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Triangulation and Light Barriers—The Basics
Triangulation sensors are used in many applications effectively, providing for rapid measurement at a low cost.
Household Pets Unexpected Greenhouse Gas Contributors
Think you are doing enough for the environment by simply cleaning up after your dog once they’ve relieved themselves? Not so, according to researchers from the University of California who have discovered dogs and cats to be unexpected greenhouse gas contributors.
Light Affects Financial Decisions, According to Research
Researchers observed the financial behaviors of over 2,500 study participants in relation to luminance, which is the measure of the amount of light falling on the earth’s surface due to factors such as cloud cover, humidity and time of year/day.
Facebook Using Machine Learning to Fight Fake News
Facebook is attempting to right some wrongs in the months after accusations that the site’s news feed is riddled with fake news stories.
Mobile Sensors to Measure Worker Productivity
The system will be used to objectively measure the performance of employees in the work place based on factors like behavior and stress as obtained from the sensors.
App To Help Improve Student Performance
Researchers from the Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, have developed an app to help improve student academic performance.
Computers Learn to Tell Species Apart
A competition to create the best machine-learning algorithm for visual species identification yielded impressive results.
3D-Printed Microscopes for the Developing World
Funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund, the project aims to improve access to open source devices, such as microscopes, to people in developing countries for disease diagnostics and scientific research.
New Connectors Are Rated for Up to 500 Hours of Salt Spray
Mouser Electronics Inc. is now stocking Amphe-Lite gray zinc nickel (ZnNi) metal connectors from Amphenol Industrial.
New Material To Treat Tooth Sensitivity, Prevent Cavities
Although there are several remedies for tooth sensitivity on the market, researchers believe they have created a material that will treat the condition for longer periods than currently available products.
Artwork at Your Fingertips
Can’t get to a museum to see a recently added collection? The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will bring the work to you. Correction: SFMOMA will send the work to you, via text message.
City Trees: Not Only for Aesthetics
While trees are an important part of a city’s landscape—providing shade, greenery and homes for birds and smaller animals—trees also provide a significant function beyond aesthetics: preventing energy loss.
After 40 Years, the Voyagers Continue
A look at the past, present and future of Voyager 1 and 2 — humanity's farthest-reaching and longest-lived spacecraft.
Facial Recognition Technology Being Tested at Berlin Train Station
In an effort to improve security throughout the country, German authorities are conducting a test of automated facial recognition technology in Berlin.
New Product: Intel Movidius Neural Compute Stick
Intel® just announced the Intel® Movidius™ Neural Compute Stick (NCS). This is a fanless deep learning device that is used to learn artificial intelligence (AI). The USB 3.0 drive is powered by a low-power MovidiusTM Visual Processing Unit (VPU), a device driving millions of smart cameras, industrial vision machines and intelligent drones. The device can translate trained neural networks in a PC to an App embedded in the Movidius stick. The neural networks include the Caffee, the deep learning framework developed by Berkeley AI Research (BAIR).
Video: New Device Allows for More Efficient Automatic Part Loading and Unloading
North Star Imaging has announced a new add-on device called RobotiX for standard and existing NSI X-ray and Computed Tomography (CT) systems for automatic part loading and unloading.
A New Wave of Space Applications
A new business partnership is behind the launch of CASPA, the world's first free-flying, on-orbit demonstration for cold atom-based science missions.
Using NMR to Assess Food Quality
Brazilian company, Fine Instrument Technology (FIT), has designed a device that can analyze both the chemical and physical condition of fruits, olive oil, grains, milk and meat all within a matter of seconds.
PETA India to Discuss Big Data Versus Animal Experimentation
PETA India is expected to present information this week concerning the use of big data in lieu of animal testing in research at the “Breaking Barriers Through Bioinformatics and Computational Biology” conference at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Video: Shrinking, Expanding Robots
Researchers have developed a method for designing telescoping structures that can bend and twist; applications include animation, fabrication and robotics.