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Comparing AI Reasoning with Human Thinking
Researchers have developed a method for comparing the reasoning of artificial intelligence software with that of human thinking, to better understand the AI's decision...
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Robotic Rat Climbs, Crawls, Turns on a Dime
Qing Shi and colleagues at China's Beijing Institute of Technology built a rat-inspired robot that can squeeze through tight spaces, which could be used to assess...
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Physical Sensations in VR Go Hands-Free
A new virtual reality haptics system eliminates hand-based hardware by manipulating the forearm instead of the hand to generate physical sensations.
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Understanding Software Engineering Salaries in 2022
Online employment marketplace Hired's 2022 State of Software Engineers report found mounting cyberattacks last year raised demand for security engineers.
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Volunteers Scramble to Preserve Ukraine's Digital Culture
More than 1,300 volunteers are working to preserve Ukraine's digital culture.
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Deep Learning Toolbox Now Apparently Includes Ground-Up Glass
Scientists suggest ground-up pieces of glass could help in securely encrypting facial images via a new optical cryptosystem.
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E-Nose Sniffs Out the Good Whiskey
New research describes an electronic nose that can analyze whiskies and identify a whiskey’s brand with over 95% accuracy after a single whiff.
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Quantum Crypto Crams into System-on-a-Chip
Toshiba researchers have developed a secure quantum communication system.
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Meet Snitch: The Small, Agile RISC-V Processor
Tests uggest the new RISC-V-based Snitch processor used in parallel can be 3.5 times more energy efficient than other benchmark designs, and six times faster.
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Gaming-Related Malware on the Rise on Mobile, PCs
Analysts warn that popular online games are helping to spread malware on PCs and mobile devices.
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Microsoft Predicts Weather for Individual Farms
Microsoft’s DeepMC framework uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to predict local weather.
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7 Revealing Ways AIs Fail
Neural networks can be disastrously brittle, forgetful, and surprisingly bad at math.
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Researchers Tap Antiferromagnets for Better RAM
An international team of scientists has discovered that antiferromagnets could make computer memory significantly faster and more efficient.
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Robot Could Operate Docking Station Inside the Gut
A new robotic insulin delivery system can be implanted surgically in the abdomen, and resupplied with insulin via swallowed magnetic capsules.
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Robot Shows How Simple Swimming Can Be
A robotic eel designed by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne can swim through water and receive sensory data while in motion.
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Smart Bike Predicts Cars' Trajectories, Honks to Warn of Impending Crash
Engineers at the University of Minnesota have designed a prototype smart bicycle which they say can protect itself from collisions.
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Which City Rates as Best Place to Work in Tech?
A professional social network surveyed users at technology firms in five U.S. cities to determine which cities they think treat tech workers best.
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Waiting for Quantum Computing? Try Probabilistic Computing
An engineer channels Galileo to describe a new approach to computing: p-bits.
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To Learn to Deal With Uncertainty, This AI Plays Pong
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a new algorithm that enables artificial intelligence models to account for uncertain data.
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