How researchers are improving energy storage devices for power generated from renewable sources like solar and wind.
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Artificial Intelligence Informs Eating
How deep learning food recognition can take the hassle out of watching what you eat.
Bees With Backpacks: The Next Army of Data Collectors?
Researchers are outfitting insects, natural marvels of engineering that roboticists have been unable to duplicate, with sensors to collect data in the wild.
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Software-Defined Power Cuts Costs
Hyper-scale datacenters need more efficient control of their electrical use.
Research groups working independently are closing in on imbuing limbs with a sense of touch via "e-dermis."
A Brave New World of Genetic Engineering
Genetic engineering technologies are advancing at a furious rate, changing the world one cell at a time.
An array of technologies are making farms more efficient, safer, and profitable.
Digital forensics seeks evidence in stored digital information; it's not as easy as it sounds.
Rogue Drone Pilots Face A New Foe: Deep Learning AI
A growing number of counter-drone systems look to overwhelm rogue drones, and find their pilots.
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Defending the Orbital Internet
Hypersonic space debris threatens communications beyond the atmosphere.
Efficiency, Innovation Mark Research In Future Memories
The U.S. National Science Foundation is exploring multiple approaches.
The next generation of neural networks will learn from real-time data streamed from smartphones, Internet of Things devices, and machine-to-machine connections.
Flexible Displays Enter the Picture
Engineers have long attempted to develop flexible displays and devices. The technology is finally becoming a reality.
IBM Debuts ‘niversal Quantum Computer’
Not just a chip, IBM's latest entry is a complete quantum computing system.
AI Removes the Drudgery from Legal Due Diligence
Software can review contracts, and more, faster and more accurately than lawyers.
Who Owns 3D Scans of Historic Sites?
Three-dimensional scanning can be used to protect or rebuild historic structures, but who owns that digital data?
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