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Credit: Carnegie Mellon University A line is the shortest distance between two points, but “A-line,” a 4-D printing system developed at Carnegie Mellon University, takes... Read More
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The Coconut tool nudges developers to think more about user privacy. Credit: Carnegie Mellon University CyLab When you open a newly-installed app on your phone... Read More
University of Washington researchers found that Pronto bikes weren’t always in areas that people wanted to go. This map of Seattle neighborhoods shows the number... Read More
Credit: CC0 Public Domain If you’ve ever wondered how your $100 cable bill grows to new heights, Consumer Reports has the answer. Add-on fees, usually... Read More
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The U.S. Justice Department doesn’t want Facebook to encrypt messages on WhatsApp and its other messaging services, without giving law enforcement... Read More
Credit: CC0 Public Domain So-called “deepfake” videos are proliferating online, with most of them pornographic but with some politically motivated ones as well, security researchers... Read More
This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. While small and mid-sized businesses are increasingly targets for... Read More
Sandia National Laboratories is testing biometric technology that uses unique electrocardiogram signals sent from a wearable device, possibly a wristband or chest strap, to identify... Read More
An Army robot plans what to do to address a debris pile full of objects. Credit: US Army photo Army researchers tested ground robots performing... Read More
Novel AI chip design platform to give the semiconductor industry a boost in productivity and quality
Novel AI chip design platform to give the semiconductor industry a boost in productivity and quality
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A*STAR researchers have developed an AI chip design platform that has the potential to transform the multibillion-dollar global integrated circuit (IC)... Read More
Vice Media is expanding its footprint with the acquisition of digital media rival Refinery29, which targets female readers Vice Media said Wednesday it was acquiring... Read More
The EU is throwing a spanner in the works The EU said Friday it had opened an “in-depth investigation” into plans by US aviation giant... Read More
Guaranteeing that computer chips, that can consist of billions of interconnected transistors, are manufactured without defects is a challenge. But how to determine if a... Read More
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University A line is the shortest distance between two points, but “A-line,” a 4-D printing system developed at Carnegie Mellon University, takes... Read More
Schematic of the split Hopkinson pressure bar setup. Credit: University of Illinois Dept. of Aerospace Engineering Aerospace manufacturers, industries, and government agencies like the design... Read More
GM workers went out on strike September 16, and union negotiators say talks have taken “a turn for the worse” Negotiations to resolve a three-week-old... Read More
A flat lens developed by researchers at the University of Utah that is much thinner and lighter than a conventional lens that could produce lighter... Read More