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Call it car, call it aircraft, but Transition is in the wings

The first flying car? Yes, we agree. The kind of image we associate with an animated movie or new video game.

Hi Tech & Innovation

22 hours ago
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Machine learning experiment can image-match your pose

What about exploring pictures just by moving around? Lots of 11-year-olds would find this a great idea, especially if the alternative was a homework assignment on French verbs.

Computer Sciences

17 hours ago
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Eagle-eyed machine learning algorithm outdoes human experts

Artificial intelligence is now so smart that silicon brains frequently outthink people.

Computer Sciences

Jul 20, 2018
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Safe solid-state lithium batteries herald 'paradigm shift' in energy storage

The race to produce safe, powerful and affordable solid-state lithium batteries is accelerating and recent announcements about game-changing research using a solid non-flammable ceramic electrolyte known as garnet has some ...

Energy & Green Tech

Jul 20, 2018
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Parakeet pecking orders and basketball match-ups—Analyzing winners and losers can reveal rank within networks

Sometimes, knowing who wins and who loses is more important than how the game is played.

Computer Sciences

Jul 20, 2018
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Computer scientists find that physicians' "gut feelings" influence how many tests they order for patients

Many technology companies are working on artificial intelligence systems that can analyze medical data to help diagnose or treat health problems. Such systems raise the question of whether this kind of technology can perform ...

Computer Sciences

Jul 20, 2018
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Team suggests a way to protect autonomous grids from potentially crippling GPS spoofing attacks

Not long ago, getting a virus was about the worst thing computer users could expect in terms of system vulnerability. But in our current age of hyper-connectedness and the emerging Internet of Things, that's no longer the ...

Security

Jul 20, 2018
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Gorilla Glass to have beefed-up protection for phones to survive oh-no drops

The world's most advanced glass available for smartphones and tablets: that is the way that Corning Gorilla Glass 6 was described by its makers at an event this week.

Consumer & Gadgets

Jul 20, 2018
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Liquid-metal, high-voltage flow battery

A new combination of materials developed by Stanford researchers may aid in developing a rechargeable battery able to store the large amounts of renewable power created through wind or solar sources. With further development, ...

Energy & Green Tech

Jul 19, 2018
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A better way to control a swarm of drones

A team of researchers from Hungary, Norway and the Netherlands has found a way to better control a large swarm of drones—give them more autonomy. In their paper published in the journal Science Robotics, the group describes ...

Robotics

Jul 19, 2018
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Eagle-eyed algorithm outdoes human experts

Artificial intelligence is now so smart that silicon brains frequently outthink humans.

Computer Sciences

Jul 19, 2018
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An underwater pokeball for capturing sea creatures

The open ocean is the largest and least explored environment on Earth, estimated to hold up to a million species that have yet to be described. However, many of those organisms are soft-bodied—like jellyfish, squid, and ...

Robotics

Jul 18, 2018
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Engineer teaching humanoid robots to use their hands to stop themselves from falling

A famous viral video about the DARPA Robotics Challenge shows all sorts of humanoid robots clumsily falling down. Bipedal movement is rather unstable, which is not only a problem for a robot trying to complete its task, but ...

Robotics

Jul 18, 2018
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Airbus unveils pioneering solar-powered drone

European air giant Airbus on Wednesday unveiled a solar-powered drone called Zephyr that will fly at a high altitude and fulfil the same functions as a satellite.

Energy & Green Tech

Jul 18, 2018
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Despite digital revolution, distance still matters

Even when people have well-connected social networks beyond their home cities and across state lines, they are still most frequently interacting with people who are very geographically near.

Internet

Jul 18, 2018
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In China, yellow robots deliver snacks to your home

Along a quiet residential street on the outer edges of Beijing, a yellow and black cube about the size of a small washing machine trundles leisurely to its destination.

Robotics

Jul 18, 2018
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Comma.ai punctuating self-driving vision with tests, software update

What do you know about comma.ai? Self-driving car watchers know them for sure and are watching with interest in test drives that explore how far they have come along in their own visions of self-driving car capabilities. ...

Hi Tech & Innovation

Jul 18, 2018
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50 years after Concorde, US start-up eyes supersonic future

Luxury air travel faster than the speed of sound: A US start-up is aiming to revive commercial supersonic flight 50 years after the ill-fated Concorde first took to the skies.

Hi Tech & Innovation

Jul 18, 2018
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New creepy, crawly search and rescue robot developed

A new highly maneuverable search and rescue robot that can creep, crawl and climb over rough terrain and through tight spaces has been developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers.

Robotics

Jul 18, 2018
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Using machine learning for music knowledge discovery

Researchers at the University of Pompeu Fabra, Cardiff University and the Technical University of Madrid used machine-learning algorithms to discover new things about the history of music.

Computer Sciences

Jul 17, 2018
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