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Tech Xplore / A novel elderly care robot could soon provide personal assistance, enhancing seniors' quality of life
Worldwide, humans are living longer than ever before. According to data from the United Nations, approximately 13.5% of the world's people were at least 60 years old in 2020, and by some estimates, that figure could increase ...
Tech Xplore / A multi-camera differential binocular vision sensor for robots and autonomous systems
Recent technological advances have enabled the development of increasingly sophisticated sensors, which can help to advance the sensing capabilities of robots, drones, autonomous vehicles, and other smart systems. Many of ...
Tech Xplore / This tiny, tamper-proof ID tag can authenticate almost anything
A few years ago, MIT researchers invented a cryptographic ID tag that is several times smaller and significantly cheaper than the traditional radio frequency tags (RFIDs) that are often affixed to products to verify their ...
Tech Xplore / Could mini nuclear stations plug South Africa's power gaps?
South African nuclear scientists want to build a new generation of mini nuclear reactors, both to plug holes in their own country's blackout-plagued grid and to build an export industry for the future.
Tech Xplore / Amazon unveils largest text-to-speech model ever made
A team of artificial intelligence researchers at Amazon AGI announced the development of what they are describing as the largest text-to-speech model ever made. By largest, they mean having the most parameters and using the ...
Tech Xplore / A geothermal-powered, climate-friendly way to capture carbon dioxide in the air
In a new study, researchers have developed a method for capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, powered by clean and relatively inexpensive geothermal energy.
Tech Xplore / OpenAI reveals Sora, a tool to make instant videos from written prompts
The maker of ChatGPT on Thursday unveiled its next leap into generative artificial intelligence with a tool that instantly makes short videos in response to written commands.
Tech Xplore / Apple's Keyframer can animate simple drawings using text descriptions
Machine learning researchers at Apple have developed an application that can accept a simple drawing and a text description to animate the drawing in desired ways. Tiffany Tseng, Ruijia Cheng and Jeffrey Nichols have published ...
Tech Xplore / Electrification or hydrogen? Both have distinct roles in the European energy transition
A study, published in One Earth, is the first to analyze the interplay of electrification and hydrogen in EU climate neutrality scenarios at greater sectoral detail. The analysis shows higher potential for electrification ...
Tech Xplore / Computer scientists develop model that explains how collective scenarios such as diseases may proceed
It is winter, the typical time for colds. What if you could simulate how the disease may spread? At the Cluster of Excellence Collective Behavior at the University of Konstanz, Julia Klein, a doctoral student in computer ...
Tech Xplore / Discovery of new Li ion conductor unlocks new direction for sustainable batteries
One of the grand challenges for materials science is the design and discovery of new materials that address global priorities such as Net Zero.
Tech Xplore / Using AI to develop enhanced cybersecurity measures
A research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory is using artificial intelligence to address several critical shortcomings in large-scale malware analysis, making significant advancements in the classification of Microsoft ...