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Tech Xplore / Engineers quicken the response time for robots to react to human conversation
Talking to a robot often feels stilted or delayed, thanks to computer software trying to keep up with the conversation. However, new research from the University of Waterloo has improved the ability for humans to communicate ...
Tech Xplore / Researchers show electrical pulses can control thermal resistance in devices
Controlling heat flow is key to enhancing performance in a wide variety of systems. In electronic devices, such as mobile phones or any type of processor, overheating decreases their performance and reduces their lifetime. ...
Tech Xplore / New open-source generative machine learning model simulates future energy-climate impacts
As countries worldwide transition to more wind and solar generation and electrify energy end uses, societies are becoming more intertwined with weather conditions. Meanwhile, the climate is rapidly changing and making extreme ...
Tech Xplore / New 3D-printing method makes printing objects more affordable and eco-friendly
University of Florida engineers have developed a method for 3D printing called vapor-induced phase-separation 3D printing, or VIPS-3DP, to create single-material as well as multi-material objects. The discovery has the potential ...
Tech Xplore / New quantum material promises up to 190% quantum efficiency in solar cells
Researchers from Lehigh University have developed a material that demonstrates the potential for drastically increasing the efficiency of solar panels.
Tech Xplore / World-first 'Cybercrime Index' ranks countries by cybercrime threat level
Following three years of intensive research, an international team of researchers have compiled the first ever "World Cybercrime Index," which identifies the globe's key cybercrime hotspots by ranking the most significant ...
Tech Xplore / AI-powered 'sonar' on smartglasses tracks gaze, facial expressions
Cornell University researchers have developed two technologies that track a person's gaze and facial expressions through sonar-like sensing. The technology is small enough to fit on commercial smartglasses or virtual reality ...
Tech Xplore / Perovskite LEDs for next-generation digital displays can detect fingerprints, changing light conditions and more
Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a digital display screen where the LEDs themselves react to touch, light, fingerprints and the user's pulse, among other things. Their results, published in Nature ...
Tech Xplore / Waterproof 'e-glove' could help scuba divers communicate
When scuba divers need to say "I'm okay" or "Shark!" to their dive partners, they use hand signals to communicate visually. But sometimes these movements are difficult to see.
Tech Xplore / AI chatbots share some human biases, researchers find
As artificial intelligence gets better at giving humans what they want, it also could get better at giving malicious humans what they want.
Tech Xplore / Researchers find a faster, better way to prevent an AI chatbot from giving toxic responses
A user could ask ChatGPT to write a computer program or summarize an article, and the AI chatbot would likely be able to generate useful code or write a cogent synopsis. However, someone could also ask for instructions to ...
Tech Xplore / With inspiration from Tetris, researchers develop a better radiation detector
The spread of radioactive isotopes from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan in 2011 and the ongoing threat of a possible release of radiation from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex in the Ukrainian war zone ...