiled at you first? You'd likely smile back and perhaps feel the two of you were genuinely interacting. But how does ...
Mar. 26, 2024 High-power lasers are often used to modify polymer surfaces to make high-tech biomedical products, electronics and data storage components. Now researchers have discovered a light-responsive, ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Researchers have brought together two Nobel prize-winning research concepts to advance the field of quantum communication. Scientists can now efficiently produce nearly perfect entangled photon pairs ...
Mar. 25, 2024 In a step toward nanofluidic-based neuromorphic -- or brain-inspired -- computing, engineers have succeeded in executing a logic operation by connecting two chips that use ions, rather than ...
Mar. 20, 2024 If it walks like a particle, and talks like a particle... it may still not be a particle. A topological soliton is a special type of wave or dislocation which behaves like a particle: it can move ...
Mar. 19, 2024 In a new study, researchers describe a novel approach for a wireless communication network that can efficiently transmit, receive and decode data from thousands of microelectronic chips that are each ...
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- Holographic Displays Offer a Glimpse Into an Immersive Future
- Researchers Show It's Possible to Teach Old Magnetic Cilia New Tricks
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- Star Trek's Holodeck Recreated Using ChatGPT and Video Game Assets
- Breakthrough Promises Secure Quantum Computing at Home
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- The World Is One Step Closer to Secure Quantum Communication on a Global Scale
- Artificial Nanofluidic Synapses Can Store Computational Memory
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- Backyard Insect Inspires Invisibility Devices, Next Gen Tech
- Two Artificial Intelligences Talk to Each Other
- Holographic Message Encoded in Simple Plastic
- New Technique Helps AI Tell When Humans Are Lying
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- Robot ANYmal Can Do Parkour and Walk Across Rubble
- You Don't Need Glue to Hold These Materials Together -- Just Electricity
- New AI Technology Enables 3D Capture and Editing of Real-Life Objects
Monday, March 11, 2024
- Cicadas' Unique Urination Unlocks New Understanding of Fluid Dynamics
- AI-Generated Food Images Look Tastier Than Real Ones
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- Angle-Dependent Holograms Made Possible by Metasurfaces
- Science Fiction Meets Reality: New Technique to Overcome Obstructed Views
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- Researchers Create Faster and Cheaper Way to Print Tiny Metal Structures With Light
- Mini-Robots Modeled on Insects May Be Smallest, Lightest, Fastest Ever Developed
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
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- New Study Pinpoints the Weaknesses in AI
- Integrating Dimensions to Get More out of Moore's Law and Advance Electronics
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- AI's Memory-Forming Mechanism Found to Be Strikingly Similar to That of the Brain
- Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Events in People's Lives
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- Immersive VR Goggles for Mice Unlock New Potential for Brain Science
- World's First Logical Quantum Processor
Thursday, December 7, 2023
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- Tiny Electromagnets Made of Ultra-Thin Carbon
- Broadband Buzz: Periodical Cicadas' Chorus Measured With Fiber Optic Cables
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- First Experimental Evidence of Hopfions in Crystals Opens Up New Dimension for Future Technology
- Hybrid Transistors Set Stage for Integration of Biology and Microelectronics
Monday, November 20, 2023
- People Watched Other People Shake Boxes for Science: Here's Why
- AI System Self-Organizes to Develop Features of Brains of Complex Organisms
Thursday, November 16, 2023
- Wearables Capture Body Sounds to Continuously Monitor Health
- Realistic Talking Faces Created from Only an Audio Clip and a Person's Photo
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
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Thursday, November 9, 2023
- How to Use AI for Discovery -- Without Leading Science Astray
- New AI Noise-Canceling Headphone Technology Lets Wearers Pick Which Sounds They Hear
- How Human Faces Can Teach Androids to Smile
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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- Neuromorphic Computing Will Be Great... If Hardware Can Handle the Workload
- 450-Million-Year-Old Organism Finds New Life in Softbotics
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- Plant-Based Materials Give 'life' To Tiny Soft Robots
- Simulating Cold Sensation Without Actual Cooling
Thursday, October 19, 2023
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- Wearable Device Makes Memories and Powers Up With the Flex of a Finger
- Choosing Exoskeleton Settings Like a Radio Station