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Tech Xplore / Researchers develop rapid safety check method that ensures a robot will avoid collisions
Before a robot can grab dishes off a shelf to set the table, it must ensure its gripper and arm won't crash into anything and potentially shatter the fine china. As part of its motion planning process, a robot typically runs ...
Tech Xplore / The AI bassist: Sony's vision for a new paradigm in music production
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are becoming increasingly advanced and are now used to produce various personalized content, including images, videos, logos, and audio recordings. Researchers at Sony Computer ...
Tech Xplore / New hydrogen producing method is simpler and safer, researchers say
Researchers in Sweden unveiled a new concept for producing hydrogen energy more efficiently, splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen without the dangerous risk of mixing the two gases.
Tech Xplore / 3D reflector microchips could speed development of 6G wireless
Cornell University researchers have developed a semiconductor chip that will enable ever-smaller devices to operate at the higher frequencies needed for future 6G communication technology.
Tech Xplore / DeepMind demonstrates Genie, an AI app that can generate playable 2D worlds from a single image
AI researchers at Google's DeepMind, working with colleagues at the University of British Columbia, have announced the development of Genie, an AI-backed application capable of turning a single image into a playable 2D virtual ...
Tech Xplore / New compact chips can convert light into microwaves
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and its collaborators have delivered a small but mighty advancement in timing technology: compact chips that seamlessly convert light into microwaves. This chip could ...
Tech Xplore / Researchers reach new AI benchmark for computer graphics
Computer graphic simulations can represent natural phenomena such as tornados, underwater, vortices, and liquid foams more accurately thanks to an advancement in creating artificial intelligence (AI) neural networks.
Tech Xplore / Healable cathode could unlock potential of solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries
Researchers have moved one step closer to making solid-state batteries from lithium and sulfur a practical reality. A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a new cathode material for solid-state ...
Tech Xplore / Atlas of internet surveillance maps ownership of network infrastructures worldwide
A German-American research team led by the University of Konstanz has mapped the ownership of network infrastructures in democratic and authoritarian states worldwide to show how autocrats control the internet via state-owned ...
Tech Xplore / Researchers invent new triple-junction tandem solar cells with world-record efficiency
Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a novel triple-junction perovskite/Si tandem solar cell that can achieve a certified world-record power conversion efficiency of 27.1% across a solar ...
Tech Xplore / Engineers collaborate with ChatGPT4 to design brain-inspired chips
Johns Hopkins electrical and computer engineers are pioneering a new approach to creating neural network chips—neuromorphic accelerators that could power energy-efficient, real-time machine intelligence for next-generation ...
Tech Xplore / Deep learning tool may help cut emissions caused by air resistance
Deep learning tools have revolutionized aerodynamic engineering for planes, cars and ships, enabling these vehicles to be more fuel efficient and structurally refined. A new computational model pushes the science of reproducing ...