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This AI birdwatcher lets you 'see' through the eyes of a machine
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VAIO A12
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Mimicking body's circulatory AC could keep airplanes, cars and computers cooler
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Seattle AI lab's free search engine aims to accelerate scientific breakthroughs
The Seattle-based Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) is expanding its free search tool Semantic Scholar to include papers in ...
Shedding new light on the charging of lithium-ion batteries
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Making email more efficient means answering more emails even faster
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Voice assistant technology is in danger of trying to be too human
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Spotify launches standalone music app for kids
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System provides cooling with no electricity
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Lithium ion battery design can charge an electric vehicle in 10 minutes
Scientist have developed a lithium ion battery that charges at an elevated temperature to increase reaction rate but keeps the cell cool dur...
DJI Mavic Mini
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Agriculture of the future: neural networks have learned to predict plant growth
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Neural network reconstructs human thoughts from brain waves in real time
Researchers from Russian corporation Neurobotics and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have found a way to visualize a person...
AI tool detects global fashion trends
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Edmunds tests Android Auto and Apple CarPlay updates
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Cranberry farmers want to build solar panels over their bogs
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Hands on: Moto 360 (2019)
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Phoenix rises with driverless Waymo signups
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Gender neutral emojis hit screens in new Apple update
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Deep neural network generates realistic character-scene interactions
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Facial recognition software has a gender problem
With a brief glance at a single face, emerging facial recognition software can now categorize the gender of many men and women with remarkab...
New AI deep learning model allows earlier, more accurate ozone warnings
Researchers from the University of Houston have developed an artificial intelligence-based ozone forecasting system, which would allow local...
Team develops bimodal 'electronic skin'
Through the crafty use of magnetic fields, scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and the Johannes Kepler Universit...
Young inventors come up with smart sneakers
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Is the US losing the artificial intelligence arms race?
The U.S. government, long a proponent of advancing technology for military purposes, sees artificial intelligence as key to the next generat...
Batteries with fluorinated electrolytes that work at very high and low temperatures
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De-identification team explores facial recognition block in videos
Facebook has figured out the de-identification of people in videos. Wait, Facebook? Aren't social platforms often criticized over privac...
Where to install renewable energy in US to achieve greatest benefits
A new Harvard study shows that to achieve the biggest improvements in public health and the greatest benefits from renewable energy, wind tu...
Acer Predator Helios 300
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To rid electric grid of carbon, shore up green energy support
Cornell and Northwestern University engineers, along with a federal economist, have created an energy model that helps to remove carbon-gene...
Apple debuts AirPods Pro with noise cancelling, higher price
Apple is offering a $250 version of its wireless AirPods Pro earbuds with a new design and noise cancellation feature. from Consumer Elect...
Audit raps French energy giant EDF over nuclear project
An official report rapped French energy giant EDF on the knuckles Monday for lacking a "culture of quality," as reflected in huge ...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
The original Modern Warfare remains an indisputable classic. Infinity Ward redefined the first-person shooter back in 2007, changing the for...
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