Daily life during a pandemic means social distancing and finding new ways to remotely connect with friends, family and co-workers. And as we...
Scientists tap unused energy source to power smart sensor networks
The electricity that lights our homes and powers our appliances also creates small magnetic fields that are present all around us. Scientist...
Sunny prospects for start-up's clear solar energy windows
A Redwood City, California-based tech startup has developed a glass window packed with transparent photovoltaic cells that it believes will ...
Sunny prospects for start-up's clear solar energy windows
A Redwood City, California-based tech startup has developed a glass window packed with transparent photovoltaic cells that it believes will ...
Some mobile phone apps may contain hidden behaviors that users never see
A team of cybersecurity researchers has discovered that a large number of cell phone applications contain hardcoded secrets allowing others ...
'Tequila' powered biofuels more efficient than corn or sugar
The agave plant used to make tequila could be established in semi-arid Australia as an environmentally friendly solution to Australia's ...
Using skyrmions to create artificial synapses for neuromorphic computing
Skyrmions are ultra-stable atomic objects first discovered in real materials in 2009, which have more recently also been found also to exist...
No musical talent, no problem—there are now apps for that
A new social music app is pushing the boundaries of music creation by making recording artists out of novices with little to no musical trai...
These tools help older people connect digitally while isolating
Social isolation is hardly a new experience for many older people. If there is one silver lining to the current pandemic it may be that peop...
OpenTable launches tool to help you avoid long lines at restaurants, grocery stores
The dinner reservation platform OpenTable is launching a tool to help grocery stores and restaurants mitigate long lines and overcrowding in...
Cut off because of coronavirus? Connect with Marco Polo walkie-talkie video app
This week, more people downloaded the Marco Polo app from the Apple iOS app store than such long-established household names as Google Chrom...
Using cues and actions to help people get along with artificial intelligence
Learning how people interact with artificial intelligence-enabled machines—and using that knowledge to improve people's trust in AI—may ...
How to help your relatives stay connected online during COVID-19
Professor of computer science and award-winning educator, Richard Buckland, shares his tips for helping less tech-savvy relatives adapt to s...
Researchers measure reliability, confidence for next-gen AI
A team of Army and industry researchers have developed a metric for neural networks—computing systems modeled loosely after the human brain—...
Spotify says isolation ups interest in 'chill' music
People spending more time cooped up in their homes to curb the spread of the new coronavirus have changed their daily soundtracks, with many...
AI tool predicts which coronavirus patients get deadly 'wet lung'
Researchers in the US and China reported Monday they have developed an artificial intelligence tool that is able to accurately predict which...
iOS 13.4 release compromises VPN protection
Virtual Private Networks are being compromised by a bug in the latest Apple iOS version, 13.4, released last week, according to the online p...
Mandatory building energy audits alone do not overcome barriers to energy efficiency
New York City's pioneering Local Law 87 requires office and residential buildings to monitor their energy use, using detailed audits. In...
Coronavirus bound? A perfect project: Backup your data
Tuesday is World Backup Day, a made-up holiday that encourages the the sale of more products like hard drives and USB thumb drives. from C...
Researchers develop novel supercritical water oxidation system
A research group from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a novel supercri...
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14
The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is one of the best gaming laptops I’ve ever tested and is now my number one recommendation. It’s one of the very ...
Researchers develop faster way to replace bad data with accurate information
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Army Research Office have demonstrated a new model of how competing pieces of infor...
New Qualcomm chips pack high-end features for lower-cost earbuds
Qualcomm is getting ready to usher in a new generation of super low-power Bluetooth earbud chips. from Consumer Electronics News - Electro...
Huawei flagship phone goes Google-free
Huawei drove into its post-Google era Thursday with a flagship smartphone that uses none of the Android maker's apps now that the Chines...
Researchers develop an intelligent spectrum sensing technique for 5G communications
Spectrum sensing plays an important role in future wireless communication systems as it helps to resolve the coexistence issue and optimize ...
'Pandemic drone' in development to detect people with coronavirus
A 'pandemic drone' to remotely monitor and detect people with infectious respiratory conditions is being developed by the University...
U.S. needs to reduce fossil-fuel dependence, but parties disagree about how to do it
Both sides of the political spectrum recognize a need to reduce American dependence on carbon-based energy sources, but how the nation does ...
Huawei P40 Pro first look: No Google, but lots to get excited about
Coming soon after the excellent Samsung Galaxy S20 and Oppo Find X2 Pro , the Huawei P40 Pro is another high-specced, 5G Android phone head...
An indoor MAV pose estimation system that leverages existing Wi-Fi infrastructure
Micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) could have numerous useful applications, for instance, assisting humans in completing warehouse inventories or ...
Neural networks facilitate optimization in the search for new materials
When searching through theoretical lists of possible new materials for particular applications, such as batteries or other energy-related de...
Wondering if you have coronavirus symptoms? Siri can help
Now your iPhone or other Apple device can help you determine if you have symptoms associated with the coronavirus. from Consumer Electroni...
Designing lightweight glass for efficient cars and wind turbines
A new machine-learning algorithm for exploring lightweight, very stiff glass compositions can help design next-gen materials for more effici...
High-frequency transistors achieve record efficiency at 100 volts
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF have succeeded in significantly increasing the output power of t...
Harnessing marine energy at all scales, from a village microgrid to a vast tidal inlet
The nation's largest yet least densely populated state, Alaska is a land of superlatives and contradictions. For centuries, its remote c...
Power-generating material for organic photovoltaics
Toyobo Co., Ltd. and the French government research institute CEA have succeeded in making trial organic photovoltaic (OPV) small cells on a...
Microsoft reports new Windows vulnerability
Microsoft reported a "critical" security vulnerability Monday that could affect millions of Windows users. The critical label is t...
Deep learning cuts costs in building control
American buildings consume roughly 40 percent of U.S. energy, much of which is expended on heating, cooling, and ventilation. Enhanced contr...
Deep learning cuts costs in building control
American buildings consume roughly 40 percent of U.S. energy, much of which is expended on heating, cooling, and ventilation. Enhanced contr...
A deep learning-based method for vision-based tactile sensing
To effectively interact with their surrounding environment, robots should be able to identify characteristics of different objects just by t...
Initiatives to protect US energy grid and nuclear weapons systems
To deter attempts to disable U.S. electrical utilities and to defend U.S. nuclear weapon systems from evolving technological threats, Sandia...
Study uses AI to estimate unexploded bombs from Vietnam War
Researchers have used artificial intelligence to detect Vietnam War-era bomb craters in Cambodia from satellite images—with the hope that it...
Call of Duty: Warzone
There’s a lot to be said for style over substance. Obviously, a complete lack of substance is bad, but the same is often true for a complete...
System trains driverless cars in simulation before they hit the road
A simulation system invented at MIT to train driverless cars creates a photorealistic world with infinite steering possibilities, helping th...
A new low-cost solar technology for environmental cooling
Space cooling and heating is a common need in most inhabited areas. In Europe, the energy consumed for air conditioning is rising, and the s...
Car audio systems pose greater dangers than texting, pot
So you thought you could block out the 24/7 news coverage of coronavirus by jumping into your car, turning up your music player and enjoying...
Half-Life: Alyx
It’s almost cathartic to be playing Half-Life again. After a frankly agonising cliffhanger at the end of Episode Two way back in 2007, the f...
Electric cars better for climate in 95% of the world
Fears that electric cars could actually increase carbon emissions are unfounded in almost all parts of the world, news research shows. Media...
Neuromorphic controllers to enhance control during landing in micro air vehicles
Flying insects are able to navigate their environments efficiently, processing visual stimuli to avoid obstacles and land safely on a variet...
How do you power billions of sensors? By converting waste heat into electricity
Interconnected healthcare and many other future applications will require internet connectivity between billions of sensors. The devices tha...
Wearable strain sensor using light transmittance helps measure physical signals better
KAIST researchers have developed a novel wearable strain sensor based on the modulation of optical transmittance of a carbon nanotube (CNT)-...
Researchers use 3-D printing, sensors to create models for hydropower testing
Hydropower developers must consider many factors when it comes time to license a new project or renew an existing one: How can environmental...
Fast Share, Android's answer to Apple's AirDrop, due soon
It appears Google is preparing to roll out a new file sharing feature when it unveils Android 11 later this spring. from Consumer Electron...
Huawei MateBook D 14
Huawei recently launched its 2020 lineup of new products and, among the folding phones and uniquely coloured flagship laptops, you may have ...
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