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New AI Estimates the Size of Remote Refugee Camps Using Satellite Data
Compared to previous models, the new machine learning algorithm proves to be more accurate and precise, which could help better support humanitarian efforts
Twitter’s Direct Messages Is a Bigger Headache Than the Bitcoin Scam
The fact that Twitter direct messages are not encrypted gives victims yet another thing to worry about as they regain control of their accounts
Video Friday: This Terrifying Robot Will Cut Your Hair With Scissors
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Powerful AI Can Now Be Trained on a Single Computer
New machine learning training approach could help under-resourced academic labs catch up with big tech
Pooling Samples Could Help You Get Your COVID-19 Test Results Faster
Compressed sensing could make the process 10 times more efficient
The Segway Is Dead, but Its Technology and Vision Lives On
It may not have changed everything as promised, but the Segway was still far ahead of its time
Celebrating the Life of Roboticist Grant Imahara, “MythBusters” Cohost
The IEEE senior member built robots for Walt Disney Imagineering and Lucasfilm
Executive Order Shines a Light on Cyberattack Threat to the Power Grid
It aims to protect the U.S. bulk-power system, but local electricity networks are just as vulnerable
A Bug-Sized Camera for Bug-Sized Robots and Bug-Sized Bugs
Minuscule camera streams video from tiny robots and live bugs
3D Cable Modeling in COMSOL Multiphysics®
Tune into this webinar to learn more about 3D cable modeling. The models can be used to virtually test, design, and optimize cable systems based on accurate multiphysics simulation techniques.
More Worries over the Security of Web Assembly
Researchers in Germany uncover some unanticipated vulnerabilities
How RF MEMS Tech Finally Delivered the “Ideal Switch”
After a tumultuous, two-decade development cycle, microelectromechanical RF switches are finally being used in wireless base stations, and military radars and radios. Are smartphones next?
Toshiba’s Light Sensor Paves the Way for Cheap Lidar
The technology boosts light-cell efficiency, enables high-res Lidar using commercial camera lenses
Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Make Early Adopters of Us All?
Stay-at-home orders triggered a boom in the use of consumer technology; that trend will likely bring continued good news for the industry
Astronaut Bioengineers Human Cartilage in Space Using Magnetic Fields
One small step for cells, one giant leap for science
Essential Resources for High-Speed Digital Designers
Everything you need to know about high-speed digital design.
Infinera and Windstream Beam 800 Gigabits Per Second Through a Single Optical Fiber
The 800G fiber optic demonstration was the first of its kind in a live network
IBM’s $3-Billion Research Project Has Kept Computing Moving Forward
With IBM’s “7-nm and Beyond” research initiative completed, it's time to assess how its innovations have helped chipmakers keep up with the demands of Moore’s Law
Ex-Googler's Startup Comes Out of Stealth With Beautifully Simple, Clever Robot Design
Hello Robot's Stretch wants to reinvent how mobile manipulators perform tasks in home environments
SANS and AWS Marketplace Webinar: How to Protect Your AWS Environment
Join SANS and AWS Marketplace to learn how implementing an SDN can enhance visibility and control across multiple virtual private clouds (VPCs) in your network
DARPA: Hack Our Hardware
DARPA is running a bug bounty aimed at further hardening new malware-proof architectures
Video Friday: Robotic Glove Features Telescopic Extra Thumb
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
The Uncertain Future of Ham Radio
Software-defined radio and cheap hardware are shaking up a hobby long associated with engineering
AI Seeks ET: Machine Learning Powers Hunt for Life in the Solar System
NASA team pioneers AI algorithm to help Mars rover and Titan drone drill for astrobiological evidence
A Virtual Reality Bias Simulator
New company aims to create better workplaces by putting employees in others' shoes
How Violence and Segregation Destroyed African American Innovation
Economist Lisa D. Cook’s research shows that African American patent levels didn’t recover to their per capita 1899 peak until 2010
Noise-Cancelling Smart Window Blocks Street Din
Antinoise tech quiets the insides of headphones, cars and airplanes. Your house is next
Risk Dashboard Could Help the Power Grid Manage Renewables
An ARPA-E project uses data modeling to help power grid operators deal with the winds of change
Malleable Structure Makes Robot Arm More Versatile
A robot arm that you can bend
The Privatization of Puerto Rico's Power Grid Is Mired in Controversy
Nearly three years after Hurricane Maria, the island's grid remains vulnerable and brittle
Survey Finds Americans Skeptical of Contact Tracing Apps
Mistrust and misunderstanding pose dual challenges to contact tracing apps in the United States
Crowdsourced Protein Modeling Efforts Focus on COVID-19
Through distributed computing networks, millions of independent PCs around the world are contributing to finding a treatment for the global pandemic
Researchers Create Shiny Rainbows of Nanotech Chocolate
Chocolate is the latest material to be colorized by nanotechnology instead of chemical dyes
Intel, NSF Invest $9 Million in Machine Learning for Wireless Networks Projects
One project from a joint USC, UC Berkeley team takes a code-centric approach to bring federated learning to the wireless edge
Nairobi IEEE Students Design a Low-Cost Ventilator Using Locally Sourced Materials
Members of the Kenyatta University Student Branch have produced hundreds of machines
Video Friday: Quadruped Robot HyQ Learning the Ninja Walk
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Festo's New Bio-Inspired Robots Include a Feathery Bionic Bird
A flock of swifts and a ballbot mobile manipulator are the newest robots from the German company
Will the Tech Workplace Ever Be the Same Again?
Tech professionals weigh in on what they want—and expect—from tech companies post-Coronavirus
U.S. Eases Restrictions on Private Remote-Sensing Satellites
Commercial satellite-imaging companies are set to benefit from the upcoming changes to regulations
Why We Need Robot Sloths
Georgia Tech’s SlothBot is more than a cute face
IBM’s New AI Tool Parses A Tidal Wave of Coronavirus Research
Deep Search uses an advanced cloud-based natural programming language tool
Bio-Ink for 3-D Printing Inside the Body
Bioprinting could happen via minimally invasive surgery
How the Digital Camera Transformed Our Concept of History
We’re capturing the mundane as well as the memorable
DNA Databases in the U.S. and China Are Tools of Racial Oppression
What is initially presented as a public good can easily be used for evil ends
Biking’s Bedazzling Boom
The pandemic has brought with it a renewed global interest in bicycling
New Hardware Mimics Spiking Behavior of Neurons With High Efficiency
Using silicon-based transistors that emit electrical charges, researchers were able to make a highly efficient Spiking Neural Network (SNN)
No Propeller? No Problem. This Blimp Flies on Buoyancy Alone
The Phoenix turns up-and-down motion into thrust


Cuddling Robot Baby Seal Paro Proven to Make Life Less Painful
Study shows that interacting with a robotic seal can reduce the perception of pain
1000BASE-T1 Automotive Ethernet Compliance Testing
We will focus 1000BASE-T1 automotive Ethernet compliance testing based on the Open Alliance (OA) TC8 specification for the physical layer.
Q&A: The Masterminds Behind Toyota’s Self-Driving Cars Say AI Still Has a Way to Go
Gill Pratt and Wolfram Burgard discuss what deep learning can and cannot do
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