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New app performs real-time, full-body motion capture with a smartphoneNorthwestern University engineers have developed a new system for full-body motion capture—and it doesn't require specialized rooms, expensive equipment, bulky cameras or an array of sensors.... Read more
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How AI can help you make a computer game without knowing anything about codingJust as calculators took over the tedious number-crunching in math a few decades ago, artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming coding. Take Kyo, an 8-year-old boy in Singapore who developed a simple platform game in just two hours, attracting over 500,000 players.... Read more
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New AI model for hi-res video generation, Pyramid Flow, is available as open-source softwareA team of AI researchers from Peking University, Kuaishou Technology, and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, has developed a new AI model called Pyramid Flow, that can be used to generate virtual hi-resolution (768p) video imagery. The group has written a paper describing how they built their model, its... Read more
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Software pinpoints way to generate maximum electricity from waves, tides, and currentsMarine energy devices have the potential to deliver gigantic amounts of power―if they can survive the ocean's punishing conditions. Innovative system designs are needed to convert wave movements into electricity, but the sea is vast and complex, and deployment in these remote locations is expensive.... Read more
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New design software takes a concept to a multitude of configurationsdeepSPACE isn't a futuristic film, a new videogame or the next season of a classic TV series. In fact, the new design software developed by an aerospace engineer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign isn't about outer space at all. This new tool takes your concept and requirements and... Read more
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Parents can now limit Fortnite play timeEpic Games on Tuesday began letting parents limit how long, and when, their children can play blockbuster video game Fortnite.... Read more
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Quantum algorithm adopted by Google and IBMAn algorithm developed by Prakash Vedula, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Oklahoma School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, has been incorporated into advanced computing software developed by Google and IBM. The algorithm is remarkable for its exponential improvement over previous methods.... Read more
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Usable data hacked from air-gapped computerA team of software and information systems engineers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel, has demonstrated an ability to extract useful data from an air-gapped computer. The group has posted a paper to the arXiv preprint server describing their experiments and results.... Read more
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App helps Mexican tortilla makers join digital economyLong marginalized by the banking industry, Mexico's neighborhood tortilla producers are cautiously embracing financial technology, in a country where cash is still king for many.... Read more
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Using 'chaos engineering' to make cloud computing less vulnerable to cyber attacksCloud computing has emerged as a crucial element in today's technology, serving as the backbone for global connectivity. It empowers businesses, governments, and individuals to employ and construct cloud-based services and forms the foundation for a huge range of systems we use every day, including telecommunications, transportation, health care, banking,... Read more
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Researchers speed up fault localization during software developmentModern software applications usually consist of numerous files and several million lines of code. Due to the sheer quantity, finding and correcting faults, known as debugging, is difficult.... Read more
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Interoperable multipath hemispherical map: A unified approach for enhanced GNSS precisionMultipath effects, resulting from satellite signals reflecting off objects before reaching the receiver, seriously compromise the precision of satellite navigation systems. Existing solutions like Sidereal Filtering and system-specific MHMs require observations spanning at least one full cycle of satellite orbit repeat period (e.g., 10 days for Galileo) to reproduce the... Read more
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New low-cost technology to prevent drone collisionUsing only on-board sensors and cameras, researcher Julián Estévez, from the Computational Intelligence Group (GIC) of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has developed low-cost, autonomous, navigation technology to prevent two or more drones whose paths cross in mid-air from colliding with each other. He has achieved positive, encouraging... Read more
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How travel among synthetic populations reveals gaps in essential servicesThink about your neighborhood. Where are the stores or doctor's offices? How easy is it to access fresh food? Human mobility researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are providing information on access to essential services in communities by creating synthetic populations that mirror real neighborhoods and... Read more
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Study shows clear influence of driving noise on individual sound preferences in a carLoud or unpleasant driving noises can impair the enjoyment of music in the car. Some sound systems therefore dynamically adjust the volume and bass. However, individual sound preferences are not taken into account. A study from Fraunhofer IDMT in Oldenburg has now investigated the influence of background noise on the... Read more