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Come Meet ZJ's Robot Dog 'Jueying'
Jueying is a quadruped robot dog that can run up a steep slope, walk on thick snow, and regain its balance after receiving a heavy blow.
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Mr. Robot
Geoffrey Hinton spent 30 years hammering away at an idea most other scientists dismissed as nonsense. Then, one day in 2012, he was proven right.
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How Quantum Dots Supercharge Farming, Medicine and Solar, Too
What if you could grow vegetables in half the time? What if a surgeon could see cancerous cells throughout an entire operation? What if solar panels could become...
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China: Police sing Facial-Recognition Sunglasses
The Chinese government is equipping its police with real-time facial-recognition sunglasses to instantly locate criminals in crowds.
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Online Sites Fight Back Against Blocked Ads
Researchers recently examined the anti-ad blocking environment and what can be done to improve it.
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Social Robot Developed at NSW Set to Revolutionize Workplace Experience
Researchers have developed a social robot to promote creativity and collaboration in the workplace.
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Where's the Bear?
Researchers are using machine learning to identify and classify wildlife caught on camera.
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Researchers Take Terahertz Data Links Around the Bend
A recent study demonstrated terahertz frequency data links can bounce around a room without losing too much data, which could make terahertz wireless data networks...
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How Nuclear Weapons Research Revealed New Climate Threats
After atmospheric scientist Ivana Cvijanovic began pushing a computerized climate simulation to its limits, she noticed a disturbing result: as Arctic sea ice nearly...
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Winter Olympics’ Security on Alert, but Hackers Have a Head Start
More than 300 Olympics-related computer systems have already been hit, with many of them compromised.
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Drones That Smash Into Obstacles Can Be a Good and seful Thing
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are working on small aerial drones that purposefully collide with obstacles and then move on to perform various functions...
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Clemson Researchers Blaze New Ground in Wireless Energy Generation For Future Electronic Gadgets
Researchers at Clemson University have developed the ultra-simple tirboelectric nanogenerator (U-TENG) designed to take mechanical motion and transform it into...
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Controlling Quantum Interactions In a Single Material
An international team led by Northwestern University professor James Rondinelli has demonstrated the coexistence of multiple quantum interactions in a single material...
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NASA Tests Atomic Clock For Deep Space Navigation
In deep space, accurate timekeeping is vital to navigation, but many spacecraft lack precise timepieces on board.
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Can Computers Learn Like Humans?
The world of artificial intelligence has exploded in recent years. Computers armed with AI do everything from drive cars to pick movies you'll probably like.
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AI Just Learned How to Boost the Brain's Memory
When it comes to black boxes, there is none more black than the human brain. Our gray matter is so complex, scientists lament, that it can't quite understand itself...
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Supercomputing More Light Than Heat
Researchers have used the eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment to gain access to more than 975,000 compute hours on the Maverick supercomputing...
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Automating Materials Design
Researchers say they have developed a system that can numerically specify the properties designers want in a material, then generate a microstructure that matches...
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New C Riverside Research Advances Spintronics Technology
Researchers have advanced spintronics via new methods to detect signals from spintronic components made of inexpensive metals and silicon.
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