Despite unprecedented advancements in technology and countless depictions of complex human-AI interactions in sci-fi movies, we have yet to ...
Autonomous excavators ready for around the clock real-world deployment
Researchers from Baidu Research Robotics and Auto-Driving Lab (RAL) and the University of Maryland, College Park, have introduced an autonom...
California tests off-the-grid solutions to power outages
When a wildfire tore through Briceburg nearly two years ago, the tiny community on the edge of Yosemite National Park lost the only power li...
Researchers discuss common errors in internet energy analysis to develop best practices
When it comes to understanding and predicting trends in energy use, the internet is a tough nut to crack. So say energy researchers Eric Mas...
A better method to predict offshore wind power
Rutgers researchers have developed a machine learning model using a physics-based simulator and real-world meteorological data to better pre...
Mass deletion of data from WD My Book Live devices may have involved more than one vulnerability
Security experts at Ars Technica and Censys have found a second vulnerability in Western Digital's My Book Live devices, suggesting the ...
Editing out fake news
Fake news and misinformation have become commonplace in the political, economic, climatic, and social arenas in recent years and are amplifi...
Neural network to study crowd physics for training urban robots
The chaotically moving objects dense clusters digital twin is being developed by students from NUST MISIS, ITMO and MIPT to navigate robots....
Mixing it up: A low-cost way to make efficient, stable perovskite solar cells at commercial scale
A key component of next-generation solar panels can be created without expensive, high-temperature fabrication methods, demonstrating a path...
Scientists intensify electrolysis, utilize carbon dioxide more efficiently with magnets
For decades, researchers have been working toward mitigating excess atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. One promising approach captu...
Amazon dispatches Alexa to tell stories to kids
Amazon on Tuesday said that its Alexa digital assistant can now be a reading buddy for children, coaching them when they get stuck on words....
Longer-lived lithium-metal battery marks step forward for electric vehicles
Researchers have increased the lifetime of a promising electric vehicle battery to a record level, an important step toward the goal of ligh...
Team proposes a data-driven approach for a more sustainable utility rate structure
Many drivers use tollways to get from point A to point B because they are a faster and more convenient option. The fees associated with thes...
Faster, greener technique to improve recycling process for electric vehicle batteries
Researchers working on the Faraday Institution project on the recycling of lithium-ion batteries (ReLiB) at the Universities of Leicester an...
Steering wind turbines creates greater energy potential
As wind passes through a turbine, it creates a wake that decreases the downstream average wind velocity. The faster the spin of the turbine ...
A model to predict how much humans and robots can be trusted with completing specific tasks
Researchers at University of Michigan have recently developed a bi-directional model that can predict how much both humans and robotic agent...
Wind and the sun power Greek islands' green energy switch
In the tranquil Greek island of Tilos, a wind turbine hums over a silvery sea while scorching sun rays hit a hill lined with solar panels. ...
How to build a better wind farm
Location, location, location—when it comes to the placement of wind turbines, the old real estate adage applies, according to new research p...
Breakthrough in 3D scanning leads to 4500% more accurate results
Scientists have created a new method for increasing the precision of 3D body scans by 4500%. from News on Artificial Intelligence and Mach...
Samsung lagging on renewables pledge: Greenpeace
Smartphone and chip giant Samsung Electronics' fulfilment of a headline-grabbing pledge to switch to renewable energy in the US, China a...
Google adds search warning for queries with fast-changing results
Google will display a warning for searches where the results are "rapidly evolving." from Consumer Electronics News - Electronic...
World's second-largest hydropower dam goes online in China
China began operating the world's second-largest hydropower station on Monday in what officials hailed as a milestone towards Beijing...
DNA databases: New method cuts indexing from weeks to hours, searches to minutes
Rice University computer scientists are sending RAMBO to rescue genomic researchers who sometimes wait days or weeks for search results from...
Plans in place to build carbon capture facility in Scotland that can capture a million tonnes a year
Storegga Geotechnologies, a UK energy transition company, and Carbon Engineering, a Canadian company involved in projects that remove carbon...
Creating a sustainable city: Time, common sense and persistence
Cities want to become more sustainable but bringing that ambition to life can be quite the challenge. Academics have to work together with u...
AI learns to predict human behavior from videos
Predicting what someone is about to do next based on their body language comes naturally to humans but not so for computers. When we meet an...
Why nuclear energy isn't a safe bet in a warming world
The overwhelming majority of nuclear power stations active today entered service long before the science of climate change was well-establis...
Study offers plan to overcome hurdles for hydrogen energy
The U.S. is counting on hydrogen to play a significant role in the low-carbon economy of the future, but fundamental questions about transpo...
LyricJam: A system that can generate lyrics for live instrumental music
Over the past few decades, computer scientists have developed computational tools that can generate specific types of data, such as images, ...
Using photos of toasters and fridges to train algorithms in detecting COVID-19
New research using machine learning on images of everyday items is improving the accuracy and speed of detecting respiratory diseases, reduc...
Bangladesh scraps 10 coal-fired power plants
Bangladesh announced Sunday that it has scrapped at least 10 major coal-fired power plants as it seeks to scale up its power generation from...
How AI can transform layering technique for semiconductors
To make computer chips, technologists around the world rely on atomic layer deposition (ALD), which can create films as fine as one atom thi...
Crown ethers improve perovskite solar cell stability
EPFL scientists have used an unprecedented method with multimodal host-guest complexation to greatly improve the stability of perovskite sol...
Why 'nuclear batteries' offer a new approach to carbon-free energy
We may be on the brink of a new paradigm for nuclear power, a group of nuclear specialists suggested recently in The Bridge, the journal of ...
Sustainable, implantable electronics move one step closer
Bio-inspired electricity sources could power wearable or implantable electronics in the future, even running on metabolic waste according to...
Recycling next-generation solar panels fosters green planet
Tossing worn-out solar panels into landfills may soon become electronics waste history. from Energy & Green Tech News - Energy Science...
From Windows 1.0 to Windows 10: A history of Microsoft's signature PC software
On Thursday, PC owners got a first look at the future of Windows. from Consumer Electronics News - Electronics News, Electronic Gadget New...
Ransomware, data breach, cyberattack: What do they have to do with your personal information?
The headlines are filled with news about ransomware attacks tying up organizations large and small, data breaches at major brand-name compan...
Solar geoengineering could limit global warming, but Canada should study risks and benefits first
The Swedish Space Corporation recently canceled a field test of a high altitude balloon, intended to better understand solar geoengineering ...
Tsunamis, earthquakes, nuclear meltdowns, pandemic: What Japan has learned from centuries of disaster
A decade on from 3/11—the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe that hit Japan—the country is again amid a crisis caused b...
First demonstration of Mcity's test concept for highly automated vehicles
Highly automated vehicles need a different kind of test to prove they are safe before testing moves to public roads, leaders of Mcity at the...
Optical music recognition with convolutional neural network
Optical character recognition (OCR) commonly used to convert the text in scanned documents into a searchable and editable form on the comput...
Researchers create an artificial tactile skin that mimics human tactile recognition processes
Over the past few decades, roboticists and computer scientists have developed artificial systems that replicate biological functions and hum...
New, tiny battery powers big insight into fish passage for hydropower
With the worldwide decline of lamprey and eel populations, tracking their movement and survival is a first step toward conservation. However...
Cramming cities full of electric vehicles means we're still depending on cars—and that's a huge problem
This week, the NSW government announced almost A$500 million towards boosting the uptake of electric vehicles. In its new electric vehicle s...
Designing temporal networks that synchronize under resource constraints
Synchronization is critical for the function of many distributed systems—whether it's computers or power grids or neuronal populations—b...
New study suggests ways to mitigate fuel shortages
In New England, constraints in the supply of natural gas have led to nearly a quarter of all unscheduled power plant outages. In a new study...
Aging Japanese nuclear reactor restarted after a decade
A more than 40-year-old nuclear reactor in central Japan which suffered a deadly accident has resumed operation after being taken offline fo...
Harvesting drinking water from humidity around the clock
Fresh water is scarce in many parts of the world and must be obtained at great expense. Communities near the ocean can desalinate sea water ...
Peloton reportedly working on digital heart rate wearable device
Peloton is reportedly venturing into the digital wearables market. from Consumer Electronics News - Electronics News, Electronic Gadget Ne...
New algorithm helps autonomous vehicles find themselves, summer or winter
Without GPS, autonomous systems get lost easily. Now a new algorithm developed at Caltech allows autonomous systems to recognize where they ...
A novel energy storage solution featuring pipes and anchors
What do pipes and anchors have to do with storing energy? More than you might think. A new IIASA-led study explored the potential of a lesse...
How to make lithium-ion batteries invincible
In our future electrified world, the demand for battery storage is projected to be enormous, reaching to upwards of 2 to 10 terawatt-hours (...
Low-cost imaging technique shows how smartphone batteries could charge in minutes
Researchers have developed a simple lab-based technique that allows them to look inside lithium-ion batteries and follow lithium ions moving...
Machines learn pandemic prediction
Might machine learning and big data allow us to predict how an emerging disease might spread and so be more prepared than we were for the ev...
Producing methane for energy in underground repositories using solar energy
During the winter months, renewable energy is in short supply throughout Europe. An international project is now considering an unconvention...
Robot farmers—with responsible development—could improve jobs, fight climate change
Farming robots that can move autonomously in an open field or greenhouse promise a cleaner, safer agricultural future. But there are also po...
Advancing research on environmentally friendly, hydrogen-enriched fuel
As you drive down the highway, you may notice an increasing number of hybrid and electric vehicles. Alternative energy automobiles are on th...
New machine learning methods could improve environmental predictions
Machine learning algorithms do a lot for us every day—send unwanted email to our spam folder, warn us if our car is about to back into somet...
Machine learning enhances non-verbal communication in online classrooms
Researchers in the Center for Research on Entertainment and Learning (CREL) at the University of California San Diego have developed a syste...
Julia programming language tackles differential equation challenges
Emerging open-source programming language Julia is designed to be fast and easy to use. from News on Artificial Intelligence and Machine L...
Intelligent carpet gives insight into human poses
The sentient magic carpet from 'Aladdin' might have a new competitor. While it can't fly or speak, a new tactile sensing carpet ...
Studies suggest finding automatic ways to spot fake news may be more complicated than anticipated
Clickbait headlines might not be as enticing to readers as once thought, according to a team of researchers. They added that artificial inte...
What users think about logging in without a password
Many users consider passwords extremely burdening. An authentication protocol for websites, called WebAuthn, could render them obsolete. Use...
Speeding up machine learning for particle physics
Machine learning is everywhere. For example, it's how Spotify gives you suggestions of what to listen to next or how Siri answers your q...
Researchers identify near-term opportunity for heavy-duty electric trucks
Heavy-duty trucks, or semi-trucks with a gross vehicle weight greater than 26,000 pounds, are responsible for around 15% of total U.S. trans...
AI may soon predict how electronics fail
Think of them as master Lego builders, only at an atomic scale. Engineers at CU Boulder have taken a major step forward in combing advanced ...
Combating fatigue with autonomy: Human-robot collaboration for manufacturing
Humans and robots may be sharing some of the same goals and manufacturing spaces soon as autonomy and robot technology continue to advance. ...
Deep learning application to MRI could cut scan time in half
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive diagnostic tool used to detect and evaluate brain disease, musculoskeletal damage, cardio...
Engineers create solar energy collectors grown from seeds
Rice University engineers have created microscopic seeds for growing remarkably uniform 2D perovskite crystals that are both stable and high...
Albania holds 1st wind power tender to diversify energy base
Albania launched a tender Monday for its first onshore wind power program, trying to diversify its water-based energy production. from Ene...
EU data watchdogs want ban on AI facial recognition
The EU's data protection agencies on Monday called for an outright ban on using artificial intelligence to identify people in public pla...
A robot on EBRAINS has learned to combine vision and touch
How the brain lets us perceive and navigate the world is one of the most fascinating aspects of cognition. When orienting ourselves, we cons...
Video games for all seasons: Microsoft and Nintendo reveal upcoming releases
Much of the country is reopening as concerns about the coronavirus pandemic lessen, but video game makers have a message: If you want to sta...
Robot-assisted surgery: Putting the reality in virtual reality
Cardiac surgeons may be able to better plan operations and improve their surgical field view with the help of a robot. Controlled through a ...
Top economists call for budget measures to speed the switch to electric cars
Australia's top economists overwhelmingly back government measures to speed the transition to electric cars in order to meet emission re...
Texas power companies are adjusting residents' smart thermostats to higher temps. Here's why.
Live in Texas and notice your thermostat temperature happened to go up by itself? from Energy & Green Tech News - Energy Sciences News...
How shipping ports are being reinvented for the green energy transition
When it comes to launching the energy transition, maritime policy is one of the key battlegrounds. But many ports, aware of their ecological...
Upcoming national carbon pricing accelerates energy transition away from coal power
The implementation of national carbon pricing means that coal plant managers may have to pay for carbon emissions from power generation, lea...
Iran's sole nuclear power plant undergoes emergency shutdown
Iran's sole nuclear power plant has undergone an unexplained temporary emergency shutdown, state TV reported on Sunday. from Energy ...
Europe powers up electric car battery drive
As electric car sales soar, Europe has started to build up its capacity to produce batteries on the continent but it remains far from reduci...
Google could develop locator for Android devices
With Apple locator devices such as AirTag and Find My iPhone, Google is now looking to follow in Apple's footsteps with its new accessib...
Combining energy storage and solar offers unexpected power reliability boost
New research from North Carolina State University and North Carolina Central University finds that when a power system combines energy stora...
Swiss-cheese design could help scientists harness the power of the sun
The big holes in Swiss cheese help make it a tasty treat. Now, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Phys...
Altered microstructure improves organic-based, solid state lithium EV battery
Only 2% of vehicles are electrified to date, but that is projected to reach 30% in 2030. A key toward improving the commercialization of ele...
Study explores how the elderly use smart speaker technology
Researchers from Bentley University, in partnership with Waltham Council on Aging in Massachusetts, and as part of a study funded by the Nat...
Microsoft to release new apps view for hybrid work
As the COVID-19 pandemic draws to a close, Microsoft intends to follow through on its plan for an easier layout to connect remote users to p...
Hybrid membrane doubles the lifetime of rechargeable batteries
The energy density of traditional lithium-ion batteries is approaching a saturation point that cannot meet the demands of the future—for exa...
Researchers reveal defect properties in photovoltaic material
As a new member of photovoltaic family, antimony trisulfide (Sb2S3) has the satisfactory bandgap of 1.7eV, benefiting the fabrication of the...
The first mobile phone call was 75 years ago: A look back
I have a cellphone built into my watch. People now take this type of technology for granted, but not so long ago it was firmly in the realm ...
AI system-on-chip runs on solar power
AI is used in an array of useful applications, such as predicting a machine's lifetime through its vibrations, monitoring the cardiac ac...
AI system-on-chip runs on solar power
AI is used in an array of useful applications, such as predicting a machine's lifetime through its vibrations, monitoring the cardiac ac...
Unitized regenerative fuel cells for improved hydrogen production and power generation
Green hydrogen, a source of clean energy that can be generated without using fossil fuels, has recently gained immense attention, as it can ...
Bring the outdoors in: The energy-efficient method for using 100% outdoor air in buildings
By now, it's well known that circulating outdoor air in buildings is safer than recirculating indoor air. That point was driven home by ...
Features of virtual agents affect how humans mimic their facial expressions
In recent years, computer scientists have developed a broad variety of virtual agents, artificial agents designed to interact with humans or...
A simple tool to enable remote neurological examinations
In the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, clinics and patients alike began canceling all non-urgent appointments and procedures in order ...
Computers help researchers find materials to turn solar power into hydrogen
Using solar energy to inexpensively harvest hydrogen from water could help replace carbon-based fuel sources and shrink the world's carb...
NZ's clean car discount is a turn in the right direction, but how much will it drive consumer demand?
New Zealand faces two enormous challenges if it is to meet its international climate change commitments under the Paris Agreement: biogenic ...
Australia's path to net zero emissions needs greater human focus
Australia's transition to a net-zero energy system is a massive and complex task; requiring interdisciplinary solutions addressing Austr...
Facebook AI software able to dig up origins of deepfake images
Facebook scientists on Wednesday said they developed artificial intelligence software to not only identify "deepfake" images but t...
Facebook AI can now use just one word to mimic text style from images
Facebook has announced their new AI project TextStyleBrush, a software capable of copying the style of handwritten or printed text in an ima...
Microsoft's next operating system, Windows 11, reportedly leaked online
A preview of Microsoft's new Windows 11 operating system may have been leaked online. from Consumer Electronics News - Electronics New...
ProtoTree: Addressing the black-box nature of deep learning models
One of the biggest obstacles in the adoption of Artificial Intelligence is that it cannot explain what a prediction is based on. These machi...
China blames minor fuel rod damage for nuclear plant issues
A handful of damaged fuel rods is behind a build-up of radioactive gases at a nuclear power station in southern China, authorities said Wedn...
Cyberpunk 2077 returning to PlayStation store, Sony says
Troubled game Cyberpunk 2077 will return to PlayStation stores from next week, Sony confirmed Wednesday, six months after it was pulled over...
Invention uses machine-learned human emotions to 'drive' autonomous vehicles
Americans have one of the highest levels of fear in the world when it comes to technology related to robotic systems and self-driving cars. ...
Soaking up the sun: Artificial photosynthesis promises clean, sustainable source of energy
Humans can do lots of things that plants can't do. We can walk around, we can talk, we can hear and see and touch. But plants have one m...
Nvidia to stop support for Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and Kepler GPUs soon
Nvidia, founding company of the GPU, has announced that on August 31 of 2021, support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, as well as for all Kepler GP...
Nintendo spotlights Switch games with no console update
Nintendo on Tuesday unveiled updated versions of its hit console games including Zelda and Super Smash Brothers, but disappointed fans looki...
'Open Rotor' engine for sustainable aviation
To advance the goal of achieving environmentally sustainable aviation, the jet engine giants of the U.S. and France on Monday unveiled a joi...
Turning a single photo into a video
Sometimes photos cannot truly capture a scene. How much more epic would that vacation photo of Niagara Falls be if the water were moving? ...
GM, Wabtec to develop hydrogen powered locomotives
General Motors has signed a deal to develop railroad locomotives powered by a hydrogen fuel cell and battery system. from Energy & Gre...
Electric car obsession impedes race to net zero: More active travel is essential
Globally, only one in 50 new cars were fully electric in 2020, and one in 14 in the UK. Sounds impressive, but even if all new cars sold wer...
How to improve energy efficiency of historically significant buildings
How can historic buildings become more energy efficient while conserving their heritage values? A doctoral thesis provides the answer by pre...
Artificial intelligence speeds land-use classification
An EPFL Master's student has shown that artificial intelligence can be used to further automate the process of land-use classification i...
Retrofitting dams for more renewable energy in the world
Almost all the dams in Norway are built for hydropower. This is not the case around the world. from Energy & Green Tech News - Energy ...
AI-driven soldier technology wins praise from engineering society
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Communications Society recognized an Army researcher and collaborators their work on a...
Scientists discover how oxygen loss saps a lithium-ion battery's voltage
When lithium ions flow in and out of a battery electrode during charging and discharging, a tiny bit of oxygen seeps out and the battery...
Qualcomm unveils 7 new Internet of Things chips to power smart grocery carts, remote work tech
Qualcomm has been working for years to get its mobile technology into other products besides smartphones—think drones, laptops and smart sec...
New research shines light on perovskite solar cell performance
The potential of a class of materials called perovskites, to enable solar cells to better absorb sunlight for energy production, is widely k...
China nuclear plant operators release gas in bid to fix issue
Gas was deliberately released from a nuclear power plant in southern China as operators work to fix an issue at the facility, its French par...
Biomimetic resonant acoustic sensor detecting far-distant voices accurately to hit the market
A KAIST research team led by Professor Keon Jae Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering has developed a bioinspired fle...
A novel approach to wirelessly power wearable devices
Advancements in wearable technology are reshaping the way we live, work and play, and also how healthcare is delivered and received. Wearabl...
French nuclear firm seeks to fix 'performance issue' at China plant
A French nuclear firm said Monday it was working to resolve a "performance issue" at a plant it part-owns in China's southern ...
Toyota targets carbon-neutral plants by 2035
Toyota, the world's biggest automaker, said Friday it aims to make its production carbon-neutral by 2035, replacing the previous target ...
Drone with 3D mapping tech gives first responders near real-time data
The international ResponDrone project has integrated into its situation awareness system for emergency situations a near real-time 3D mappin...
How artificial intelligence is changing the future of air transportation
A George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science professor is working on an interdisciplinary research project funde...
Rapid delivery grocery apps: Will they permanently change how we shop?
Billions of dollars are flowing to support companies you may never have heard of—startups with memorable names like Zapp, Deliveroo, Getir a...
Using large-scale dataset experiments and machine learning to discover new theories of decision-making
A team of researchers from Princeton University along with one from Worcester Polytechnic Institute has developed a way to use large-scale d...
Using polymer inhibitors to enable larger dynamic windows
Dynamic windows are a valuable technology that can help to decrease the carbon footprint of buildings. Dynamic windows are a class of window...
Need a DIY project? How to modify a 3D printer to make food or ceramics
While the pandemic has restricted us from doing many activities we like, household hobbies such as DIY, baking and crafts have become more p...
Scrambling against smudge attacks
The security-conscious among us use a PIN, a personal identification number, to "lock" our smartphones so that if the device is lo...
Researchers study rooftop solar photovoltaic grid-tied system in Texas
Scientists are continuously looking for alternatives to fossil fuel-based power plants to diminish the adverse effects of fossil energy sour...
Energy Secretary says US wants 'responsible' lithium mining
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said the Biden administration wants to see lithium needed for electric cars to be mined "in a res...
Microsoft taking Xbox games directly to TVs
Microsoft on Thursday said it is working on software to let people play Xbox video games on internet-linked televisions without need of cons...
Facebook to launch NetHack Challenge at NeurIPS 2021
Historically, significant progress in the area of reinforcement learning (RL) has resulted from simulation environments in games such as Dot...
Molecular coating enhances organic solar cells
An electrode coating just one molecule thick can significantly enhance the performance of an organic photovoltaic cell, KAUST researchers ha...
A bio-inspired technique to mitigate catastrophic forgetting in binarized neural networks
Deep neural networks have achieved highly promising results on several tasks, including image and text classification. Nonetheless, many of ...
3 things rooftop solar can teach us about Australia's electric car rollout
Governments and car manufacturers are investing hundreds of billions of dollars on electric vehicles. But while the electric transport revol...
Generating energy from salt concentration differences between sea water and river water
Generating energy from the difference in salt concentration between sea water and river water sounds like magic, yet it really works! Blue e...
Own an Echo? Amazon may be helping itself to your bandwidth
Do you own an Amazon smart device? If so, odds are good that the company is already sharing your internet connection with your neighbors unl...
Engineers apply physics-informed machine learning to solar cell production
Today, solar energy provides 2% of U.S. power. However, by 2050, renewables are predicted to be the most used energy source (surpassing petr...
Facebook working on smartwatch
Facebook on Wednesday confirmed it is working on a smartwatch that might on day connect with augmented reality glasses being developed by th...
Increasing the memory capacity of intelligent systems based on the function of human neurons
Researchers from the University of Liège (Belgium) have recently developed a new artificial neuron inspired by the different modes of operat...
An atomic look at lithium-rich batteries
Batteries have come a long way since Volta first stacked copper and zinc discs together 200 years ago. While the technology has continued to...
COVID-19 messages make emergency alerts just another text in the crowd on your home screen
On a spring day in 2020, residents of El Paso, Texas, saw their phones light up with a text message: "Avoid parks/family gatherings thi...
Researchers build supply chain model to support hydrogen economy
Over the past decades, the need for carbon-free energy has driven increasing interest in hydrogen as an environmentally clean fuel. But shif...
New pathway to improve polycrystalline thin-film solar cell performance
Puzzling out and testing new ways to improve the efficiency of cadmium telluride (CdTe) polycrystalline thin-film photovoltaic materials is ...
Chile inaugurates Latin America's first thermosolar plant
Chile on Tuesday inaugurated Latin America's first-ever thermosolar energy plant, a vast complex dubbed Cerro Dominador in the Atacama d...
Interior Dept. gauging interest in Gulf of Mexico wind power
President Joe Biden's administration wants to know whether offshore wind companies want to move into the Gulf of Mexico. from Energy ...
From iPhone OS 1 to iOS 15: A history of the system that powers your Apple smartphone
A lot has changed since Steve Jobs first introduced the world to Apple's latest device in 2007: the iPhone. from Consumer Electronics ...
Apple iOS 15: FaceTime coming to Android and Windows, Notifications get smarter and everything gets more shareable
The pandemic appears to have had an impact on some of the biggest features coming soon to your iPhone. from Consumer Electronics News - El...
Machine learning reduces microscope data processing time from months to just seconds
Ever since the world's first ever microscope was invented in 1590 by Hans and Zacharias Janssen—a Dutch father and son—our curiosity for...
Faster holographic imaging using recurrent neural networks
Digital holographic imaging is a commonly used microscopy technique in biomedical imaging. It reveals rich optical information of the sample...
Making virtual assistants sound human poses a challenge for designers
There's a scene in the 2008 film "Iron Man" that offers a glimpse of future interactions between human and artificial intellig...
Saving the climate with solar fuel
Mobility analyses show: Only a small proportion of all vehicles are responsible for the majority of the kilometers driven. We are talking ab...
Study shows AI-generated fake reports even fool experts
If you use such social media websites as Facebook and Twitter, you may have come across posts flagged with warnings about misinformation. So...
Artificial intelligence can help you understand music better
Algorithms and technology have so far helped listeners to more of the same music. Now, UiO researchers are working on new technology that ca...
Humans are ready to take advantage of benevolent AI
Humans expect that AI is benevolent and trustworthy. A new study reveals that at the same time humans are unwilling to cooperate and comprom...
Researchers develop solar cell with efficiency of 14%
A solar cell developed by physicists from the University of Luxembourg and Uppsala University has recently been certified with an efficiency...
Report confirms renewables still cheapest new-build power in Australia
Solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind continue to be the cheapest sources of new electricity generation capacity in Australia, even when the int...
Apple previews new software for iPhone, other gadgets
Apple kicked off its second annual all-virtual developer conference with a keynote that outlined new updates to its software for iPhones and...
Stabilizing gassy electrolytes could make ultra-low temperature batteries safer
A new technology could dramatically improve the safety of lithium-ion batteries that operate with gas electrolytes at ultra-low temperatures...
Automakers face a threat to EV sales: Slow charging times
If the auto industry is to succeed in its bet that electric vehicles will soon dominate the roads, it will need to overcome a big reason why...
Army researchers develop innovative framework for training AI
Army researchers have developed a pioneering framework that provides a baseline for the development of collaborative multi-agent systems. ...
Improved method for generating synthetic data solves major privacy issues in research
A lack of data is a major bottleneck for many kinds of research, and especially for the development of better medical treatments and drugs. ...
Innovative batteries put flying cars on the horizon
Jet packs, robot maids and flying cars were all promises for the 21st century. We got mechanized, autonomous vacuum cleaners instead. Now a ...
Computers can now predict our preferences directly from our brain
A research team from the University of Copenhagen and University of Helsinki demonstrates it is possible to predict individual preferences b...
A system to benchmark the posture control and balance of humanoid robots
In recent years, roboticists have developed a wide variety of robots with human-like capabilities. This includes robots with bodies that str...
Capturing water to make the renewable fuels of the future
A successful outcome for the energy transition is very much dependent on the development of alternative fuel solutions that are ultra-clean,...
It's far too easy for abusers to exploit smart toys and trackers
The wearable technology market is booming, with half a billion wearables sold globally in 2020. Apps on these devices, or the devices themse...
Nanoleaf develops classy lighting with a wood-like finish for your home
Already out for a while now, Nanoleaf Shapes have served as smart light panels for customers looking to spice up the style of any room in a ...
How sewage plants and data centres could help heat one in five UK homes
Gas boilers heat around 85% of homes in the UK, but their installation in new homes is to be banned from 2025. While heating produces over a...
Landmark study puts cost of windfarm development in the picture
A landmark study has found that excluding windfarm development in Great Britain's most scenic areas results in 18% less renewable electr...
Amazon's Ring to make police video requests public
Amazon's smart doorbell and camera offshoot Ring will make police requests for home security videos public, in a tweak to its policy app...
Following e-cigarette conversations on Twitter using artificial intelligence
The advertising of nicotine products is highly restricted, but social media allows a way for these products to be marketed to young people. ...
Shoot better drone videos with a single word
The pros make it look easy, but making a movie with a drone can be anything but. from News on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning...
Are wind farms slowing each other down?
The expansion of wind energy in the German Bight and the Baltic Sea has accelerated enormously in recent years. The first systems went into ...
Let's talk about the elephant in the data
You would not be surprised to see an elephant in the savanna or a plate in your kitchen. Based on your prior experiences and knowledge, you ...
A better way to introduce digital tech in the workplace
When bringing technologies into the workplace, it pays to be realistic. Often, for instance, bringing new digital technology into an organiz...
Algal biodiesel could be the best eco-friendly fuel option of tomorrow
The search for sustainable energy sources continues apace. Research highlighted in the International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology,...
Scientists develop integrated electrodes for high-energy-density flexible supercapacitors
Recently, a research team led by Prof. Zhao Bangchuan from the Institute of Solid Materials of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFI...
Microsoft to unveil next generation of Windows on June 24
Microsoft will reveal later this month what PC users can expect from the future of its Windows operating system. from Consumer Electronics...
Poop to power? New research puts wastewater to work, as a source of both water and electricity
Washington University researchers have developed a filter that treats wastewater and also generates electricity—an advance that could reshap...
Bill Gates company to build reactor at Wyoming coal plant
A next-generation, small nuclear plant will be built at a soon-to-be retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming in the next several years, bu...
AMD and Samsung are developing a new Exynos mobile chip with ray tracing
Computex Taipei announced on June 2, 2021 that the graphics and processors company AMD has collaborated with Samsung to develop RDNA 2 graph...
Amazon's Sidewalk feature will share your internet connection. Here's how to opt out.
Amazon is planning to automatically enroll owners of its devices in a program that would share a slice of their internet connection with nei...
Major advance in fabrication of low-cost solar cells also locks up greenhouse gases
Perovskite solar cells have progressed in recent years with rapid increases in power conversion efficiency (from 3% in 2006 to 25.5% today),...
Bringing order to hydrogen energy devices
Researchers at Kyoto University's Institute for Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) have developed a new approach to speed up hydrogen atoms ...
New algorithm for modern quilting
Stanford University computer science graduate student Mackenzie Leake has been quilting since age 10, but she never imagined the craft would...
Toshiba's triple-gate IGBT power semiconductors cut switching power losses by 40.5%
Toshiba Corporation has developed a prototype triple-gate IGBT that reduces overall power loss by up to 40.5% when switching on and off (swi...
Text2App: A framework that creates Android apps from text descriptions
Researchers at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and University of California- Los Angeles (UCLA) recently develope...
Microscopists push neural networks to the limit to sharpen fuzzy images
Fluorescence imaging uses laser light to obtain bright, detailed images of cells and even sub-cellular structures. However, if you want to w...
Studies show promise using drones to elicit emotional responses
As drones become more ubiquitous in public spaces, researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have conducted the first studies ...
System diverts heat or coolness away from a building and stores it
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a novel envelope system that diverts heat or coolness away from a building and s...
Environmentally friendly process to recover valuable materials from used lithium-ion batteries
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a solvent that results in a more environmentally friendly process to recover valu...
Huawei to roll out its own operating system to smartphones
Huawei is launching its own HarmonyOS mobile operating system on its handsets as it adapts to losing access to Google mobile services two ye...
Researchers explore ways to detect 'deep fakes' in geography
Can you trust the map on your smartphone, or the satellite image on your computer screen? from News on Artificial Intelligence and Machine...
Researchers fine-tune control over AI image generation
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new state-of-the-art method for controlling how artificial intelligence (A...
How AI could alert firefighters of imminent danger
Firefighting is a race against time. Exactly how much time? For firefighters, that part is often unclear. Building fires can turn from bad t...
New hardware systems bring the future of artificial intelligence into view
Machine learning is the process by which computers adapt their responses without human intervention. This form of artificial intelligence (A...
The role of computer voice in the future of speech-based human-computer interaction
In the modern day, our interactions with voice-based devices and services continue to increase. In this light, researchers at Tokyo Institut...
Trust the machine—it knows what it is doing
Machine learning, when used in climate science builds an actual understanding of the climate system, according to a study published in the j...
Making batteries live longer with ultrathin lithium
Our lives today are governed by electronics in all shapes and forms. Electronics, in turn, are governed by their batteries. However, the tra...
Artificial intelligence enables smart control and fair sharing of resources in energy communities
Energy communities will play a key role in building the more decentralized, less carbon intensive, and fairer energy systems of the future. ...
Artificial intelligence enables smart control and fair sharing of resources in energy communities
Energy communities will play a key role in building the more decentralized, less carbon intensive, and fairer energy systems of the future. ...
Supplying rural areas with electricity sustainably
Germany is supposed to become climate-neutral by 2045. The federal govern-ment's new climate protection law stipulates this. Greenhouse ...
Intelligent system to improve vehicle stability systems
Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed an intelligent system for estimating a vehicle's dynamic behavior ...
Researchers create a camera that knows exactly where it is
Researchers from the University of Bristol have demonstrated how a new special type of camera can build a pictorial map of where it has been...
A recurrent neural network that infers the global temporal structure based on local examples
Most computer systems are designed to store and manipulate information, such as documents, images, audio files and other data. While convent...
Machine learning is changing culture: This text-altering tool shows how
Most of us benefit every day from the fact computers can now "understand" us when we speak or write. Yet few of us have paused to ...
New mathematical models and algorithms for intelligent image processing inspired by the human visual cortex
Using the visual cortex as a model in the human brain, the research group led by ERC-award-winner Thomas Pock has developed new mathematical...
Digital wind tunnels could help develop more fuel efficient airplanes
New research has demonstrated how simulations could produce more detailed and accurate data quicker than physical wind tunnel experiments. ...
Technology toolkit for bipolar plate production of fuel cells
Fuel cells have huge potential, but there are not yet any clear structures and standards surrounding their manufacture. The huge number of o...
Spiking neural network chip combines low latency and energy consumption with high inference accuracy
In April 2020, imec introduced the world's first chip to process radar signals using a spiking recurrent neural network (SNN). Its flags...
Powering ahead with community batteries
Community-scale batteries are already achievable in Australia, will complement existing household batteries and will allow more solar energy...
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