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China's Baidu Unveils 10-Qubit Quantum Computer
Baidu claims it's the world's first hardware-software integrated quantum computer, and it's already available to use.
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Technology Can Improve Buildings for People with Dementia
The Plan-EAT tool for assessing buildings combined with spatial analysis can improve the design of aged care facilities for people with dementia.
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Crash-Defying Quadcopter Lands on Rooftops Pitched at Up to 60 Degrees
Mechanical engineers at Canada's University of Sherbrooke developed landing technology for quadcopter drones that enables them to land on inclined surfaces.
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Researchers Design Inks for 3D-Printable Wearable Bioelectronics
A newly developed class of biomaterial inks exhibit the same characteristics as highly conductive human tissue like skin.
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Amazon Keeps Growing, and So Does Its Cache of Data on You
Amazon is expanding its reach into the healthcare and smart home industries through its acquisition of a primary care company and a merger with iRobot.
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Your Next Wooden Chair Could Arrive Flat, Then Dry into a 3D Shape
Researchers have developed a process in which flat wooden shapes produced by three-dimensional printers can be programmed to transform into complex shapes.
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China's Aviation Regulator Sets Goals for Drone Industry
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has released a proposed roadmap for developing its civilian drone industry.
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Rare Earths Processor Buys Rights to Mine in Greenland
One of the world's few rare earths processors outside China has bought exploration rights to mine in Greenland.
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A Neuromorphic Chip for AI on the Edge
An international team of researchers created the NeuRRAM neuromorphic chip to compute directly in memory.
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Engineers Fabricate a Chip-Free, Wireless Electronic 'Skin'
MIT engineers have devised a wearable sensor that communicates wirelessly without requiring onboard chips or batteries.
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Sound Waves Let Researchers Build Stuff with the Force
LeviPrint system can assemble elongated objects into large structures without physical contact.
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Quantum Annealing Can Beat Classical Computing in Limited Cases
Quantum annealing computers can run algorithms faster than classical computers in certain instances, but typically not when time is limited.
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Thinking Like a Cyber-Attacker to Protect User Data
Researchers exploit computer processor's on-chip interconnect to launch side-channel attacks.
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Artificial Neuron Swaps Dopamine with Rat Brain Cells Like a Real One
Could be incorporated into future human-machine interfaces.
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World's Largest Mechanical Robot Suit
Prosthesis is the world's largest four-legged exoskeleton, described as 'a cross between an excavator, a dune buggy, and a dinosaur.'
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VR Headsets Reduced to Size of Regular Glasses
Scientists from Stanford University and Nvidia create thinner, lighter virtual reality headgear than commercially available devices.
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Virtual Drum Set Debuts at SIGGRAPH
Engineer and musician Victor Zappi introduced a virtual percussion instrument co-developed with Professor Sidney Fels at the University of British Columbia at ACM's...
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The Hacking of Starlink Terminals Has Begun
Lennert Wouters at Belgium's Katholieke Universiteit Leuven hacked SpaceX's Starlink network.
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