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Tech Xplore / Google StyleDrop generates images from text
It took Da Vinci 16 years to paint the Mona Lisa. Some say he needed 12 years just to paint her lips.
Tech Xplore / Tiny device mimics human vision and memory abilities
Researchers have created a small device that "sees" and creates memories in a similar way to humans, in a promising step towards one day having applications that can make rapid, complex decisions such as in self-driving cars.
Tech Xplore / Hybrid AI-powered computer vision combines physics and big data
Researchers from UCLA and the United States Army Research Laboratory have laid out a new approach to enhance artificial intelligence-powered computer vision technologies by adding physics-based awareness to data-driven techniques.
Tech Xplore / Study unveils policy insights for reshoring EV battery production
With the federal government incentivizing the expansion of domestic electric-vehicle battery manufacturing, a new Cornell University study examines the long-term energy and sustainability prospects of U.S. production, and ...
Tech Xplore / A model that can create synthetic speech that matches a speaker's lip movements
Machine learning models can help to solve several real-world problems faster and more efficiently. One among these problems involves synthesizing speech for both animated characters and human speakers based on the movements ...
Tech Xplore / Team develops alloy to boost fusion energy
A newly developed tungsten-based alloy that performs well in extreme environments similar to those in fusion reactor prototypes may help harness fusion energy.
Tech Xplore / Meta's AI MusicGen makes music from text prompts
The 19th century philosopher Thomas Carlyle once declared, "Music is well said to be the speech of angels."
Tech Xplore / Black phosphorus–based human–machine communication interface: A breakthrough in assistive technology
Researchers at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague have made progress in the field of assistive technology with the development of a novel auditory human–machine interface using black phosphorus–based ...
Tech Xplore / DeepMind achieves giant leap in sorting speed
Sorting, or data structuring, has been a core principle of computing operations since the first computers were developed.
Tech Xplore / Team develops a novel, completely solid, rechargeable air battery
Metals are typically used as active materials for negative electrodes in batteries. Recently, redox-active organic molecules, such as quinone- and amine-based molecules, have been used as negative electrodes in rechargeable ...
Tech Xplore / AI unlikely to gain human-like cognition, unless connected to real world through robots, says study
Connecting artificial intelligence systems to the real world through robots and designing them using principles from evolution is the most likely way AI will gain human-like cognition, according to research from the University ...
Tech Xplore / A new AI-based approach for controlling autonomous robots
In the film "Top Gun: Maverick," Maverick, played by Tom Cruise, is charged with training young pilots to complete a seemingly impossible mission—to fly their jets deep into a rocky canyon, staying so low to the ground ...