New tech could prevent need to store non-working pacemakers inside the heart
Like conventional pacemakers, tiny new leadless pacemakers are designed to work for about 12 years.
Like conventional pacemakers, tiny new leadless pacemakers are designed to work for about 12 years.
Engineering
May 19, 2017
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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems have developed a soft gripping system that uses differential air pressure and a gecko-inspired adhesive for exceptional bonding to ...
Robotics
May 18, 2017
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Google on Monday said it will apply machine smarts and outside eyes to help ensure brands don't find ads paired with hateful videos on YouTube.
Internet
Apr 3, 2017
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People who apply for a loan from a bank or credit card company, and are turned down, are owed an explanation of why that happened. It's a good idea – because it can help teach people how to repair their damaged credit – ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 14, 2017
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A computer's operating system, the layer of software between you and the hardware, has changed remarkably over the past few decades. At the beginning a user had to interact with levers and switches, then came screens and ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 5, 2017
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In 2016, self-driving cars went mainstream. Uber's autonomous vehicles became ubiquitous in neighborhoods where I live in Pittsburgh, and briefly in San Francisco. The U.S. Department of Transportation issued new regulatory ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 2, 2017
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Nine months ago, a computer beat one of the world's best players at one of the world's oldest games, Go. That was the start of the era of new IT, Intelligent Technology, according to Fei-Yue Wang, a professor at the Chinese ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 22, 2016
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Much as Linux, Windows, and iOS coordinate the execution of computing applications, laws coordinate the execution of human society. When new kinds of interactions emerge – sharing our airspace with private drones, for example, ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 10, 2016
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Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and the University of Texas at Dallas, revealed new crowdshaping technology at SIGGRAPH 2016 that creates accurate 3-D body models from 2D photos using crowdsourced ...
Computer Sciences
Jul 26, 2016
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Robotic systems and unmanned vehicles are playing an ever-growing role in the US military—but don't expect to see Terminator-style droids striding across the battlefield just yet.
Engineering
Mar 31, 2016
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