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Open-source software gives a leg up to robot research
Quad-SDK is an open-source, full-stack framework for agile quadrupedal locomotion. Credit: Robomechanics Lab, Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon researchers have...
Exploring how people adapt to virtual-reality-induced cybersickness
Taylor Doty, a Ph.D. student of psychology and human computer interaction, wears a VR headset at Iowa State, 2022. Credit:...
Has blockchain found a use beyond crypto trading?
Blockchain technology has been hailed as a world-changing innovation, but does it have any use beyond creating speculative financial instruments?...
Strengthening Puerto Rico’s power grid
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm with 155-mph winds, made a direct hit on Puerto...
Face-recognition software that lifts the veil
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Face-recognition technology is advancing apace and has applications in security and biometrics, marketing, education, criminal investigation,...
Apple to delay iPad software launch by a month in unusual move
Credit: Apple Apple Inc. expects to delay its next major iPad software update by about a month, taking the unusual...
An open-source, data-science toolkit for power and data engineers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain As of 2020, 102.9 million smart meters—devices that record and communicate electric consumption, voltage and current...
Indoor carbon dioxide tool can help assess ventilation and indoor air quality
Carbon dioxide (CO2) monitors are useful for assessing a building’s ventilation, but their readings can mean different things in different...
Radar gets a major makeover
Sandia National Laboratories principal investigator Jacques Loui, left, and a firmware developer are part of a team redesigning high-performance radar...
New model helps to identify when users are likely to upgrade software products
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Each year, the bestselling video game Call of Duty releases a new generation with upgraded features...
How do dating apps choose your Mr. or Ms. Right?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Are you entrusting your romantic future to an algorithm? If you're using any dating apps, you've...
Apple devices getting beefed-up defense against spyware
A new 'Lockdown Mode' will let iPhone users block capabilities or features that could be exploited by spyware planted on...
US funds software for Russians to slip past censors
US backed anti-censorship software is being used by Russian citizens to access independent news about the country's invasion of Ukraine....
Tracking software for pallets, containers and much more
Using barcodes and the smartphone app, the current location of a load carrier is fed into Logistikbude’s system. Credit: Logistikbude...
Subscription version of Snapchat makes its debut
A new Snapchat+ subscription version of the ephemeral messaging app is priced at $4 monthly. US tech firm Snap on...
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Amping up battery performance with black glasses grafted on micron silicon
Scientists from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed a user-friendly and facile process for fabricating black glass...
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