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'Psycopath AI' Developed in MIT Media Lab
Part April Fools’ joke, part lesson about the impact of data quality on artificial intelligence (AI), researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab developed a first-of-its-kind “psychopath AI.”
Watch How Radio Waves Wirelessly Power Medical Implants
The mid-field coupling technique successfully delivered power to several antennas inside an animal model at levels high enough to run a range of medical devices.
Why Electro-mechanical Actuators are Best for Your Aerospace Application
Advanced electro-mechanical actuators have been steadily replacing hydraulic and pneumatic actuators in demanding aerospace applications, where manufacturers are constantly looking for opportunities to reduce weight and increase component reliability.
Grid Management Recommendations for North American Utilities
Utilities in North America need to better understand their customers' behavior and evolving needs if they are to mitigate the risks of congestion in the distribution network. A new whitepaper from OMNETRIC Group finds that the growing penetration of distributed energy resources at the grid.
Watch How Machine Learning Picks Up the Pace of Bioengineering
Machine learning has been demonstrated to markedly accelerate the design of microbes that produce biofuel.
Watch: Industrial Glass Technology, ID People by Their Walk and Plan a Virtual Trip Beyond Our Solar System
Industrial Glass Technology, ID People by Their Walk and Plan a Virtual Trip Beyond Our Solar System
Biosensors Advance with a New Way to Inject Light into Microdisk Resonators
The new capability should reduce the cost of developing and manufacturing microdisks, and make them practical for clinical applications.
Engineers Develop Filter to Thwart Facial Recognition Attempts on Social Media
With every picture or video you post of yourself on social media, facial recognition algorithms get more and more information about you including who you are, where you are and who you are with. As the information continues to be fed into the system, the facial recognition tech only improves.
Watch: Ultrasound-propelled Nanobots Designed to Detoxify Blood
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed tiny ultrasound-powered robots that can swim through blood, removing harmful bacteria and the toxins they produce.
A Pressure-Sensing Bandage of Many Different Colors
A compression dressing that changes color under pressure can be used by clinicians to check the color against a chart and determine if the bandage is at the correct pressure.
Robot Submarine Locates Shipwreck with $17 Billion in Treasure
A ship that went missing some 300 years ago was discovered recently by an autonomous robot called REMUS 6000.
Smartphone to Test for Poultry Infection
A molecular test in combination with a smartphone app will be capable of picking up on six different pathogens in the poultry, thereby allowing farmers to act quickly before disease can spread while also eliminating the need to send samples out for costly lab tests.
Rotary Stage with Sub Arc-sec Angular Resolution
Rotary stages optimized for the application address load capacity, torque, speed and angular positioning accuracy. The series of motorized rotary stages are available in three different size ranges with a center aperture of 33 mm, 62 mm or 100 mm and is driven by either an open loop stepper motor or a closed loop servo stepper motor that can be programmed to provide sub arc-sec angular resolution.
New Data Reveal Topographic Controls on Antarctic Ice Flows
Extensive ice penetrating radar data document the topography which controls how quickly ice flows between the East and West Antarctic ice sheets.
Robot Dogs Laid to Rest with Proper Funerals
Giving robot dogs a burial befitting that of a beloved pet, electronics and vintage repair company A-Fun Co. has orchestrated the funerals of roughly 800 Aibos dogs.
Watch: Ingestible Bacteria-on-a-Chip Tracks GI Health
Ultra-low-power sensors carrying genetically engineered bacteria can detect gastric bleeding.
Machine Learning Enhances Understanding of Earthquakes, Geothermal Reservoirs
Machine learning tools revealed patterns that correspond to water-injection flows at The Geysers geothermal field, suggesting a link to the mechanical processes that produce earthquakes.
Snakes Help Engineers Better Understand Friction
Through evolution, snakes have adapted to move efficiently and survive in their various habitats immediately. “These environments can be brutal on even our most advanced machinery, so applying what we know about snake texturing could help our technology adapt as well,” reasoned Hisham Abel-Aal, an associate teaching professor from Drexel University’s College of Engineering.
Researchers Develop App to Determine Why Baby is Crying
Designed by a team led by Ariana Anderson, assistant professor in residence of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, the app is called Chatterbaby, and it uses artificial intelligence to determine why the baby is crying.
Car Dealerships in Some Countries Refuse to Recommend Electric Vehicles to Customers
Despite the promise that electric vehicles will play a significant role in lowering CO2 emissions, researchers found that car dealerships — particularly those located in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Finland and Norway — are discouraging consumers from purchasing them, according to new research.