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Tech Xplore / Well-known role-playing video game helps players cope with mental health challenges
Could gaming provide a path to better mental health and life skills? A new study from Aalto University reveals how one notoriously challenging video game is helping players find resilience, meaning and hopefulness in real ...
Tech Xplore / Brain-inspired AI technique mimics human visual processing to enhance machine vision
A team of researchers from the Institute for Basic Science, Yonsei University, and the Max Planck Institute have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) technique that brings machine vision closer to how the human brain ...
Tech Xplore / Transforming flat-to-shape objects using sewing technology
Researchers from the Human Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) and Robotics Institute (RI) at Carnegie Mellon University introduced a novel method for fabricating functional flat-to-shape objects using a computer-controlled ...
Tech Xplore / Scientists develop pneumatic propellers that could replace diesel engines in ferry boats
Scientists say they have created a methodology that could replace two diesel engines powering a ferry boat with pneumatic propellers.
Tech Xplore / New quantum-based navigation system 50 times more accurate than traditional GPS
A team of researchers at Q-CTRL, a quantum infrastructure software-maker based in Sydney, Australia, has announced the successful demonstration of its newly developed quantum navigation system called "Ironstone Opal."
Tech Xplore / Protecting audio privacy: Speech-filtering technology balances privacy and utility in smart devices
Sound is a powerful source of information. By training algorithms to identify distinct sound signatures, sound can reveal what a person is doing, whether it's cooking, vacuuming or washing the dishes. And while it's valuable ...
Tech Xplore / Electronic skin with unique fingerprint patterns offers enhanced security features
The likelihood of two human fingerprints being identical is extremely low—about 1 in 640 billion. Even identical twins, despite sharing the same genetic information, have unique fingerprints. A new technology now allows ...
Tech Xplore / Humanoid robots stride into the future with world's first half-marathon
Step by mechanical step, dozens of humanoid robots took to the streets of Beijing early Saturday, joining thousands of their flesh-and-blood counterparts in a world-first half marathon showcasing China's drive to lead the ...
Tech Xplore / Ink engineering approach boosts efficiency and cuts cost of quantum dot-based photovoltaics
Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are tiny semiconductor particles that are just a few nanometers in size, which are synthesized in a liquid solution (i.e., colloid). These single-crystal particles, created by breaking down bulk ...
Tech Xplore / Novel technique overcomes spurious correlations problem in AI
AI models often rely on "spurious correlations," making decisions based on unimportant and potentially misleading information. Researchers have now discovered these learned spurious correlations can be traced to a very small ...
Tech Xplore / Making AI-generated code more accurate in any language
Programmers can now use large language models (LLMs) to generate computer code more quickly. However, this only makes programmers' lives easier if that code follows the rules of the programming language and doesn't cause ...
Tech Xplore / Eco-voxels: Researchers pioneer reconfigurable building blocks for Earth and off-world construction
For centuries, innovations in structural materials have prioritized strength and durability—often at a steep environmental price. Today, the construction industry accounts for approximately 10% of global greenhouse gas ...