Typically, navigation systems for autonomous cars use visible light to identify foreign objects. This works most of the time. But in misty, foggy, or rainy conditions, self-driving cars become a deer in headlights, largely ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 7, 2018
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A new type of space telescope could help find life on other planets or discover other solar systems like ours, according to a report recently carried out by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine.
Astronomy
Oct 25, 2018
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A team from Ruhr-Universität Bochum has succeeded in integrating secret commands for the Kaldi speech recognition system – which is believed to be contained in Amazon's Alexa and many other systems – into audio files. ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 24, 2018
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To answer significant questions about planetary systems, such as whether our solar system is a rare phenomenon or if life exists on planets other than Earth, NASA should lead a large direct imaging mission – an advanced ...
Astronomy
Sep 6, 2018
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Society is paying more attention than ever to the question of bias in artificial intelligence systems, and particularly those used to recognize and analyze images of faces. At IBM, we are taking the following actions to ...
Computer Sciences
Jun 27, 2018
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Scientists have developed a new way to improve how computers "see" and "understand" objects in the real world by training the computers' visual systems in a virtual environment.
Computer Sciences
Apr 11, 2018
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Researchers at Wright State University have helped pave the way for expanded applications of graphene in everything from space exploration to all-weather sensors.
Nanomaterials
Mar 27, 2018
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For photographers and scientists, lenses are lifesavers. They reflect and refract light, making possible the imaging systems that drive discovery through the microscope and preserve history through cameras.
Optics & Photonics
Feb 12, 2018
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Granular systems such as gravel or powders can be found everywhere, but studying them is not easy. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now developed a method by which pictures of the inside of granular systems can be taken ten ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 21, 2017
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Australian scientists have developed a new tool for imaging life at the nanoscale that will provide new insights into the role of transition metal ions such as copper in neuro-degenerative diseases.
Quantum Physics
Sep 6, 2017
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