Tech
Computers can now read handwriting with 98% accuracy
New research in Tunisia is teaching computers how to read your handwriting.
Robotic, seahorse-inspired tail can help people maintain balance through sickness or hard work
Cosplay enthusiasts rejoice!
Physicists count sound particles with a quantum microphone
Using sound, rather than light, could lead to more efficient and more compact quantum computers.
Ridiculous DeepFake video of Mark Zuckerberg stretches Facebook’s fake news policies to the limit
Social networks will be bombarded with similar fake content in the future.
Targeted online advertising offers little value to publishers
The adtech landscape is too opaque and complex -- and this new study shows that something needs to be done.
Amazon implements new “delete everything I said today” command for Alexa
With privacy concerns mounting, Amazon is trying to assuage its customers.
Google, Intel, Qualcomm, and others stop supplying Huawei after Gov’t ban
Let slip the HTMLs of war.
Fleets of driverless cars could smoothen traffic by at least 35%
The roads of the future could be safer and faster if all cars were autonomous.
What is the house of the future going to look like?
Bigger, better, faster, stronger. Ok, maybe just better and stronger.
New paper proposes we use air conditioners to make fuel out of thin air
Feasible or not, it's still an interesting idea.
Researchers figure out how coffee can boost (some) solar cells
Oh great, more competition for my morning coffee.
AI developed to tackle physics problems is really good at summarizing research papers
"Researchers have developed a new representation process on the rotational unit of RUM, a recurrent memory that can be used to solve a broad spectrum of the neural revolution in...
Scientists create artificial material capable of metabolism, self-assembly, movement, and organization — key traits of life
If it was capable of multiplying, it would essentially be life.
Cold plasma reactor neutralizes 99.9% of airborne viruses in new study
Breathe in deep -- it's safe.
Researchers are looking into giving AI the power of reading soldiers’ minds — to help them in battle
Cool research, even if its purpose is somewhat troubling.
Shooting stars: a look at the world’s speediest jet aircraft
Some of these planes fly so high they break off rivets.
New process can make hydrogen fuel out of seawater without destroying the devices
This was a VERY real issue up to now.
