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Sea slug feeding structure model informs soft robot design
Carnegie Mellon University researchers at the Biohybrid and Organic Robotics Group (B.O.R.G.) led by Victoria Webster-Wood, in collaboration with researchers at Case Western Reserve University, are studying the sea slug feeding ...
Robotics
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Navigating digital financial inclusion in Africa
As the presence of mobile phones becomes increasingly widespread in Africa, digital services have allowed for more financial inclusion among low- and middle-income countries within the continent. Through a system known as ...
Consumer & Gadgets
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Event-driven optical encryption advances information security through neuromorphic imaging
In an era where the internet connects virtually every aspect of our lives, the security of information systems has become paramount. Safeguarding critical databases containing private and commercial information presents a ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
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First meltdown-proof nuclear reactor passes loss of cooling test in China
A team of engineers from Tsinghua University, working at China's high-temperature reactor with a pebble-bed module (HTR-PM), claims that the reactor has passed a critical cooling test. In their study, published in Joule, ...
New learning-based method trains robots to reliably pick up and place objects
Most robotic systems developed to date can either tackle a specific task with high precision or complete a range of simpler tasks with low precision. For instance, some industrial robots can complete specific manufacturing ...
Intelligent compaction: Ensuring highway durability with advanced monitoring
Highway construction often faces challenges in ensuring long-term subgrade performance due to traditional compaction quality control (QC) methods that rely on manual adjustments and sporadic testing. These methods are susceptible ...
Engineering
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From gray to green: Unveiling the future of renewable e-methanol for cleaner shipping fuels
Methanol is a crucial chemical feedstock and a potential green fuel, particularly for the shipping industry. Currently, its production predominantly relies on fossil feedstocks, leading to high greenhouse gas emissions.
Energy & Green Tech
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Budget airlines make money from extra charges, but savvy travelers benefit, too
If you're about to jet off on a summer flight, the chances of you having secured a bargain at this peak time of the year are slim. And as well as the cost of your tickets, you may have grudgingly paid various amounts on top ...
Business
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Small modular reactors have promise, but researchers find they're unlikely to help Australia hit net zero by 2050
Australia's clean energy transition is already underway, driven by solar, wind, batteries and new transmission lines.
Energy & Green Tech
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FraudGPT and other malicious AIs are the new frontier of online threats. What can we do?
The internet, a vast and indispensable resource for modern society, has a darker side where malicious activities thrive.
Security
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Battery-free technology can power electronic devices using ambient radiofrequency signals
Ubiquitous wireless technologies like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 5G rely on radio frequency (RF) signals to send and receive data. A new prototype of an energy harvesting module—developed by a team led by scientists from the ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
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Social robot or digital avatar, users interact with this AI technology as if it's real
Humans are interacting more than ever with artificial intelligence (AI)—from the development of the first "social robots" (a robot with a physical body programmed to interact and engage with humans) like Kismet in the 1990s ...
Robotics
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Study: When allocating scarce resources with AI, randomization can improve fairness
Organizations are increasingly utilizing machine-learning models to allocate scarce resources or opportunities. For instance, such models can help companies screen resumes to choose job interview candidates or aid hospitals ...
Computer Sciences
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Spain's antitrust watchdog opens probe into Apple App Store
Spain's antitrust watchdog said Wednesday it had opened a probe into the conditions Apple imposes on developers of mobile applications sold on its App Store.
Business
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France quietly catches rivals in battle for data center supremacy
At the end of a narrow suburban street north of Paris, a giant structure shrouded in a skin of mesh and steel looks like a football stadium, but is in fact a vast data center.
Business
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Ferrari to accept crypto-payments in Europe
Italian luxury carmaker Ferrari said Wednesday its European dealers will start accepting cryptocurrency, following a similar move in the United States.
Business
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Crowdstrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage
Crowdstrike is blaming a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off last week's global tech outage that grounded flights, took TV broadcasts ...
Internet
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Renewables overproduction turns electricity prices negative
With the proliferation of solar panels and wind turbines an unusual phenomenon is becoming more and more frequent: wholesale electricity prices turn negative.
Energy & Green Tech
9 hours ago
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FTC orders 8 companies to provide information on 'surveillance pricing' practices
The Federal Trade Commission has ordered information from eight companies that the agency says offer products and services that use personal data to set prices based on a shopper's individual characteristics.
Business
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Tesla's 2Q profit falls 45% to $1.48 billion as sales drop despite price cuts and low-interest loans
Tesla's second-quarter net income fell 45% compared with a year ago as the company's global electric vehicle sales tumbled despite price cuts and low-interest financing.
Automotive
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