Vector databases, commonly used for similarity search and product recommendations, are a shining light in the era of Artificial…
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Researchers have shown they can create tiny disturbances in magnetic orientation at will in specific locations, which they say could be used to make a more efficient...MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 4, 2017
Primer is a shape-shifting robot that can reconfigure itself into different exoskeletal "outfits" to perform distinct tasks.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 29, 2017
Researchers have developed a design system to catalog the physical characteristics of a huge number of tiny cube clusters that can function as building blocks for...MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 9, 2017
Jenga is a new system that reallocates a chip's memory cache access in real time to create "cache hierarchies" designed to the needs of particular programs.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | July 13, 2017
Researchers have used a computer vision system to quantify the physical improvement or deterioration of neighborhoods in five U.S. cities.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | July 12, 2017
Researchers have developed a system called Fractal that enables up to 88-fold acceleration in a parallelism strategy known as speculative execution.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | July 7, 2017
Researchers have developed a new approach to deep-learning computer systems that uses light instead of electricity.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 13, 2017
A new system to help visually impaired users navigate employs a three-dimensional camera, a belt with vibrational motors, and a refreshable Braille interface.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 2, 2017
Researchers have developed an algorithm to tune a Dynamic Vision Sensor camera to detect only specific changes in brightness that matter for a particular system...MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 31, 2017
When engineers design a new aircraft, they carry out much of the initial testing not on full-sized jets but on model planes that have been scaled down to fit inside...MIT News From ACM News | May 31, 2017
Researchers have developed a new method that could help lead to the development of practical, diamond-based quantum computing devices.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2017
Engineers have developed a new method for analyzing biologics in production, based on a series of nanoscale filters.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 23, 2017
Most robots are programmed using one of two methods: learning from demonstration, in which they watch a task being done and then replicate it, or via motion-planning...MIT News From ACM News | May 10, 2017