How the brain recognizes what the eye sees
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170608145602.htm
New work outlining the brain’s visual process could improve self-driving cars and point to therapies for sensory impairment, suggest investigators.
Combatting weeds with lasers
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170607094152.htm
A robot automatically identifies weeds in a field and combats them with a short laser pulse. Sustainable agriculture, which avoids the use of herbicides as far as possible, could benefit from this smart idea.
Fake online profiles easier to fish out with new software tool
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170607123855.htm
People who use fake profiles online could be more easily identified, thanks to a new tool developed by computer scientists.
Spin effects in solution-based nanocrystals
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170607123943.htm
Wet-chemically produced nanocrystals are becoming more and more powerful. Now a research group has succeeded in substantiating electronic spin effects in such nanoplatelets. In this way, more cost-effective and more powerful transistors and computer chips with lower power consumption are conceivable in the future.
Engineer unveils new spin on future of transistors with novel design
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170606123425.htm
A researcher has designed a novel computing system made solely from carbon that might one day replace the silicon transistors that power today’s electronic devices.
Engineer unveils new spin on future of transistors with novel design
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170605121356.htm
An engineer has designed a novel computing system made solely from carbon that might one day replace the silicon transistors that power today’s electronic devices.
Tactile sensor gives robots new capabilities
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170605150252.htm
Eight years ago, researchers unveiled a new sensor technology, called GelSight, that uses physical contact with an object to provide a remarkably detailed 3-D map of its surface. Now, by mounting GelSight sensors on the grippers of robotic arms, two teams have given robots greater sensitivity and dexterity.
App uses smartphone compass to stop voice hacking
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170605124108.htm
Engineers are creating an app to stop voice hacking. The app uses existing smartphone components, including the magnetometer for the phone’s compass, to detect when someone’s voice is being broadcast on a speaker.
Scientists slash computations for deep learning
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170601135633.htm
Computer scientists have adapted a widely used technique for rapid data-lookup to slash the amount of computation — and thus energy and time — required for ’deep learning.’
Flipping the script on magnetocapacitance
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170601082251.htm
For the first time, researchers demonstrate a new type of magnetocapacitance, a phenomenon that could be useful in the next generation of ’spintronic’ devices.
Artificial intelligence predicts patient lifespans
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170601124126.htm
A computer’s ability to predict a patient’s lifespan simply by looking at images of their organs is a step closer to becoming a reality, thanks to new research.
Preventing software from causing injury
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170530140716.htm
Workplace injuries don’t just come from lifting heavy things or falling off a ladder. People with desk jobs can develop debilitating hand and wrist problems that make it difficult to work, and poorly designed software could be to blame. However, researchers are creating tools to that could help develop safer software.
Frequency modulation accelerates the research of quantum technologies
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170530082218.htm
In quantum devices, frequency modulation is utilized in controlling interactions. A new article discusses the physics of frequency modulation in superconducting quantum circuits, ultracold atoms, nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond and nanoelectromechanical resonators.
In the eye of the beholder: Computational artist uses computer programming to produce moving images
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170529142531.htm
A computational artist uses computer programming to produce moving artistic images.
Toward mass-producible quantum computers
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170526084521.htm
Mass-producible quantum computers are closer than ever, thanks to new research. This process for positioning quantum bits in diamond optical circuits could work at large scales, say scientists.
System piggybacks on Bitcoin to prevent identity theft
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170524131131.htm
Researchers have developed a new system that uses Bitcoin’s security machinery to defend against online identity theft.
Mind-controlled device helps stroke patients retrain brains to move paralyzed hands
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170526165907.htm
Stroke patients who learned to use their minds to open and close a plastic brace fitted over their paralyzed hands gained some ability to control their own hands when they were not wearing the brace, according to a new study. The participants, all of whom had moderate to severe paralysis, showed significant improvement in grasping objects.
Next-gen computing: Memristor chips that see patterns over pixels
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170523083256.htm
Inspired by how mammals see, a new ’memristor’ computer circuit prototype has the potential to process complex data, such as images and video orders of magnitude, faster and with much less power than today’s most advanced systems.
Combination of features produces new Android vulnerability
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170523083601.htm
A new vulnerability affecting Android mobile devices results not from a traditional bug, but from the malicious combination of two legitimate permissions that power desirable and commonly used features in popular apps.
A fresh math perspective opens new possibilities for computational chemistry
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170519172305.htm
A new mathematical “shortcut” is speeding up molecular absorption calculations by a factor of five, so simulations that used to take 10 to 15 hours to compute can now be done in approximately 2.5 hours.
Network traffic provides early indication of malware infection
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170522081530.htm
By analyzing network traffic going to suspicious domains, security administrators could detect malware infections weeks or even months before they’re able to capture a sample of the invading malware, a new study suggests. The findings point toward the need for new malware-independent detection strategies that will give network defenders the ability to identify network security breaches in a more timely manner.
When artificial intelligence evaluates chess champions
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170425110954.htm
The ELO system, which most chess federations use today, ranks players by the results of their games. Although simple and efficient, it overlooks relevant criteria such as the quality of the moves players actually make. To overcome these limitations, Reseachers have now developed a new system.
Device allows users to manipulate 3-D virtual objects more quickly
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170501094331.htm
Researchers have developed a user-friendly, inexpensive controller for manipulating virtual objects in a computer program in three dimensions. The device allows users to manipulate objects more quickly — with less lag time — than existing technologies.
Kids, parents alike worried about privacy with internet-connected toys
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170510131929.htm
Researchers have conducted a new study that explores the attitudes and concerns of both parents and children who play with internet-connected toys. Through a series of in-depth interviews and observations, the researchers found that kids didn’t know their toys were recording their conversations, and parents generally worried about their children’s privacy when they played with the toys.
Technology edits voices like text
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170515091121.htm
New technology may do for audio recordings of the human voice what word processing software did for the written word. The software, named VoCo, provides an easy means to add or replace a word in an audio recording of a human voice by editing a transcript of the recording. New words are automatically synthesized in the speaker’s voice even if they don’t appear anywhere else in the recording.