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Tech Xplore / Reconfigurable electronics: More functionality on less chip area
Even the most complicated data processing on a computer can be broken down into small, simple logical steps: You can add individual bits together, you can reverse logical states, you can use combinations such as "AND" or ...
Tech Xplore / Physicists explore fiber optic computing using distributed feedback
New research from U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) researchers delivers a novel contribution to fiber optics computing. Titled "Fiber optic computing using distributed feedback," the paper published in Communications ...
Tech Xplore / TaskMatrix.AI: Making big models do small jobs with application programming interfaces
A research team at Microsoft has designed an efficiency tool called TaskMatrix.AI that can be used to accomplish a wide variety of specific AI tasks. TaskMatrix.AI connects general-purpose foundation models like GPT-4, the ...
Tech Xplore / Robotic interface masters a soft touch
The perception of softness can be taken for granted, but it plays a crucial role in many actions and interactions—from judging the ripeness of an avocado to conducting a medical exam, or holding the hand of a loved one. ...
Tech Xplore / Testing an unsupervised deep learning model for robot imitation of human motions
Robots that can closely imitate the actions and movements of humans in real-time could be incredibly useful, as they could learn to complete everyday tasks in specific ways without having to be extensively pre-programmed ...
Tech Xplore / Stratolaunch conducts first powered flight of new hypersonic vehicle off California coast
U.S. aerospace company Stratolaunch conducted the first powered test flight of a new unmanned craft for hypersonic research on Saturday and called it a success.
Tech Xplore / An oscillating robot can propel itself via the reflection of water waves
Odd things can happen when a wave meets a boundary. In the ocean, tsunami waves that are hardly noticeable in deep water can become quite large at the continental shelf and shore, as the waves slow and their mass moves upward.
Tech Xplore / An approach to realize in-sensor dynamic computing and advance computer vision
The rapid advancement in machine learning techniques and sensing devices over the past decades have opened new possibilities for the detection and tracking of objects, animals, and people. The accurate and automated detection ...
Tech Xplore / AI chatbots found to use racist stereotypes even after anti-racism training
A small team of AI researchers from the Allen Institute for AI, Stanford University and the University of Chicago, all in the U.S., has found that dozens of popular large language models continue to use racist stereotypes ...
Tech Xplore / Microsoft's small language model outperforms larger models on standardized math tests
A small team of AI researchers at Microsoft reports that the company's Orca-Math small language model outperforms other, larger models on standardized math tests. The group has published a paper on the arXiv preprint server ...
Tech Xplore / Physicists develop a modular robot with liquid and solid properties
Schools of fish, colonies of bees, and murmurations of starlings exhibit swarming behavior in nature, flowing like a liquid in synchronized, shape-shifting coordination. Through the lens of fluid mechanics, swarming is of ...
Tech Xplore / Balancing training data and human knowledge to make AI act more like a scientist
When you teach a child how to solve puzzles, you can either let them figure it out through trial and error, or you can guide them with some basic rules and tips. Similarly, incorporating rules and tips into AI training—such ...