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Buffed-Up Avatars Deter Us From Exercising Hard
Researchers demonstrated that virtual reality users are more likely to exercise better when vying with realistic, rather than idealized, avatars of themselves. ...
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Research Team Develops Voice Localization Techniques for Smart Speakers
Researchers have created a system that uses the Amazon Alexa smart speaker's microphone array in combination with echoes of one’s voice to localize a user's whereabouts...
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Showing Robots How to Do Your Chores
A new system allows robots to learn complicated tasks that would normally confuse them with too many complicated rules.
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A Filter for Cleaner Qubits
Researchers in Japan have developed a way to increase the lifetime of qubits inside quantum computers, through the use of an additional "filter" qubit.
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China Tech Groups Censored Information About Coronavirus
Researchers said Chinese social media platforms censored keywords related to the coronavirus outbreak as early as December, potentially limiting the Chinese public's...
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Spy in Your Pocket
Smartphones can analyze virtually every aspect of your personality, beliefs, and behaviors.
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3D-Printed Homes: A Concept is Turning Into Something Solid
New three-dimensionally (3D)-printed homes are taking shape at the Community First Village affordable housing development in Austin, TX.
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Intel SGX is Vulnerable to an Unfixable Flaw That Can Steal Crypto Keys and More
A team of international researchers disclosed a previously undiscovered vulnerability that steals information from Intel's Software Guard eXtensions.
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Smile! Your Boss Is Tracking Your Happiness
More companies are prioritizing employee happiness to enhance retention and productivity, giving rise to a cottage industry for monitoring, analyzing, and improving...
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Treating Asthma with Data Analytics
A new health information system was designed to help asthma patients better manage their condition.
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Show Me the Methane
A new system uses hyperspectral imaging and machine learning for more accurate detection of methane emissions.
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How Wikipedia’s Volunteers Became the Web’s Best Weapon against Misinformation
In the Facebook era, the volunteer editors behind the archaic-looking website have built Wikipedia into a formidable force for truth.
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This Robot Taught Itself to Walk Entirely on Its Own
Researchers at Google have developed a four-legged robot that learned to walk completely on its own in just a few hours.
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Space Weather Model Gives Earlier Warning of Satellite-Killing Radiation Storms
A new machine learning computer model accurately predicts damaging radiation storms caused by Van Allen belts two days before they hit.
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Driverless Cars Face Laser Sabotage
Attacks on the light-based radar (LiDAR) of autonomous vehicles could drive them off the road, or freeze them in their (tire) tracks.
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Optical System Could Lead to Devices That Can Recognize Objects Instantly
An optical neural network concurrently works with multiple wavelengths of light.
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Chips that pass in the night: How risky is RISC-V to Arm, Intel and the others? Very
A decade on, expanding open ecosystem highlights limits of monolithic approach to CPU design.
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Integrating Electronics Onto Physical Prototypes
MIT researchers directly integrated three-dimensionally (3D)-printed platforms onto physical products.
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Robotic Arm Designed in China Could Help Save Lives on Medical Frontline
Researchers in China have developed a robot that can perform ultrasounds, take mouth swabs, and listen to sounds made by a patient's organs.
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