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Tech Xplore / AI Babel Fish becomes reality, allowing direct speech-to-speech translations
An AI model that can translate speech and text, including direct speech-to-speech translations, for up to 101 languages is described in Nature. The model, named SEAMLESSM4T, fills gaps in language coverage and outperforms ...
Tech Xplore / Scalable aluminum surfaces method enables advancements in cooling, self-cleaning and anti-icing technologies
An international team of engineers has developed an innovative, scalable method for creating topography-patterned aluminum surfaces, enhancing liquid transport properties critical for applications in electronics cooling, ...
Tech Xplore / Cat-like robot mimics bunting behavior to alleviate human tension
The behavior of a cat rubbing its head against a person, known as bunting, is an expression of affection and is believed to have a healing effect on humans.
Tech Xplore / New research helps eliminate dead zones in desalination technology and beyond
Engineers have found a way to eliminate the fluid flow "dead zones" that plague the types of electrodes used for battery-based seawater desalination. The new technique uses a physics-based tapered flow channel design within ...
Tech Xplore / Smart cameras provide advanced adaptive traffic monitoring
Effective urban traffic management remains a cornerstone of smart city development. With the rise of autonomous vehicles and connected transportation systems, dynamic surveillance solutions are critical to ensuring smooth ...
Tech Xplore / Comfortable materials use friction to generate power when worn
Researchers have demonstrated new wearable technologies that both generate electricity from human movement and improve the comfort of the technology for the people wearing them. The work stems from an advanced understanding ...
Tech Xplore / New framework designs scalable 3D transistors based on 2D semiconductors
Conventional electronics based on silicon are approaching their limits in terms of performance and scalability. In recent years, engineers have thus been trying to introduce alternative designs that could help reduce the ...
Tech Xplore / Researchers find the key to AI's learning power—an inbuilt, special kind of Occam's razor
A study from Oxford University has uncovered why the deep neural networks (DNNs) that power modern artificial intelligence are so effective at learning from data.
Tech Xplore / Silicon photonics advance paves the way for cost-effective, high-performance optical devices
Imec, a research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, has announced a significant milestone in silicon photonics with the successful demonstration of electrically driven GaAs-based multi-quantum-well ...
Tech Xplore / Next-generation wearables: Compact cooling pump drops temperatures by 16°F
UCLA materials scientists have developed a compact cooling technology that can pump away heat continuously using layers of flexing thin films. The design is based on the electrocaloric effect, in which an electric field causes ...
Tech Xplore / Green hydrogen: Study shows big gaps between ambition and global implementation
In recent years, more than 60 countries have developed strategies to stimulate the market ramp-up of hydrogen, particularly in the industrial sector. However, in 2023, less than 10% of the originally announced green hydrogen ...
Tech Xplore / LlamaV-o1: Curriculum learning–based LLM shows benefits of step-by-step reasoning in AI systems
A team of AI researchers at Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI, in Abu Dhabi, working with a colleague from the University of Central Florida, has developed a curriculum learning–based LLM, called LlamaV-o1, that its makers ...