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Inside the Project Trying to Save Datasets from Extinction
Researchers race to find ecological data kept on outdated media or in dusty backroom boxes—before they're lost forever.
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Flying Robot Echolocates Like a Bat to Avoid Hitting Walls
Frederike Dümbgen and colleagues have equipped a flying robot to use bat-like echolocation to map its surroundings using a simple microphone and speaker.
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Wearable Sensor Provides Cardiac Imaging on the Go
A new portable ultrasound device uses custom algorithms to measure how much blood is being pumped by the heart.
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Smart Contact Lens Diagnoses, Treats Glaucoma
A smart contact lens can monitor intraocular pressure (IOP) in glaucoma patients and deliver medications in response to IOP levels.
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DARPA's Quantum Computing is Powered by ... FOMO
Microsoft and friends happy to assuage Uncle Sam's anxiety — for a price.
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Has the World's First Unhackable Chip Arrived?
Sinanoglu's backers include the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Defense, which is supporting his research through its Defense Advanced Research...
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Ecologists Deploy Drones to Monitor Deer Population
Ecologists are using aerial drones to monitor fallow deer populations in the U.K.'s Ashdown Forest.
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Judge Denies U.S. Bid To Block Meta Virtual Reality Deal: Reports
"The court's ruling in the Meta/Within case is consistent with decades of legal precedent," said Matt Schruers, president of the Computer and Communications Industry...
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Self-Driving Car Services Want to Expand in San Francisco Despite Recent Hiccups
Waymo and Cruise hope to widen their projects to more of the city. But local officials are increasingly concerned about breakdowns causing congestion.
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Digital Foot Could Enhance Neuroprosthetics
The Footsim digital sole model created by U.K., Canadian, and Swiss researchers can map the signals continuously streaming from the foot to the brain as a tool...
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Analog Computer May Crack Greatest Unsolved Mysteries in Physics
Researchers at Stanford University and Ireland's University College Dublin built analog quantum simulators that could solve the most significant puzzles in physics...
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Roboticists Want to Give You a Third Arm
Unused bandwidth in neurons can be tapped to control extra limbs.
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Researchers Discover That Electrons Play a Surprising Role in Heat Transfer Between Layers of Semiconductors
An electronic bridge facilitates the fast transfer of energy between semiconductors.
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New Analog Quantum Computers to Solve Previously Unsolvable Problems
The architecture for these new quantum devices involves hybrid metal-semiconductor components incorporated into a nanoelectronic circuit
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Japan, Netherlands Agree to Limit Exports of Chip-Making Equipment to China
Deal with U.S. comes as President Biden seeks to slow China's military development.
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Tennessee High School Students Build Robotic Hand for Classmate
Students at Henderson high school in Tennessee constructed a robotic hand for classmate Sergio Peralta, whose right hand was not fully formed.
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Stacking Turns Organic Transistors Up
Scientists in the U.S. and China have adopted a vertical framework to produce high-performance organic electrochemical transistors.
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RSA's Demise from Quantum Attacks is Very Much Exaggerated, Expert Says
Simson Garfinkel says the focus on quantum attacks may distract us from more immediate threats.
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Muscle-Powered Robots Have Freedom of Movement
Researchers collaborated on the construction of remote-controlled electronic biological robots powered by organic muscles.
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