Category: 3. Tech
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Using AI to message friends can lead to lower satisfaction and greater uncertainty, study suggests
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Using artificial intelligence applications to help craft a message to a friend is not a good idea—at least if your friend finds out about the use of AI, a new study suggests. Researchers found that people in the study perceived that a fictional friend who used AI assistance to write them…
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Active control of wind turbine speed can lead to fewer bird strikes
Researchers believe that the new technology can reduce collisions by up to 80%. Credit: SINTEF Sound signals, lights, painting the rotor blades, and rapid shutdowns have all been tried in an attempt to reduce bird mortality. But researchers Paula B. Garcia Rosa and John Olav Tande at SINTEF are currently working on a new concept—involving…
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New method helps WiFi read through walls
To showcase the capabilities of the proposed pipeline in imaging complex details, the researchers have shown how WiFi can image the English alphabet, even through walls. Credit: Mostofi Lab Researchers in UC Santa Barbara professor Yasamin Mostofi’s lab have proposed a new foundation that can enable high-quality imaging of still objects with only WiFi signals.…
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New tool skewers socially engineered attack ads
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain “Warning! Your computer is infected with a virus. Click the button below to take immediate action!” Online ads like this are all too familiar and often the opening salvo in personal cyberattacks that can lead to unwanted software or other malicious downloads. Georgia Tech researchers are countering deceptive online ads with…
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Turning used grounds into caffeinated creations
Flower planters 3D printed from used coffee grounds. Credit: Michael Rivera Coffee can do a lot of things: Wake you up, warm you up and lessen that existential dread. According to a new study, it could also help reduce the waste from 3D printing. That’s the vision behind a new project led by Michael Rivera,…
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Get Your Microscopes Ready! Labroots to Host 7th Annual Cell Biology Virtual Event Series on September 20, 2023!
Labroots is thrilled to announce that registration is open for the 7th Annual Event in the Cell Biology Virtual Event Series, which will be held on September 20, 2023. This exciting event is free to attend for everyone and will present speakers from both academia and industry to discuss recent biological research studies, improvements in…
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As US East Coast ramps up offshore wind power projects, much remains unknown
Crew members of a fishing boat unload their catch in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., on June 20, 2023. The commercial and recreational fishing industry has numerous concerns over offshore wind projects. The wind industry says it has tried to address those concerns, and will pay compensation for those that can’t be avoided. Credit: AP Photo/Wayne…
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Case study shows what it would take for Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to run on hydrogen
Hypothetical land area use to meet 2035 requirements for 100 percent renewable energy grid based on the needs of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Credit: Google Maps and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Hydrogen is emerging as one of the most viable carbon-free energy sources to replace fossil-derived jet fuels and meet the goal for net…
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Tennis ball-sized robot is moon-bound
If all goes according to plan, a tennis ball-sized robot modeled after a children’s toy will soon briefly explore the moon’s surface as part of Japan’s first soft lunar landing. As recently highlighted by Space.com, the Japanese space agency, JAXA, is currently overseeing its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe mission, which launched on…
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Inflection.ai CEO Mustafa Suleyman explains how to catch a ride on the ‘coming wave’ of technology
Credit: AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin If you have watched a telecast involving basketball superstar LeBron James during the past 20 years, you probably have heard an announcer declare: “You can’t stop him, you can only hope to contain him.” That sentiment sums up how Inflection.ai CEO Mustafa Suleyman feels about artificial intelligence—a technology that he helped…