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Ordinary Computers Can Beat Google's Quantum Computer After All
Scientists said they could beat Google's Sycamore quantum computer in performing an esoteric calculation using ordinary processors paired with a supercomputer. ...
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Tuning Sound Waves on Chip
Harvard University researchers have shown that acoustic waves can be controlled and modulated with an electric field on chip.
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Robotic Arms Connected to Brain of Partially Paralyzed Man Allow Him to Feed Himself
Johns Hopkins University researchers led a team that developed a robotic system that allowed a partially paralyzed man to feed himself.
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Huge Step Forward in Quantum Computing Announced: The First-Ever Quantum Circuit
The latest invention follows the team's creation of the first ever quantum transistor in 2012.
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Robotic Shoulders May Be Key to Lab-Made Tendon Grafts
U.K. and German scientists developed a proof of concept for using robotic skeletons to grow tendons that are strong enough for human transplants.
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Japan Tries—Again—to Revitalize its Research
The latest effort would spend billions on a few universities, but skeptics give it long odds.
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Microchips that Mimic the Human Brain Could Make AI More Energy Efficient
Neuromorphic chips could cut the power demands of digital assistants and other devices by orders of magnitude.
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The March of the Penguins Has a New Star: An Autonomous Robot
Researchers built a ground vehicle that may be operated in autonomous or remote-controlled modes to study hundreds of Emperor penguins in Antarctica.
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Getting a Handle on Robotics Challenge
A robotic hand developed by Yale University researchers can fully rotate objects as its grippers break contact, similar to a human moving an object around to find...
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Shifting Colors for On-Chip Photonics
On-chip frequency shifters can convert light in the gigahertz frequency range using continuous and single-tone microwaves.
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Dexterous Robotic Hands Manipulate Objects with Ease
A new system can enable robotic hands to handle more than 2,000 different objects.
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Smart Tugboat to Journey More Than 1,000 Miles, Autonomously
A 35-foot-long tugboat carrying passengers will embark from Hamburg, Germany, on a 1,000-nautical-mile (1,150-mile) autonomous voyage around Denmark.
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Who Can Bend Light for Cheaper Internet?
A new system can maintain network connections when optical fibers break by reconfiguring optical transmissions from damaged fibers to healthy ones.
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Novel Resilient State Estimation Method for Process Control in Cyber-Physical Systems
Researchers have developed a method of estimating a cyber-physical system's internal process variables when external sensors have been corrupted.
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Your Sweaty Fingertips Could Help Power the Next Generation of Wearable Electronics
The new device is just 1 square centimeter wide and flexible enough to wrap around a fingertip.
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'Hubble Is Back!'
Famed space telescope has a new lease on life after computer swap appears to fix glitch.
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Intelligent Carpet Gives Insight into Human Poses
A new tactile sensing carpet assembled from pressure-sensitive film and conductive thread is able to calculate human poses without cameras.
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The Internet Goes Quantum
A global network that would use quantum "entanglement" to weave intimate ties between far-flung users is beginning to take shape.
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A Helping Hand for Working Robots
A human-like mechanical hand developed by researchers at South Korea's Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology is designed to be both strong and resilient...
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