Computer model demonstrates how human spleen filters blood
Researchers, led by Carnegie Mellon University President Subra Suresh and MIT Principal Research Scientist Ming Dao, have created a new comp ...
Half of US households have streaming TV services: survey
The Nielsen Total Audience Report found that in the first quarter of 2016, streaming video on-demand services like Netflix reached 50 percen ...
Beyond video games: New artificial intelligence beats tactical experts in combat simulation
Retired United States Air Force Colonel Gene Lee, in a flight simulator, takes part in simulated air combat versus artificial intelligence t ...
Uber in harmony with Pandora for driver music streaming
Uber said Monday it was teaming with online music service Pandora to allow drivers of the ridesharing service to stream their favorite playl ...
32bit MCU family ‘bridges’ between existing ranges
Microchip has launched what it says is the lowest power and most cost effective family of 32bit PIC32 MCUs. The PIC32MM family is not only said to bridge the gap between the PIC24F XLP and PIC32MX fam
Imitation neurones genuine potential
Credit: Swiss National Science Foundation In March 2016, the world Go champion Lee Sedol lost 1-4 against the artificial intelligence Alpha ...
Robots come to each other's aid when they get the signal
Two off-the-shelf robots were used to demonstrate how robots can pick up each other's signals for assistance, and even set aside their own t ...
Court dismisses Snowden request for safe travel to Norway
A Norwegian court has dismissed a lawsuit that sought a legal guarantee to allow Edward Snowden to travel to Norway without risk of being ex ...
Why megaprojects often have megapitfalls
Bay Bridge. Credit: daviduweb via flickr While the new Bay Bridge is finally functional, it stands more as a symbol of dysfunction than any ...
Dried sewage sludge could be recycled by adding it to cement to make concrete
The construction sector seeks economic and ecological cement replacement materials in order to meet an increasing demand for concrete. Credi ...
Towards 100% renewable energy for Kangaroo Island
Stokes Bay Kangaroo Island. Credit: Matthew Fuentes on Flickr Can Australia's iconic Kangaroo Island be powered by 100 per cent renewable e ...
Bartering for science—using mobile apps to get research data
Opening up mobile apps' data to scholarly researchers. Credit: Mobile phone and binary via shutterstock.com There's a transaction that happ ...
Artificial intelligence plus common sense
A package delivery robot: To align his knowledge with the requirements of the real world a great deal of basic research is still required, s ...
Qualcomm to show 5G prototype system
Qualcomm is demonstrating a 5G New Radio prototype system and trial platform for the first time at the forthcoming Mobile World Congress Shanghai. The system, which operates in the sub 6GHz spectrum,
The race is on for IoT market share says CW
The IoT industry is confusing need with demand, according to Professor Mischa Dohler. The King’s College London academic, pictured, told last week’s Future of Wireless International Conference: “Peopl
My mobile was eaten by a horse …
UK households have, apparently, spent more than £3billion fixing or replacing broken gadgets in the last five years, according to a recent survey. And it’s more likely that a significant chunk of that
Rise of the machines: Pakistani roboteers hunt global soccer glory
Pakistani students and team members of Robotics and Intelligence Systems Engineering programme their robot football players at the National ...
Apparent conflicts of interest may dog Tesla-SolarCity deal
In this Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, file photo, Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk delivers a speech at the Paris Pantheon Sorbonne University as ...
Alco Electronics' David Leung on making gadgets in China
In this Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, photo, David Leung, head of sales for North America for Alco Electronics, talks about the operation at the f ...
Governor hones art of elevator pitch to rebuild Rhode Island
After enticing General Electric to plant a new software engineering office in Rhode Island, Gov. Gina Raimondo is setting her sights on PayP ...
Browse free or die? New Hampshire library is at privacy fore
A small library in New Hampshire sits at the forefront of global efforts to promote privacy and fight government surveillance—to the conster ...
China tells search engines to ID paid results after man died
In this Sept. 2, 2011 file photo, a photographer walks past the logo of Baidu Inc., which operates China's dominant search engine, during a ...
China to regulate search results following man's death
China issued new regulations on Saturday demanding search engines clearly identify paid search results, months after a terminally-ill cancer ...
US Navy keeps electromagnetic cannon in its sights
US Navy image shows the Electromagnetic Railgun which employs vast amounts of electromagnetic energy to fire a projectile and represents a p ...
Lottery firm says its 'most-prized' secrets have been taken
A key executive of a company that works with more than 40 state lotteries in the U.S. orchestrated a "massive theft" of its most-p ...
Researchers discover the key to optimizing information transfer
Credit: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne EPFL researchers have come up with a way to optimize information transfer, solving a probl ...
Plasmapour technology set to revolutionise the metal industry
The "just in time" principle applied to temperature control promises gains in energy efficiency and product quality. ...
Coal to solar: Retraining the energy workforce
Joshua Pearce's lab at Michigan Tech focuses on the accessibility of solar and 3-D printing technologies. Credit: Michigan Tech, Sarah Bird ...
Russia adopts controversial counter-terrorism amendments
The Russian parliament on Friday adopted a set of controversial counter-terrorism amendments which have sparked alarm among rights activists ...
Research signals start-up boost for laptop users
Credit: University of Birmingham A British tech start-up has invented a world-first multi-function antenna for laptops that fits into the e ...
Computer sketches set to make online shopping much easier
Demonstration of SketchX computer program in action. Credit: Queen Mary, University of London A computer program that recognises sketches p ...
Obama to encourage international entrepreneurs to think US
President Barack Obama chats with guests after arriving on Air Force One at Moffett Federal Airfield, on Thursday, June 23, 2016, in Mountai ...
New device could unlock information potential of sunlight
Energy engineering undergraduate student Worlasie Djameh inspects the wiring configuration of the All-Seeing Eye device prior to installatio ...
NASA launches 5-year tech demo to improve air traffic flow at airports
Improved scheduling enables efficient spacing for aircraft to merge into air traffic. Credit: NASA NASA is working toward a greener future ...
Software engineers create new defense to protect Tor users
Common ASLR moves the whole code of the application as a single block to a different region of memory. Selfrando randomly rearranges the cod ...
Augmented reality can increase slaughterhouse production yield
New research explores the potential impact augmented reality has on systems in slaughterhouses. Augmented Reality has provided lucrative new ...
Pinpointing vehicles with high precision under adverse weather conditions
A localizing ground-penetrating radar system mounted beneath this SUV demonstrated centimeter-level localization on snow-covered roads durin ...
Algorithmic solutions to manufacturing freeform shapes
Credit: Shutterstock A toolbox of algorithms that can be consulted and applied in order to cost-effectively manufacture freeform shapes has ...
Low queer-factor in computer games reported
Computer games like Mass Effect 3 have introduced gay game characters, but this is considered controversial and financially risky. Credit: & ...
What's wrong with the web and do we need to fix it?
Do we need a decentralised web? Credit: Shutterstock/cybrain More than 20 years after the first web server started bringing the internet in ...
Flower power—photovoltaic cells replicate rose petals
Biomimetics: The epidermis of a rose petal is replicated in a transparent layer which is then integrated into the front of a solar cell. Cre ...
Borophene could be an extraordinary sodium anode material for sodium-based batteries
A schematic drawing of sodium diffusion on borophene and the comparison about capacity and relative sodium diffusivity with other reported s ...
Would you live in a city made of synthetic bone?
Credit: Abdul Rahman The cities of today are built with concrete and steel – but some Cambridge researchers think that the cities of the fu ...
Mapping online hate speech
2016-06-24 20:00:04Mapping online hate speech
Researchers sampled online conversations around time of Ethiopian elections. Credit: Shutterstock images You might think from anecdotal evi ...
Researchers study nuances of social media 'likes'
The simple act of pressing a "like" button on a social media site can speak volumes about a user's preferences, relationships and ...
Use of drones for disaster missions put to the test
How to distribute lifesaving supplies quickly and safely after a natural disaster has long been a puzzle for responders. Now, drones might b ...
S. Korea mulls law to keep office out of the home
Hyper-wired South Korea is considering legislation that would ban bosses from bothering their staff at home, after growing complaints about ...
Agency enlists high-tech help keeping drones from wildfires (Update)
In this July 2, 2015, file photo, Peter Koerber, a pilot and air tactical officer with the U.S. Forest Service, talks about the hazards of f ...
How well do facial recognition algorithms cope with a million strangers?
The MegaFace dataset contains 1 million images representing more than 690,000 unique people. It is the first benchmark that tests facial rec ...
Tech company Twilio nearly doubles in stock market debut
Twilio shares nearly doubled in their first day of trading Thursday, after the technology company raised $150 million in its initial public ...
VW to pay near $10.2B to settle emissions claims
In this Feb. 14, 2013, file photo, the Volkswagen logo is seen on the grill of a Volkswagen on display in Pittsburgh. A person briefed on th ...
Driverless cars: Who gets protected? Study shows public deploys inconsistent ethics on safety issue
The finalized prototype of Google self-driving car. Driverless cars pose a quandary when it comes to safety. These autonomous vehicles are ...
Agency hopes apps will keep drones away from wildfires
Federal authorities are seeking a high-tech solution for the increasing problem of hobby drones flying over active wildfires and endangering ...
Researchers unveil new ATV virtual reality simulator
University of Iowa senior engineering major Kyle Losik rides the university's new virtual reality ATV simulator. Losik's suit has 17 sensors ...
Tech company Twilio soars over 70 pct in stock market debut
Twilio shares soared more than 70 percent after the technology company's stock market debut Thursday. ...
BlackBerry sales fall losses pile up
Blackberry continued bleeding red in the three months ending May 31, extending a two-year losing streak as the Canadian smartphone maker res ...
ESCO’s degree level apprenticeship scheme approved
ESCO has announced that the Assessment Plan for a Degree Level Apprenticeship, for the role of an Embedded Electronic Systems Design and Development Engineer, has been approved and adds that Governmen
Electric racing car breaks world record
The Formula Student team of the Academic Motorsports Club Zurich (AMZ) today achieved a world record. Credit: ETH Zurich / Alessandro Della ...
Instagram to allow users to translate posts with button
This June 9, 2014, file photo shows the Instagram app on an iPhone posed for a photo in New York. Instagram announced Wednesday, June 22, 20 ...
A green transport revolution for Venice
REAPsystems chief technology officer, Dr Dennis Doerffel, with the engine. Engineers from the University of Southampton are helping to deve ...
Securely resetting passwords
2016-06-23 22:00:12Securely resetting passwords
On mobile devices, entering passwords is a fairly laborious task. Credit: Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum The number of passwords that each of us ...
Coherent energy policy needed across EU
Windmill. Credit: Universiteit van Amsterdam (UVA) The need to maintain a stable and affordable energy supply, coupled with growing demands ...
Japan's pension fund sues Toshiba over accounting scandal
The Toshiba booth at an electronicss exhibition in Yokahama Japan's national pension fund, the world's biggest, said Thursday it is suing T ...
Pilot Piccard says solar flight is dream come true
Bertrand Piccard celebrates at Sevilla airport on June 23, 2016, after the 70-hour sun-powered journey from New York Swiss adventurer Bertr ...
New method detects human activity in videos earlier and more accurately
Credit: Disney Research Researchers at Disney Research and Boston University have found that a machine learning program can be trained to d ...
Object and scene recognition software work together to understand video content
Researchers from Disney Research and Shanghai's Fudan University have used deep learning techniques to train computer software to recognize ...
Massive multiuser MIMO system launched
Wireless broadband developer Cambium Networks has launched the PMP 450m, said to be the first product to include cnMedusa technology. The company says cnMedusa allows network operators to offer 5G lik
Computer vision system studies word use to recognize objects it has never seen before
Credit: Disney Research Computer vision systems typically learn how to recognize an object by analyzing images of thousands of examples. Bu ...
Japan firm rolls out smile-rating app
A Japan Airlines flight attendant checking her smile using a Shiseido app How do you know if you've got that winning smile? There's an app ...
Engineers look for a cool way to make AC units an affordable snap
NREL engineers Chuck Booten and Jon Winkler installing the components of the EcoSnap-AC. Credit: Dennis Schroeder Engineers Chuck Booten an ...
Exploring the global flow of digital labour
Dollar inflow and median wage by country. Credit: Oxford Internet Institute An international research team is investigating who benefits fr ...
Mapping coal's decline and the renewables' rise
CoalMap is an online tool that allows users explore the potential effects of various market factors on the cost-competitiveness of coal vers ...
Autonomous shuttles start giving rides in Sion
Autonomous shuttles will carry up to 11 passengers at a time. Credit: Car Postal Autonomous shuttles will make history in Switzerland today ...
GraphExeter could enable better ‘bendy’ screens
A team of Engineers and Physicists from Exeter have discovered that GraphExeter – a material adapted from the graphene – can improve the effectiveness of large, flat, flexible lighting. The research t
MEMS mike for 'zero power' event detection
The first commercially available quiescent sensing MEMS device, launched by Vesper, is said to open the possibility of acoustic event detection devices consuming almost no power.
Solar Impulse 2 lands in Spain after 70-hour transatlantic flight
The experimental Solar Impulse 2 plane landed in Spain, after completing a 70-hour journey from New York powered only by sunlight The Solar ...
Can Google Glass help autistic children read faces?
Julian Brown smiles while wearing Google Glass glasses and talking with Jena Daniels, a clinical research coordinator at The Wall Lab in Sta ...
Fine print says riders can't blame Uber for unsafe drivers
When you catch a ride using Uber or Lyft, you do so at your own risk. ...
US commerce secretary warns of 'digital protectionism'
US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, pictured on July 13, 2015, expressed concern about measures that restrict digital content at a gatheri ...
Uber Lyft battle governments over driver fingerprint checks
In this Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, a driver displaying Lyft and Uber stickers on his front windshield drops off a customer in downt ...
Fiat Chrysler speeds up recall of confusing gear shifters
In this Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, file photo, 2015 Grand Cherokees appear on display at a Fiat Chrysler dealership in Doral, Fla. Fiat Chrysle ...
Israel plans law against using Facebook for 'terror'
Israel's Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, pictured on May 17, 2015, met with senior Facebook executives about a planned law to ban the use of ...
Russia invests in futuristic Hyperloop train
A recovery vehicle pushes a test sled is after it was propelled along a set of tracks during its first propulsion open air test at the Hyper ...
Senate blocks access to online data without warrant (Update)
The Senate on Wednesday blocked an expansion of the government's power to investigate suspected terrorists, a victory for civil libertarians ...
Riding Segway's hoverboard is like skiing on LA's streets
In this May 27, 2016, file photo, company representative Zach Servideo demonstrates Segway's new self-balancing scooter, the MiniPro, in dow ...
Click here when I die: Sites lay out plans for loved ones
This screen grab image provided by My Life & Wishes shows a page on the My Life & Wishes website featuring founders Jon and Michelle ...
Car quality improves even as new technology is introduced
Despite adding sophisticated electronic safety features and touch screens that once were prone to glitches, most automakers improved their r ...
Nielsen hopes to bring science to TV casting
In this June 20, 2016 file photo, actor Ashton Kutcher attends the Museum of the Moving Image's 2016 Industry Tribute in New York. According ...
Accelerator board for data centre applications
A PCIe form factor accelerator board from Achronix is said to be the highest single FPGA memory bandwidth PCIe add-in card designed for high speed data centre acceleration applications.
A new vision for video game consoles
In this June 13, 2016 file photo, members of the media attend a briefing at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles where Microsoft ...
Green still a dream petrol tipped to drive Australian car market in 2030
Experts have predicted petrol powered vehicles will dominate the Australian car market in the year 2030. Petrol-powered vehicles are predic ...
Solar plane powers on over Atlantic after turbulence
Solar Impulse 2 has completed three-quarters of its 6,000-kilometre (3,700-mile) flight across the Atlantic The Solar Impulse 2 plane went ...
Amazon launches upgraded Kindle e-reader
The new Amazon Kindle weighs in at 161 grams, or 5.7 ounces, with a six-inch display Amazon on Wednesday unveiled an upgraded Kindle, aimin ...
Indian cabinet approves mobile radiowaves auction
India's cabinet has approved an auction of mobile phone radiowaves, hoping to scoop $85bn The government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra ...
Senate blocks allowing access to online data without warrant
The Senate has blocked efforts to expand the government's power to investigate suspected terrorists by allowing the FBI to obtain a person's ...
Scientists develop self-learning arm controlled by thought
Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University are developing a robotic arm prototype and its control algorithm using myoelectric signals. The ...
Review: Sierra does more than phone it in
I drive a small car, so when General Motors asked if I'd like to review the technology inside the 2016 GMC Sierra, I was ready. ...
Apple's new privacy effort worth watching
Modern technology has presented us with something of a Faustian bargain when it comes to our privacy, but Apple thinks we should have anothe ...
NTT Data smart shirt keeps what's driving IndyCar's Tony Kanaan on track
Speeding over 200 miles an hour around a race track may seem like a lot to handle, but IndyCar racer Tony Kanaan is in control. ...
Researchers creating improved interfaces to help machines and humans work together to complete tasks
Credit: Xi Jessie Yang As machines become more intelligent, they become embedded in countless facets of life. In some ways, they can act al ...