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Solar-Powered Microfliers for Swarm-Based Surveying

29 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023 by paulkokos

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Microfliers, or miniature wireless robots deployed in numbers, are sometimes used today for large-scale surveillance and monitoring purposes, such as in environmental or biological studies. Because of the fliers’ ability to disperse in air, they can spread out to cover large areas after being dropped from a single location, including…

Data Acquisition On-Demand Webinars

28 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023 by paulkokos

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Learn more about high-performance digitizers and topics such as pulse detection, peer-to-peer streaming, high-level synthesis, and more. Register now for instant online access to our webinars.Introduction to High-Level Synthesis (HLS)Learn how HLS helps simplify FPGA firmware development by using programming languages such as C.❯ WATCH HEREPulse Detection in the Presence…

How Nigerian Hacktivists Are Taking on Big Oil

27 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023 by paulkokos

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A group of hacker-activists in Nigeria, in the wake of rebukes from the conventional court system, have taken their appeal to a higher authority—the court of public opinion. And to bolster their case that oil refinery pollution is harming the densely-populated Niger Delta region, these hacktivists are engaging in their…

Programmable DNA Machines Offer General-Purpose Computing

26 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023 by paulkokos

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What may be the first programmable DNA computer is capable of running billions of different circuits, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. The Chinese scientists who created the liquid machine say it could solve math problems and may one day find use diagnosing diseases.Whereas regular computers…

YORI: A Hybrid Approach to Robotic Cooking

26 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023 by paulkokos

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There seems to be two general approaches to cooking automation. There’s the “let’s make a robot that can operate in a human kitchen because everyone has a human kitchen,” which seems like a good idea, except that you then have to build your robot to function in human environments which…

This Engineer Is Helping to Make India a Global Semiconductor Hub

24 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023 by paulkokos

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When Tushar Sharma was a young boy growing up in Jamnapaar, India, a densely populated area outside of Delhi, he never imagined that someday he would meet the country’s prime minister. That memorable event occurred in May, when Sharma and a delegation from his employer, Renesas Electronics, met with Narendra…

Connection Machine Joins All to All to Optimize Better

23 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023 by paulkokos

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Optimization problems—such as scheduling the hundreds of National Football League (NFL) games while attempting to abide by the league’s many, many rules—can take huge computing resources. Some such problems are impractical even for today’s supercomputers. Inspired by quantum phenomena and other physics-based ways of computing, researchers have been trying to…

The Endless Quest for the Perfect Computer Display

22 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023 by paulkokos

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Computer monitors have improved tremendously since the first mainstream color LCDs edged out CRT displays two decades ago. But odds are high the motion performance of the monitor you’re using right now is far from perfect.This is the reality of modern displays with a 60 hertz refresh rate, which refresh…

Video Friday: Robot Dance

22 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023 by paulkokos

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Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.IROS 2023: 1–5 October 2023, DETROITCLAWAR 2023: 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS,…

Developing the Next Generation of AI Assistant

21 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023 by paulkokos

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This sponsored article is brought to you by the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. If you’ve ever learned to cook, you know how daunting even simple tasks can be at first. It’s a delicate dance of ingredients, movement, heat, and techniques that newcomers need endless practice to master. But imagine…

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