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The models assess a person’s choice of words to determine their stance on five key principles of morality

The open-science initiative produced four promising compounds that kill coronavirus. Now, they’re prepping those drugs for human trials.

Speakers are being sought on topics such as AI, communications, career management, and empowerment

Users can search by location, type of position, or length of project

An Introduction to Brushless DC Motor Control

The UnityPhilly app alerts local volunteers to deliver naloxone when an overdose is occurring

In preparation for the DARPA SubT finals, Team CSIRO Data 61 has found a cave to test its robots

Pollsters claimed they had fixed the errors of 2016, and then got the 2020 presidential election wrong. AI did better.

In a year of unprecedented challenges, IEEE’s essential efforts continue

UX-led approach is critical in designing and building robotics

Qualcomm’s latest smart phone chips will be able to identify soundscapes thanks to a small UK startup

Wide Band Gap Device Advanced Characterization

Multidisciplinary researchers at Stevens and Columbia team up on an assistive device to help seniors with balance and motion

By adding new faculty and developing innovative approaches to its curriculum, McMaster solidifies its world leading position in engineering

Our team at Kyber Photonics is developing a lidar chip to enable the next generation of autonomous robots and vehicles

Heterogeneous hardware, open, flexible software are keys to improved safety and efficiency for automotive industry

Close finish in the brain-computer interface race at world's second cyborg Olympics

The paint, when scanned with ultraviolet light, can quickly reveal strains on the surface underneath

NYU leads multi-year project to reduce carbon emissions in chemical manufacturing

Marissa Mayer’s startup is all about “nice”

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Sensors and smartphone cameras armed with this will one day see unseen regions of IR spectrum

The truck's Pro Power Onboard system can supply kilowatts of electricity to contractors, campers or hard-partying tailgaters

A new $2.3 billion plant cranks out Ultium cells to power GM’s upcoming line of electric vehicles

The Alchitry Au kit can simplify projects that need a lot of input/output

As the traditional automakers finally steer toward an all-electric future, batteries will be essential. GM hopes a second-mover advantage will let it catch up to Tesla and pass it on the straightaway

When the human body is the communications channel, it’s hard to hack the data

Emotion AI, also known as affective computing, is rare in certain healthcare applications. Should emotion be included as a parameter?

Legged robots are uniquely qualified for sensing around what's left of Chernobyl's Reactor 4

Ted Nelson’s transclusion of source materials might have worked better

Venture advisor says it’s never been easier for your startup to have an international presence

How to build a massively decentralized power grid with AI, renewable energy, and energy storage

Record efficiency in storing and retrieving quantum entanglement paves the way for connecting quantum internet nodes

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At-a-glance identifiers will tell us who’s operating bots in public

AI systems that make use of “lifelong learning” techniques are more flexible and faster to train

The one-man team takes home $250,000 for having the fastest, smartest team of virtual robots

The Bluetooth system collects data about users’ daily activities so they can better schedule their time

Facebook’s weapons against hate speech improve their aim, identify permutations of misinformation, CTO says

We need to embrace the basics: masks, hand hygiene, social distancing

Cerebras Systems says CS-1 can solve huge simulations at speeds no CPU- or GPU-based system can achieve

Aspheres and their specifications and what to look out for when specifying them for your system

By adding new faculty and developing innovative approaches to its curriculum, McMaster solidifies its world leading position in engineering

Do you have to pay particular attention to proper switching operations to prevent shoot-through events?

A combination of cloud computing, sensors, and an IoT gateway provide valuable intelligence for firefighters before they get to an emergency.

More than 100 universities are running LabsLand’s experiments on electronics, robotics, and other topics

Honeywell Robotics is helping DCs evaluate solutions with powerful physics-based simulation tools to ensure that everything works together in an integrated ecosystem.

When missiles fly beyond Mach 5, materials melt, airflow turns turbulent, and budgets enter the stratosphere


Team CoSTAR’s journey from space robotics to a winning team of underground robots