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Computer Science Researchers Create Modular, Flexible Robots
Flexible robotic blocks developed by computer scientists at Dartmouth College, Rutgers University, and Yale University can be assembled into structures of different...
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Data Centers at Risk Due to Flaws in Power Management Software
Cybersecurity researchers at Trellix have identified vulnerabilities in commonly used applications in data centers that could allow hackers to gain access and shut...
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People Rush to ATMs After Bank of Ireland IT Glitch
Bank of Ireland has fixed technical problems that allowed some customers to withdraw or transfer funds above what was in their accounts, it said Wednesday after...
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Parenting a Three-Year-Old Robot
An open source AI agent developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon and Meta AI gives robots manipulation abilities equivalent to those of a three-year-old child...
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VR Headsets Are Vulnerable to Hackers
Computer scientists found hackers can translate the movements of virtual and augmented reality headset users into words using spyware and artificial intelligence...
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From Time Crystals to Wormholes: When Is a Quantum Simulation Real?
Physicists are using quantum computers to conjure exotic phenomena and claiming their creations are truly real.
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Work Begins on Project to Build 'World's Most Sophisticated Roadway'
Officials said construction of the "world's most sophisticated roadway" on Interstate 94 in Wayne County, MI, has begun.
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Glasgow University Spinout Raises $43 Million to 'Digitize Chemistry'
Chemify, which was spun out of the U.K.'s Glasgow University in 2022, has received $43 million in funding to further its efforts to "digitize chemistry."
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AI is Building Highly Effective Antibodies Humans Can't Even Imagine
Robots, computers, and algorithms are hunting for potential new therapies in ways humans can't.
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Pneumatic Computing Gains Air of Importance
The emergence of pneumatics as a computing tool could alter many fields and lead to new innovations.
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'Downfall' Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips
The vulnerability could allow attackers to take advantage of an information leak to steal sensitive details like private messages, passwords, and encryption keys...
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Most Tech-Forward U.S. City Has Doubts About Self-Driving Cars
San Francisco officials and residents are not impressed by self-driving cars, underscoring the challenges ahead for autonomous vehicle companies.
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LK-99 Confirmed Not To Be A Room-Temperature Superconductor
There is no point in resisting the data.
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LK-99 Superconductor: Maybe a Breakthrough, Maybe Just New Hope
Experts push back against extraordinary claims of a room-temperature superconductor. But even a flop could open up new materials research pathways.
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3D Display Could Bring Touch to Digital World
Engineers designed a morphing display comprised of a grid of soft robotic "muscles" that generate pop-up patterns in response to outside pressure.
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FAA Approves Largest Uncrewed Aircraft System in the U.S.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approved electric aircraft startup Pykathe 's commercial operation of its autonomous crop sprayers in the U.S.
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Optical Vectors Beam Multi-Bits
The technique works by modulating the vector-quality factor, instead of the amplitude of a laser.
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Underwater Robots Could Usher in High-Tech Future for Deep Sea Mining
Renee Grogan at mining solutions developer Impossible Metals envisions underwater robots as key to harvesting precious metals from the seafloor without harming...
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Pills from the 3D Printer
Scientists at Germany's Max Planck Institute for Informatics and the University of California, Davis, three-dimensionally-printed liquid-soluble tablets.
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