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Robots Step in as Cheap Labor Dries Up in Eastern Europe
Factory owners in Eastern European are investing in automation to counter a shortage of workers and rising wages.
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Let Evolution Design Your Robot
A U.K. research project uses evolutionary principles to design robots to help dismantle decommissioned nuclear power plants.
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Study Ranks Privacy of Major Browsers
A study of the privacy protection provided by major browsers ranked upstart browser Brave at the top of the list.
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Robots on the March to Walking Like Humans
Researchers have found that the better a robot can balance, the better prepared it will be for walking like a human.
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Introducing the Light-Operated Hard Drives of Tomorrow
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne created a proof of concept platform for hard drives that will be smaller, faster, and more energy...
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The Battle Over Autonomous Killing Machines
Should lethal autonomous weapon systems be programmed to strike and kill without direct human oversight?
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Education Robots Offer Leg-Up to Disadvantaged Students
Some education experts think robots can help disadvantaged children.
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Small Robots Could Help Look After Salmon Without Stressing Them Out
Salmon seem to prefer small robots to larger ones, a discovery that could help guide how fish farms are automated.
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Buffed-Up Avatars Deter Us From Exercising Hard
Researchers demonstrated that virtual reality users are more likely to exercise better when vying with realistic, rather than idealized, avatars of themselves. ...
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Research Team Develops Voice Localization Techniques for Smart Speakers
Researchers have created a system that uses the Amazon Alexa smart speaker's microphone array in combination with echoes of one’s voice to localize a user's whereabouts...
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Showing Robots How to Do Your Chores
A new system allows robots to learn complicated tasks that would normally confuse them with too many complicated rules.
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A Filter for Cleaner Qubits
Researchers in Japan have developed a way to increase the lifetime of qubits inside quantum computers, through the use of an additional "filter" qubit.
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China Tech Groups Censored Information About Coronavirus
Researchers said Chinese social media platforms censored keywords related to the coronavirus outbreak as early as December, potentially limiting the Chinese public's...
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Spy in Your Pocket
Smartphones can analyze virtually every aspect of your personality, beliefs, and behaviors.
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3D-Printed Homes: A Concept is Turning Into Something Solid
New three-dimensionally (3D)-printed homes are taking shape at the Community First Village affordable housing development in Austin, TX.
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Intel SGX is Vulnerable to an Unfixable Flaw That Can Steal Crypto Keys and More
A team of international researchers disclosed a previously undiscovered vulnerability that steals information from Intel's Software Guard eXtensions.
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Smile! Your Boss Is Tracking Your Happiness
More companies are prioritizing employee happiness to enhance retention and productivity, giving rise to a cottage industry for monitoring, analyzing, and improving...
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Treating Asthma with Data Analytics
A new health information system was designed to help asthma patients better manage their condition.
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Show Me the Methane
A new system uses hyperspectral imaging and machine learning for more accurate detection of methane emissions.
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