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Software-defined radio and cheap hardware are shaking up a hobby long associated with engineering

NASA team pioneers AI algorithm to help Mars rover and Titan drone drill for astrobiological evidence

New company aims to create better workplaces by putting employees in others' shoes

Economist Lisa D. Cook’s research shows that African American patent levels didn’t recover to their per capita 1899 peak until 2010

Antinoise tech quiets the insides of headphones, cars and airplanes. Your house is next

An ARPA-E project uses data modeling to help power grid operators deal with the winds of change

A robot arm that you can bend

Nearly three years after Hurricane Maria, the island's grid remains vulnerable and brittle

Mistrust and misunderstanding pose dual challenges to contact tracing apps in the United States

Through distributed computing networks, millions of independent PCs around the world are contributing to finding a treatment for the global pandemic

Chocolate is the latest material to be colorized by nanotechnology instead of chemical dyes

One project from a joint USC, UC Berkeley team takes a code-centric approach to bring federated learning to the wireless edge

Members of the Kenyatta University Student Branch have produced hundreds of machines

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A flock of swifts and a ballbot mobile manipulator are the newest robots from the German company

Tech professionals weigh in on what they want—and expect—from tech companies post-Coronavirus

Commercial satellite-imaging companies are set to benefit from the upcoming changes to regulations

Georgia Tech’s SlothBot is more than a cute face

Deep Search uses an advanced cloud-based natural programming language tool

Bioprinting could happen via minimally invasive surgery

We’re capturing the mundane as well as the memorable

What is initially presented as a public good can easily be used for evil ends

The pandemic has brought with it a renewed global interest in bicycling

Using silicon-based transistors that emit electrical charges, researchers were able to make a highly efficient Spiking Neural Network (SNN)

The Phoenix turns up-and-down motion into thrust



Study shows that interacting with a robotic seal can reduce the perception of pain

We will focus 1000BASE-T1 automotive Ethernet compliance testing based on the Open Alliance (OA) TC8 specification for the physical layer.

Gill Pratt and Wolfram Burgard discuss what deep learning can and cannot do

Projects include a virus-detection robot, 3D printed PPE, and a hand-washing system

Fugaku, based on the Arm architecture, races ahead in processing speed, running real-world applications, and in a new benchmark: evaluating calculations used in artificial intelligence

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Businesses install facial recognition software that simultaneously screens for fevers in what could become the new normal

CubeSat design packs entangled photon generator into small space

The upcoming Perseverance mission will attempt the first powered flight on another planet


Smells can be an efficient, effective way of delivering temperature sensations in virtual reality

Blessin Varkey develops tech to help Indian students with cognitive disabilities

X-ray diffraction promises a baggage scanner that can speed you through security


Future MacBooks and iMacs are going to be powered using a ARM-based chip, but the Acorn Archimedes was the first desktop to use this architecture

Its original purpose was to enable factory processes, but now an ever-larger part of the world’s hottest regions is adopting it

Among the devices they developed are a portable intubation chamber, testing equipment, and protective face shields

Pollen-carrying soap bubbles could provide a simple and effective method of artificial pollination

6-qubit ion trap system hits a critical benchmark

Ghost polarization harnesses ultrafast fluctuations that occur in a light wave

New frequency comb could greatly boost data rates

A machine learning algorithm applied to data from smart home devices could detect behavioral differences between healthy individuals and people with dementia

Some startup mavens saw the pandemic coming


It's just the latest entry in the growing list of computers on wheels

It’s time to move away from our antiquated, hardware-dependent power grid to a modern, digital software-based grid

Staggered deployment means that next-gen cellular networks will still be vulnerable to the security flaws of 3G and 4G