A robotic arm setup is equipped with a sensorized soft brush and aided by a camera to study the complex nature of manipulating and brushing…
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Category: Technologies
Cybersecurity Researchers Build a Better “Canary Trap” – Using AI to Generate Fake Documents
A new artificial intelligence system generates fake documents to fool adversaries. During World War II, British intelligence agents planted false documents on a corpse to…
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Hologram Experts Can Now Create Real-Life Images That Move in the Air – Like a “A 3D Printer for Light”
A tiny Starship Enterprise fires on a tiny Klingon Battle cruiser with real animated images created in thin air. Credit: BYU Using lasers to create…
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Pushing Computing to the Edge With Innovative Microchip Design to Make AI Accessible in Real-Time
Princeton researchers have created a new chip that speeds artificial intelligence systems called neural nets while slashing power use. The chips could help bring advanced…
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Nanotechnology Breakthrough: A Material-Keyboard Made of Graphene
The material keyboard realized by the ETH Zurich researchers. By applying electric voltages (“keys”) at different points, the magic-angle graphene can become locally superconducting (electron…
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BOBbots: Simple Robots, Smart Algorithms
When sensors, communication, memory and computation are removed from a group of simple robots, certain sets of complex tasks can still be accomplished by leveraging…
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Robot That Senses Hidden Objects – “We’re Trying to Give Robots Superhuman Perception”
MIT researchers developed a picking robot that combines vision with radio frequency (RF) sensing to find and grasps objects, even if they’re hidden from view.…
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Science Made Simple: What Are Batteries and How Do They Work?
Batteries and similar devices accept, store, and release electricity on demand. Batteries use chemistry, in the form of chemical potential, to store energy, just like…
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“Bat-Sense” Technology for Smartphones Generates Images From Sound
Credit: University of Glasgow Scientists have found a way to equip everyday objects like smartphones and laptops with a bat-like sense of their surroundings. At…
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Nano Flashlight Enables New Applications of Light – Such As Detecting Viruses
Schematic of three different nano flashlights for the generation of (left to right) focused, wide-spanning, and collimated light beams. Each flashlight could have different applications.…
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