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Smallest Robotic Arm Is Controlled by AI
Researchers manipulated silver atoms into a lattice configuration via deep reinforcement learning, a critical advance for nanodevice construction.
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LiDAR Technique Could Help Robotic Vehicles Land Safely on Mars
Researchers at the NASA Langley Research Center have developed a LiDAR technique to improve the safety of robotic vehicle landings during future Mars or lunar missions...
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Cosmic Rays Are Quantum Computers' Kryptonite
University of Chicago researchers reduced the rate of catastrophic quantum computing errors attributable to cosmic rays from about once every 10 seconds to once...
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Researchers Develop Scaled-up Spintronic Probabilistic Computer
Scientists have engineered a scaled-up probabilistic computer (p-computer) with stochastic spintronic devices.
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San Francisco Has Reversed Its Killer Robot Plan
The city rolled back a controversial decision to let robots use lethal force without human intervention. But the fight is far from over.
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Sound-Powered Underwater Camera Could Dramatically Boost Climate Monitoring
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers used sound waves to power a wireless camera underwater, which could help to map the impact of climate change. ...
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Computing With Chemicals Makes Faster, Leaner AI
Battery-inspired artificial synapses are gaining ground.
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Quantum-Circuit Cutting Fills a Gaping Quantum Computing Hole
The quantum advantage depends on the ability to run the largest number of circuits on a complex problem.
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In Phoenix, Taiwanese Chip Giant Builds a Hedge Against China
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world's biggest maker of advanced computer chips, unveiled an ambitious factory upgrade in Arizona.
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Apple Scales Back Self-Driving Car and Delays Debut Until 2026
Fully autonomous system is no longer planned for initial debut; company aims to sell consumer model by 2026 for under $100,000.
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Following U.S. Sanctions, China Decides Its Future Lies With RISC Chips
With access to x86 and ARM chips becoming increasingly difficult, Chinese companies turn their focus on to the open-source RISC-V architecture.
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Sony's Metaverse Bet: A Wearable to Record Your Moves
Sony Group Corp. has announced a system of wearable motion trackers that may be worn on a user's wrists, ankles, head, and hips to animate avatars inside metaverse...
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Contactless ECG Continuously Monitors the Heart
Researchers in China have invented a contactless electrocardiogram system that infers electrical signals through artificial intelligence and millimeter-wave radar...
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Developing Unbreakable Phone Screens
Seeking to head off a shattering experience when a smartphone is dropped.
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Physicists Create 'the Smallest, Crummiest Wormhole You Can Imagine'
Scientists used a quantum computer to explore the ultimate escape route from a black hole.
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How China's Police Used Phones, Faces to Track Protesters
China's police used an advanced surveillance system to track protesters who rallied against the government's pandemic policies this past week.
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Amazon's Quest for the 'Holy Grail' of Robotics
Automating some warehouse functions could let the giant do more with its existing workforce—or the retailer may not require all the humans it employs today.
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China Clamps Down on Internet as It Seeks to Stamp Out Covid Protests
Online regulators tell big tech companies to expand censorship of information on demonstrations and take steps to curb the virtual private networks used to bypass...
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Physicists Create a Wormhole Using a Quantum Computer
Exploring the possibility that space-time somehow emerges from quantum information.
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