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The Internet of Trash: IoT Has a Looming E-Waste Problem

17 Μαΐου 2018 by paulkokos

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A lack of forethought will leave us with a mountain of obsolete devices and no way to dispose of them Illustration: Jude Buffum Illustration: Jude Buffum In 2016, Masayoshi Son , the CEO of SoftBank Group Corp., predicted that in the next 20 years there will be a trillion connected devices…

Why Modular Platforms Make Sense for IIoT Testing

16 Μαΐου 2018 by paulkokos

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A new world is quickly taking shape in which machines are linked to factories, warehouses and power grids, and they are connected to the world to share data, turn this data into valuable business insights, and create new efficiencies. By Majeed Ahmad A new world is quickly taking shape in…

Feel What This Robot Feels Through Tactile Expressions

16 Μαΐου 2018 by paulkokos

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Inflatable spikes and goosebumps help this robot communicate Photo: Cornell We humans think we’re pretty clever with all of the different ways that we have of communicating with each other. We vocalize, we have expressive faces, we gesture. It seems like plenty of modes of communication, but we’re missing out…

Interpol’s New Software Will Recognize Criminals by Their Voices

16 Μαΐου 2018 by paulkokos

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A new platform aims to identify offenders by matching voice recordings to speech samples stored in a massive database, raising privacy concerns Photo: istockphoto The world’s largest police network is evaluating software that would match samples of speech taken from phone calls or social media posts to voice recordings of…

Crossbar Pushes Resistive RAM into Embedded AI

16 Μαΐου 2018 by paulkokos

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Deal with Microsemi and foundries means its nonvolatile embedded memory can be integrated into the most advanced chips Photo: Crossbar Resistive RAM technology developer Crossbar says it has inked a deal with aerospace chip maker Microsemi allowing the latter to embed Crossbar’s nonvolatile memory on future chips. The move follows…

Hiding Information in Plain Text

15 Μαΐου 2018 by paulkokos

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Subtle changes to letter shapes can embed messages Image: Columbia University  Computer scientists have now invented a way to hide secret messages in ordinary text by imperceptibly changing the shapes of letters. The…

Making Radio Chips for Hell

15 Μαΐου 2018 by paulkokos

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Mixer IC works at 500 degrees Celsius, so it can take the heat on the surface of Venus, inside a natural gas turbine, or in the bowels of a 6-kilometer deep oil well Photo: KTH Royal Institute of Technology/University of Arkansas/IEEE There are still some places the Internet of Things…

Laser-Powered Robot Insect Achieves Lift Off

15 Μαΐου 2018 by paulkokos

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Everything is better with lasers, especially tiny robot insects Photo: University of Washington For robots of all sizes, power is a fundamental problem. Any robot that moves is constrained in one way or another by power supply, whether it’s relying on carrying around heavy batteries, combustion engines, fuel cells, or…

Video Friday: Atlas Jogging, Drive.ai Launch, and Robotic Warehouse

11 Μαΐου 2018 by paulkokos

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Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos Image: Boston Dynamics via YouTube Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here’s what we have so far (send…

450,000 Women Missed Breast Cancer Screenings Due to “Algorithm Failure”

11 Μαΐου 2018 by paulkokos

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A disclosure in the United Kingdom has sparked a heated debate about the health impacts of an errant algorithm Photo: iStockphoto Nearly half a million elderly women in the United Kingdom missed mammography exams because of a scheduling error caused by one incorrect computer algorithm, and several hundred of those…

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