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Facebook to Add 3,000 to its Team to Fight Bullying, Hate Speech

In response to a recent spate of suicides posted on Facebook, the company announced the addition of 3,000 people to its team in an effort to better screen posts and videos for harmful or damaging content.

SpaceX's Massive Broadband Satellite Constellation to Begin Launching in 2019

SpaceX plans to start launching a constellation of 4,425 satellites in 2019 providing high speed, low latency broadband and communications services around the globe.

Could Autonomous Vehicles Crash the Economy?

Instead of wholeheartedly embracing advances in technology, presenters and attendees at Urbanism Next (a workshop sponsored by UO Portland and the Sustainable Cities Initiative) cautioned that city planners and policy makers should address how autonomous vehicles and ecommerce might affect the growth of a city.

Protecting Eagles from Wind Turbines

The expanding role of wind turbines in energy generation may be good news for the environment but bad news for birds, particularly eagles.

Wireless Device Able to See Through Walls to Measure Walking Speed

How fast you walk, considered by many to be a decent indicator of health, may predict cognitive decline, falls, and cardiac or pulmonary disease.

SKF Apps—Mobilizing Industry

SKF Group, a world leader in rolling bearings and related technologies, offers a variety of mobile apps to meet the needs of a constantly evolving world of connectivity.

Detecting Diabetic Retinopathy with AI

Affecting 415 million people worldwide, around 45 percent of diabetics may develop diabetic retinopathy (damage to the blood vessels at the back of the eye) at some point in their lives with a large number of that 45 percent less likely to detect the disease before it results in vision loss.

How to Become a Robotics Technician

Robotics technology is a rapidly growing industry and, as long as advancements continue to be made in the robotics industry, it will not slow down any time soon. That being said, anyone with a love of robots and technology might as well consider jumping into a career in the growing field.

Indoor Temperature Variation Can Benefit Health

According to a recent study, exposure to environments outside a comfortable temperature could help tackle major metabolic diseases, such as diabetes and obesity, and should be reflected in modern building practices.

New Sensor Increases Smartwatch Battery Life

Nearly 80 percent of the battery power in smartwatches is used up by the heart-rate monitor. But a new generation of sensors developed by EPFL startup ActLight consumes five times less energy.

Are Machines Changing Our Values?

Are the machines we’ve come to rely upon causing us to abandon our core values?

Metamaterial Expands under Hydrostatic Pressure

In the not-too-distant future, it may be possible to 3-D print virtually anything. Consider standard printers, which "synthesize" thousands of colors by using only three color cartridges. By analogy, future 3-D printers may be capable of synthesizing thousands of different material properties with a mere handful of material cartridges.

Wonder Material? Novel Nanotube Structure Strengthens Thin Films for Flexible Electronics

Reflecting the structure of composites found in nature and the ancient world, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have synthesized thin carbon nanotube (CNT) textiles that exhibit both high electrical conductivity and a level of toughness that is about fifty times higher than the copper films currently used in electronics.

System Sorts Granular Bulk Materials Faster and More Accurately

Sand, gravel, coal, deicing salt or diamonds, grain, sugar, coffee or grapes and waste—a lot of everyday goods are more or less grainy. To classify this bulk material by quality and size, it must be sorted in a sophisticated process.

Ultraviolet Light Sensor for Wearables

Mass production technology for silicon based ultraviolet (UV) light sensors, suitable for smartphones and wearable devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) era, has been developed by a research team at Tohoku University and SII Semiconductor Corporation, a semiconductor manufacturer at Seiko Instruments Group.

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