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Quantum sensing on a chip 5 min read

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Quantum sensing on a chip

MIT researchers have fabricated a diamond-based quantum sensor on a silicon chip using traditional fabrication techniques (pictured), which could enable low-cost quantum hardware. Credit: Massachusetts... Read More

Photovoltaic-powered sensors for the 'Internet of Things' 5 min read

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Photovoltaic-powered sensors for the 'Internet of Things'

MIT researchers have designed low-cost, photovoltaic-powered sensors on RFID tags that work in sunlight and dimmer indoor lighting, and can transmit data for years before... Read More

CrocSpotter app uses AI for detection 2 min read

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CrocSpotter app uses AI for detection

Credit: CC0 Public Domain CrocSpotter AI is the latest algorithm developed by the University of Technology Sydney and industry partner Westpac Little Ripper. Ultra-low latency... Read More

What do the next 20 years hold for artificial intelligence? 8 min read

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What do the next 20 years hold for artificial intelligence?

Yolanda Gil, a research director at the USC Viterbi Information Sciences Institute (ISI), co-authored a new 20-year Artificial Intelligence Roadmap. Credit: USC Viterbi. Yolanda Gil,... Read More

No, Alexa won't stop recording you 3 min read

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No, Alexa won't stop recording you

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Alexa, will you stop recording and storing my queries? You won’t get a response from Alexa to that one, but we... Read More

Wind power from the sky 4 min read

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Wind power from the sky

Successful test flight on the heights of the Chasseral in autumn 2018: TwingTec prototype T 28, a device with a wing-span of three meters, took... Read More

Exploring cryptocurrency and blockchain in Iceland 7 min read

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Exploring cryptocurrency and blockchain in Iceland

An Antminer S7, a type of application-specific integrated circuit built specifically to “mine” cryptocurrency. In the exhibit on display in Anneberg Forum through May 2020,... Read More

The lashback against Facebook is getting stronger 4 min read

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The lashback against Facebook is getting stronger

Facebook is facing increasing calls for it to be broken up. Credit: M-SUR/Shutterstock Facebook leader Mark Zuckerberg recently took the unusual step of visiting lawmakers... Read More

Moving e-cars into the fast lane 2 min read

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Moving e-cars into the fast lane

Embedded silicon carbide on its way to mass manufacturing for e-mobility applications. Credit: Volker Mai/Fraunhofer IZM Researchers have been looking into silicon carbide, a promising... Read More

Apple Maps is improved, but still is no Google Maps 4 min read

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Apple Maps is improved, but still is no Google Maps

Credit: CC0 Public Domain There’s so much to like about Apple’s revamp of the long maligned Maps app. —Better spoken direction. Instead of announcing that... Read More

A touch of zirconium to better catch the sun 2 min read

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A touch of zirconium to better catch the sun

Erkan Aydin is part of the KAUST team working on transparent conductive films that let through a broader range of the solar spectrum to improve... Read More

Hydrogen fuel is getting buzz, but here's why it hasn't gone mainstream 3 min read

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Hydrogen fuel is getting buzz, but here's why it hasn't gone mainstream

Credit: 5W Infographics The hydrogen fuel that launches NASA rockets into space and provides electrical power via fuel cells produces only one waste product: water... Read More

The blockchain concept 1 min read

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The blockchain concept

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Blockchain is the technology that underpins cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. Fundamentally, the blockchain is simply a ledger, a digital record of... Read More

A second display treat arrives for Android 3 min read

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A second display treat arrives for Android

Duet Display has been brought to Android. Duet is the company behind the app Duet Display, which has attracted fans for the way it provides... Read More

How to make online recommendations work better 4 min read

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How to make online recommendations work better

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers from Erasmus University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that explores online recommendations and their effectiveness, providing... Read More

Driving into old age 2 min read

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Driving into old age

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Worldwide the number of drivers over the age of 65 is increasing rapidly. As such, there is an urgency in the... Read More

TikTok turns its back on political ads 2 min read

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TikTok turns its back on political ads

In this file photo taken on December 14, 2018 a photo taken in Paris shows the logo of the application TikTok; Youth-friendly TikTok has said... Read More