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Tech Xplore / Method identified to double computer processing speeds

Imagine doubling the processing power of your smartphone, tablet, personal computer, or server using the existing hardware already in these devices.

Feb 22, 2024 in Hardware
Tech Xplore / World's first real-time wearable human emotion recognition technology developed

A technology that can recognize human emotions in real time has been developed by Professor Jiyun Kim and his research team in the Department of Material Science and Engineering at UNIST. This innovative technology is poised ...

Feb 22, 2024 in Hi Tech & Innovation
Tech Xplore / Amorphous solar cells with FIDO technology are more efficient, stable and lightweight

A group led by researchers at Nagoya University in Japan has created a material based on fullerene indanones (FIDO), which promises to improve the durability of next-generation solar cells. Durability has been one of the ...

Feb 22, 2024 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Q&A: ChatGPT acts more altruistically, cooperatively than humans

Modern artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, is capable of mimicking human behaviors, but the former has more positive outcomes such as cooperation, altruism, trust and reciprocity.

Feb 22, 2024 in Machine learning & AI
Tech Xplore / New structural insights could lead to mechanical enhancement in alloys

A new class of metallic materials with potential applications in airplane turbines, nuclear reactors and equipment for space exploration can withstand extreme temperatures and resist fractures, but scientists haven't understood ...

Feb 22, 2024 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Quantum annealers and the future of prime factorization

Researchers at the University of Trento, Italy, have developed a novel approach for prime factorization via quantum annealing, leveraging a compact modular encoding paradigm and enabling the factorization of large numbers ...

Feb 21, 2024 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / Neural networks made of light: Research team develops AI system in optical fibers

Artificial intelligence is pivotal in advancing biotechnology and medical procedures, ranging from cancer diagnostics to the creation of new antibiotics. However, the ecological footprint of large-scale AI systems is substantial. ...

Feb 21, 2024 in Hi Tech & Innovation
Tech Xplore / Artificial intelligence recognizes and learns to predict patterns in behavior from video

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, the University Hospital Bonn and the University of Bonn have created an open-source platform known as A-SOiD that can learn and predict user-defined behaviors, just from video. ...

Feb 21, 2024 in Software
Tech Xplore / New 'water batteries' stay cool under pressure

A global team of researchers and industry collaborators led by RMIT University has invented recyclable 'water batteries' that won't catch fire or explode.

Feb 21, 2024 in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / Charting new paths in AI learning: How changing two variables leads to vastly different outcomes

In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries from health care to finance, understanding how these digital brains learn is more crucial than ever. Now, two researchers from EPFL, Antonia Sclocchi ...

Feb 21, 2024 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / Dual-energy harvesting device could power future wireless medical implants

Implantable biomedical devices—like pacemakers, insulin pumps and neurostimulators—are becoming smaller and utilizing wireless technology, but hurdles remain for powering the next-generation implants. A new wireless charging ...

Tech Xplore / Researchers develop AI that can understand light in photographs

Despite significant progress in developing AI systems that can understand the physical world like humans do, researchers have struggled with modeling a certain aspect of our visual system: the perception of light.

Feb 21, 2024 in Machine learning & AI