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Tech Xplore / Security researcher discovers hotspot finder app with leaks
Another day, another app mishap story, and it is in the Ouch range. This one is called WiFi Finder.
Tech Xplore / New way to 'see' objects accelerates future of self-driving cars
The laser sensors currently used to detect 3D objects in the paths of autonomous cars are bulky, ugly, expensive, energy-inefficient – and highly accurate.
Tech Xplore / Tesla CEO plans to hand the car keys to robots next year
Tesla CEO Elon Musk expects to start converting the company's electric cars into fully self-driving vehicles next year as part of an audacious plan to create a network of robotic taxis to compete against Uber and other ride-hailing ...
Tech Xplore / An ultra-stretchable triboelectric strip sensor (TSS) to control objects in 3-D space
Nanogenerators, technological tools that can convert mechanical or thermal energy into electricity, come in three key designs: piezoelectric, triboelectric and pyroelectric. While piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators ...
Tech Xplore / A deep learning tool for personalized workout recommendations from fitness tracking data
Computer scientists at the University of California San Diego have developed FitRec, a recommendation tool powered by deep learning, that is able to better estimate runners' heart rates during a workout and predict and recommend ...
Tech Xplore / New device paves the way to 3-D-printed organs, food
More than 113,000 people are currently on the national transplant list. And with a shortage of donors, this means that about 20 people will die every day while waiting for an organ, according to the U.S. Department of Health.
Tech Xplore / Talos reports on new, sophisticated hacking group manipulating DNS systems
A hacking group has gone after government domains—they targeted 40 government and intelligence agencies, telecoms and internet giants in 13 countries for more than two years, said reports. This is a new, sophisticated ...
Tech Xplore / EpiWear: Students work up wearable to halt allergic reactions
What if, in an emergency, you reach for your epinephrine shot and it's not there? It would be if you were wearing it.
Tech Xplore / Tesla gears up for fully self-driving cars amid skepticism (Update)
Tesla expects to have full self-driving cars in which humans won't have to touch the steering wheel around the second quarter of next year.
Tech Xplore / Inequalities in the UK can be detected using deep learning image analysis
Social, economic, environmental and health inequalities within cities can be detected using street imagery. The findings, from scientists at Imperial College London, are published in Scientific Reports this week.
Tech Xplore / ExAG: An image-guessing game to evaluate the helpfulness of machine explanations
In recent years, researchers have been trying to make artificial intelligence (AI) more transparent by developing algorithms that can explain their actions and behavior, as this could encourage greater trust in machines and ...
Tech Xplore / Using the past to shape future construction: Slabs that rock, tilt and roll
If you are interested in hearing out novel concepts about the future of construction, a must-see video is "Walking Assembly." Dependencies on the sizes of materials vis a vis the human body do not seem to apply any longer.