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Under the Right Conditions, Americans Prefer Buying Trucks Instead of Cars
The study, using data from 2007-2016, examined the links between car (passenger cars and station wagons) and light truck (SUVs, vans, trucks) sales and other factors such as the price of gasoline, the unemployment rate and the amount of disposable income.
A "Catalog" Of New York City Noises Being Built to Help Fight Noise Pollution
Dubbed one of the loudest cities in the world, New York City is participating in an experiment to both reduce the volume and address the issue of noise pollution using machine learning technology.
Researchers Urge Wearable Device Designers to Consider Baby Boomers
In an effort to appeal to older generations who stand to benefit from their use, researchers are urging designers of wearable devices to consider altering the technology design to better accommodate that population.
Machine Learning as Understood by a Beginner
Netflix and Amazon are able to “spy” on you thanks to machine learning.
Researchers Employing Big Data to Predict Severe Weather Conditions
Using a new method for identifying bow echoes (often associated with violent winds) in radar images, researchers have published their findings in the journal Applied Soft Computing.
Overwhelming Rat Population Connected to Lack of Research in Urban Settings
In order to fight the worldwide rat population, researchers believe the battle starts with access to urban properties.
EU Drone Regulations
In an effort to safely regulate drone traffic in Europe by 2019, the EU has released details of a plan that would allow drones to operate in high density areas under the watchful eye of fleet operators.
Video: Multi-touch System Allows Navy Flight Decks to Shuffle Configurations
The system upgrades the current “Quija board” used to organize hanger bays.
Google Goes Modular with Construction of 300 Employee Apartments
Google is often touted as having offices you never have to leave. Now Google is considering investing in modular short-term housing for its workers near its Bay Area campus.
Facebook Using AI to Fight Terrorism
After receiving criticism about social media platforms not doing enough to prevent the sharing of extremist content, Facebook has revealed plans to do more to help in the fight.
Restoring Ecosystems Key to Fighting Climate Change in Cities
Instead of responding to predictions of increased flooding and extreme heat with hard infrastructure, Simon Fraser University (SFU) researchers are calling on cities and communities to maintain and restore ecosystems.
NLP Researchers Use Reddit to Teach Sarcasm
A paper published by researchers at Princeton University in April introduced a large data corpus of sarcastic statements for training and evaluating natural language processing (NLP) systems for sarcasm detection.
New Age-Progression Method May Help in the Search for Missing Persons
Researchers from Bradford University have designed a new face-aging technique that may aid in the search for missing people.
MultiMark the Smart All-In-One Marking Solution
MultiMark is a marker system which perfectly meets modern requirements in conjunction with tailored software and particularly efficient printer technology.
Individual Tool Service Records Can Boost Industrie 4.0 Productivity
RFID tags can be used to develop individual tool “service records” and optimize manufacturing processes.
Supercomputer Performs Largest-ever Virtual Universe Simulation
Simulations generated a gigantic catalogue of about 25 billion virtual galaxies from 2 trillion digital particles.
Autonomous Machines On Track Toward Greater Independence
As in the case of autonomous vehicles becoming more reality than a work of science fiction, so too is the inevitability that machines will become more independent in the future, according to a study published in EPJ B.
Better Global Foodborne Disease Monitoring
Calling to improve the detection of and response to foodborne illnesses and outbreaks, PulseNet International — a global system of public health laboratory networks — is advocating for the use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) by public health institutes and laboratories worldwide.
Catfishes Beware!
Dubbed catfishes, these fake online profiles typically provide dishonest information concerning a user’s age and/or gender.
Drone Traffic on the Rise in Canada
With drone traffic on the rise in Canadian airspace, so too are the number of drone incidents being reported in recent years, sparking safety concerns.