3-D computer modeling simulates impacts depicts most efficient arrangement for tidal turbines
Lauren Ross in her lab. She studies tidal turbines and has developed a computer model for their use in estuaries. Credit: University of Main ...
Dredging the data lake
2018-10-10 06:00:05Dredging the data lake
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Data lakes allow information to be added to a system without pre-processing or modelling. Contrast this with a co ...
Where will Amazon put its second headquarters? What you need to know
Amazon has promised to announce the location of its second headquarters by the end of the year, leaving 20 finalist cities on the edge. Wher ...
New material design space discovered for light-based applications
Materials scientists at Duke University claim to have computationally predicted the electrical and optical properties of semiconductors made from extended organic molecules sandwiched by inorganic str
SemiGen acquires thin film circuit manufacturer Ion Beam Milling
SemiGen, the RF/microwave solutions company, has acquired the thin film circuit New Hampshire-based manufacturer, Ion Beam Milling.
Samtec acquires PCI
2018-10-10 04:00:25Samtec acquires PCI
The connector company, Samtec, has announced it has acquired Precision Connector (PCI) specialist in the design and manufacture of precision RF and microwave coaxial connections.
Google appeals $5 billion EU fine in Android antitrust case
Google has appealed a record $5 billion fine that European Union authorities levied against the tech giant for allegedly abusing the dominan ...
Renesas unveil RZ/A2M Microprocessor for high-speed processing
Renesas is expanding its range of embedded artificial intelligence (e-AI) solutions for incorporating AI into embedded systems by bringing intelligence to endpoints.
Philippines revs up flagging green energy engine
New geothermal exploration efforts are underway in the Philippines, a nation that has some of the world's largest untapped sources of vo ...
Technique locates robots soldiers in GPS-challenged areas
U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientists Dr. Fikadu Dagefu (left) and Gunjan Verma (right) pose with one of the robots used to validate a ne ...
Instagram ramps up battle against bullying
Instagram has increased anti-harassment measures, following Facebook's decision to do the same, after a survey showed young victims of o ...
MathWorks introduces 5G Toolbox for MATLAB
MathWorks has introduced the 5G Toolbox which provides standards compliant waveforms and reference examples for modelling, simulation, and verification of the physical layer of 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR)
NI unveils FlexRIO transceiver for testing high bandwidth radar systems
National Instruments (NI), has unveiled the FPGA-enabled PXIe-5785 FlexRIO transceiver, which is said to shorten the design cycle for advanced radar applications in aerospace and defence.
Google appeals record EU fine over Android
US tech giant Google has been accused by the of using the Android system's huge popularity on smartphones and tablets to promote the use ...
AI tool automatically reveals how to write apps that drain less battery
A new tool developed by Purdue researchers would automatically identify and expose ways to make app features more energy-efficient, saving b ...
To crash or swerve? Study reveals which actions taken by self-driving cars are morally defensible
A crash by one of Uber Technologies, Inc.'s self-driving cars earlier this year resulted in the first pedestrian death associated with s ...
Google launches connected speaker with screen but no camera
New devices unveiled by Google Tuesday include a smart speaker with a seven-inch screen and two new Pixel smartphones Google on Tuesday lau ...
New Pentagon weapons systems easily hacked: report
US Air Force F-22 Raptor: a government report says the Pentagon's weapons systems currently under development are highly vulnerable to h ...
How European cities are battling diesel-polluted air
European cities are taking action against car pollution, with diesel engines in the spotlight A Berlin court ruled Tuesday that older diese ...
World cybercrime shifts to state-backed hackers: Russian group
The group's report came just days after several Western governments accused Moscow's military intelligence of a hacking conspiracy ...
Facebook seeing growth in business network Workplace
Facebook says it is seeing growth in Workplace, the social media company's platform aimed at replacing intranet, mailbox and other inter ...
Continuing strong revenue growth in global electronic components
Delivering the consolidated August 2018 results returned by his authorised distributor members, Adam Fletcher, chairman of the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn), reported continuing strong r
Sealy world-class 3D printers set to create dissolvable medical implants
Michael Sealy, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, holds a basic example of the medical implants he's designing ...
Google launch event overshadowed by privacy firestorm
Google faces growing concerns over a privacy glitch as it is preparing to launch a series of new gadgets Google was supposed to be focusing ...
Comcast becomes majority shareholder of Sky
Comcast won control of Sky after an epic battle with 21st Century Fox US cable giant Comcast on Tuesday said it is now the majority shareho ...
Methane-based fuels for the transport and energy sectors
MethQuest focuses on using methane from renewable sources for various applications. Credit: MethQuest The lead project "Methane from R ...
Researchers build a model that predicts business closures in cities with 80% accuracy
Doomed to fail? Credit: Shutterstock Over the past decade, changes in the way people shop have led more and more businesses to close their ...
Google drops out of bidding for massive Pentagon cloud contract
Google says it is not bidding on a $10 billion cloud computing contract for the US military Google is dropping out of the bidding for a hug ...
Team breaks exaop barrier with deep learning application
High-quality segmentation results produced by deep learning on climate datasets. Credit: Berkeley Lab A team of computational scientists fr ...
Court orders diesel ban on major Berlin roads
Berlin's famous Friedrichstrasse is included in the diesel ban Diesel drivers in Berlin faced the prospect of bans from major arterial ...
UK union calls for 24-hour strike of Uber drivers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A British union has called for a 24-hour strike of Uber drivers in London, Birmingham and Nottingham, putting up ...
Broadband 'disconnect' has big consequences for midwest farmers
Christopher Ali’s dog, “Tuna,” rode shotgun on Ali’s summer road trip to visit farms in the Midwest. Credit: University of Virginia Sitting ...
YouTube driving global consumption of music
A YouTube;s corporate headquarters in San Bruno, California on April 03, 2018. Gunshots erupted at YouTube's offices in California Tuesd ...
Sophisticated sensors keep bridges dams and buildings safe
Credit: Queensland University of Technology The Story Bridge is 78 years old, the Sydney Harbour Bridge is hitting 95. Australian bridges a ...
Models of dinosaur movement could help us build stronger robots and buildings
Researchers are using computer simulations to estimate how 11 different species of extinct archosaurs such as the batrachotomus might have m ...
First example of a bioelectronics medicine
An implantable, biodegradable wireless device that speeds nerve regeneration and improves the healing of a damaged nerve has been developed by researchers from Northwestern University and Washington U
Video ad business booming in US: market tracker
The video ad business is booming the US, with spending expected to grow 30 percent this year to $27.82 billion, an eMarketer forecast releas ...
Want to delete your Facebook account? It'll take 30 days
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Facebook has given users many reasons to consider nuking their accounts lately from data breaches to scandals sur ...
5G service rolls out—but not without controversy
Lampposts around downtown Los Angeles are being wired with fiber optic cable and shoebox-sized gadgets to beam the fifth and fastest generat ...
Semiconducting films from exotic materials outperform silicon
A technique to fabricate ultrathin semiconducting films that are made from gallium arsenide, gallium nitride, and lithium fluoride has been developed by engineers at MIT.
From cyborgs to sex robots U of M professor studies how brain science is changing legal system
Francis Shen spends a lot of time thinking about transhuman cyborgs, brain-wave lie detectors, sex robots and terrorists hacking into device ...
UN report: Technologies can help lives but boost inequality
New technologies from artificial intelligence to gene editing hold immense potential to improve people's live—but can also drive greater ...
Comcast faces continued doubts over wisdom of Sky purchase
The purchase of British telecom firm Sky by US cable giant Comcast, whose head offices in Philadelphia are seen here, has divided analysts, ...
NXP advances automotive radar solution with new development kit
Automotive radar reference design packs NXP’s S32R processors, RF transceiver, and antenna design with automotive-grade radar software
Nanoscale pillars as a building block for future information technology
A device concept that can efficiently transfer the information carried by electron spin to light at room temperature has been proposed by researchers from Linköping University and the Royal Institute
Airbus name Guillaume Faury to replace Enders
Guillaume Faury, pictured, will replace Tom Enders as chief executive of Airbus The board of European aerospace giant Airbus said Monday it ...
New security scanners safely detect threats from people on the move
Credit: Marius Dobilas, Shutterstock With increased threats to soft targets, security personnel need tools to detect menaces in fast moving ...
Sound software for fault detection in machinery
Credit: michaeljung, Shutterstock Experienced operators claim they can tell if their machine is functioning properly merely by listening to ...
Germany probes Audi over S. Korea 'fraud': Report
A report citing Munich prosecutors says Audi has been more than polishing its image after a claim employees modified test results in cars bo ...
Production of renewable gas from waste wood
The plant’s key components: honeycomb catalysts convert hydrogen and carbon monoxide into methane and water. Credit: Andreas Spiegel KIT ...
Facebook launches AI video-calling device 'Portal'
Facebook's new "Portal" video calling device is the first consumer hardware product it has developed in-house Facebook on Mon ...
Wind River collaborates with BT on edge cloud computing for 5G
Wind River has collaborated with BT on a research activity showcasing edge cloud compute applications.
Permanent wireless self-charging system using NIR band
Figure 1. a) Conceptual NIR-driven self-charging system including a flexible CQD PVs module and an interdigitatedly structured LIB. b) Photo ...
EV charger is more efficient and 10 times smaller than current tech
An electric vehicle (EV) fast charger that is at least 10 times smaller than existing systems and wastes 60 percent less power during the charging process, without sacrificing the charging time, has b
Vehicles to virtually “see” through and around buildings
Looking to address the limitations of on-board vehicle sensors when it comes to traffic collisions at roadway intersections, Honda has developed ‘Smart Intersection’ for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) co
Scalable DNA data encoding machine
A partnership between Cambridge Consultants and CATALOG Technologies looks to develop a machine that will encode data in DNA.
Part-organic invention can be used in bendable mobile phones
A semiconductor with organic and inorganic materials that can efficiently convert electricity into light and is also flexible and thin enough to make devices like mobile phones bendable, has been inve
Ahead of US election angst over hacking threats
Hack attack. Wikipedia, CC BY-SA At a Boston technology conference last month, computer scientist Alex Halderman showed how easy it was to ...
Increasingly human-like robots spark fascination and fear
A source of controversy due in part to fears for human employment, the presence of robots in our daily lives is nevertheless inevitable, eng ...
Irish man pleads guilty in NY over Silk Road narcotics conspiracy
A 30-year-old Irish man pled guilty in New York on Friday to narcotics conspiracy over the now-defunct "dark web" marketplace Silk ...
Ford to cut global workforce
2018-10-06 00:00:09Ford to cut global workforce
Ford surprised many analysts by announcing massive cost-cutting targets and plans to phase out many sedans in North America amid surging dem ...
Tesla's autopilot is better than you statistically
In this Oct. 24, 2016, file photo, palm trees are reflected on the hood of a Tesla Model S on display in downtown Los Angeles. Tesla says it ...
'Not right away': Electric cars still have long road ahead
The electric car revolution still faces a few hurdles Under dazzling autumn sunshine in the heart of Paris, Marc Fiot steps out of a new Zo ...
Painting a clearer picture of the heart with machine learning
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a condition in which plaque forms on the walls of coronary arteries, causing the ...
Improving poplar biomass production under stress conditions
Poplar provides a fast-growing woody feedstock for biofuels. Credit: Andrea Starr | PNNL Inside the phytotron, rows of white industrial cab ...
Could an artificial intelligence be considered a person under the law?
Sophia, a robot granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia. Credit: MSC/wikimedia, CC BY Humans aren't the only people in society – at least a ...
Tesla releases first quarterly safety report
In this Oct. 24, 2016, file photo, palm trees are reflected on the hood of a Tesla Model S on display in downtown Los Angeles. Tesla says it ...
Increasing the speed limit won't get the traffic moving faster
Smart motorways can reduce the speed limit to manage congestion. Credit: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA The UK should raise its motorway speed limit ...
Chernobyl begins new life as solar power park
New solar panels at the site of the closed Chernobyl power plant, scene of the world's worst nuclear disaster Ukraine launched Friday a ...
Why does concrete swell and crack?
Concrete structures that have been damaged by AAR (alkali-aggregate reaction) exhibit these typical cracks. The dark color around the edges ...
Seawater breakthrough in production of climate-friendly fuel bioethanol cuts demands on freshwater
Credit: University of Huddersfield In the fight against global warming, bioethanol fuel is seen as a climate-friendly alternative to petrol ...
The BEEAs names AESSEAL as ‘best of the best’ as it scoops Grand Prix Award
Commended for its work in encouraging increased interest in engineering and promoting the uptake in STEM subjects, AESSEAL, specialist in the design and manufacture of mechanical seals and support sys
Flexible piezoelectric acoustic sensors for speaker recognition
A machine learning-based acoustic sensor for speaker recognition has been developed by a team from KAIST.
Improving how computers handle data and advance AI with brain-inspired architecture
IBM researchers are developing a new computer architecture, which they say is better equipped to handle increased data loads from artificial intelligence (AI).
Flowing salt water over this super-hydrophobic surface can generate electricity
A super-hydrophobic surface that can be used to generate electrical voltage has been developed by a team from the University of California (UC) San Diego.
Large-scale production of graphene-based technologies
Following its seed investment of £2.9million announced earlier this year, Paragraf, the graphene technology development company, has opened an R&D facility in Cambridge.
China tech stocks Lenovo ZTE tumble after chip hack report
In this Sept. 27, 2018, file photo, Lenovo chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing delivers a keynote speech during the Lenovo Tech World summit in B ...
Samsung Electronics flags record Q3 operating profit
Samsung's Galaxy Note 9 has received favourable reviews and the electronics giant is due to launch a new line up of its flagship devices ...
Tesla's Musk mocks US agency just days after settling with it
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has derided the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Twitter, less than a week after settling fraud char ...
Publisher drops Tronc name reverts to Tribune Publishing
The publisher of the New York Daily News and other large dailies is reverting back to the name Tribune Publishing, two years after a widely ...
Spanish cities grapple with invasion of electric scooters
Electric scooter sharing schemes have popped up in city streets across Spain and elsewhere in Europe Cities across Spain are grappling with ...
Toyota announces new recall of 2.4 million hybrid cars
The latest recall affects several models of Toyota's Prius and its Auris hybrid vehicles produced between October 2008 and November 2014 ...
Lenovo shares pummelled in Hong Kong after microchip report
The plunge in Lenovo and ZTE's shares comes as tech firms around the world suffer losses following recent strong gains China's Leno ...
Get ready for some llama and bagel emojis: Apple's adding 70 new icons in iOS 12.1 update
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Upset Apple's recent iOS 12 updates for iPhones, iPads and the iPod touch didn't add any emoji? You can n ...
First look: LG V40 ThinQ smartphone features five cameras but do you really need them?
"Do I really need five cameras in a smartphone?" I wo ...
Oculus Quest finally gives virtual reality true freedom
Virtual reality has always faced barriers that prevented it from going mainstream. Oculus is quite aware of that. The price of a VR machine ...
Arizona dam at risk of failure will be checked by engineers
The earthen Menagers Dam is in imminent danger of failing, potentially sending floodwaters rushing into the Tohono O'odham village of Al ...
GM tracked radio listening habits for 3 months: Here's why
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Whether you're using your cellphone or listening to your car radio, it's likely that someone is paying at ...
Microsoft unveils new Surface devices including headphones
Microsoft announced several new Surface devices at an event in Manhattan recently, saying the computers have faster speeds and longer batter ...
Tech giant Apple takes tiny Andrea Electronics to court over patent
Apple Inc., with a trillion-dollar market capitalization, is turning to a federal appeals court in its years-long patent fight with Andrea E ...
EU commissioner questions legality of new Ryanair terms
Europe's consumer affairs commissioner has called for closer scrutiny of budget airline Ryanair Consumer officials should examine budge ...
Poll: Young Americans say online bullying a serious problem
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Teens and young adults say cyberbullying is a serious problem for people their age, but most don't think they ...
Artificial enzymes convert solar energy into hydrogen gas
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a new scientific article, researchers at Uppsala University describe how, using a completely new method, they ...
India plans facial recognition technology at airports
Passengers on domestic flights will be able to choose whether they want to use the biometric authentication system and go paperless with the ...
Indonesia battles fake news after quake-tsunami disaster
The disaster agency's efforts are being fronted by spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, who has won admirers for battling to update journalis ...
An insurance discount for your fitness data is a bad deal in the long run
In the brave new world of information capital, data collected from wearables and other technologies could be a slippery slope to a new socia ...
Toyota SoftBank setting up mobility services joint venture
Representative Director and CTO of SoftBank Corp. Junichi Miyakawa, left and Executive Vice President of Toyota Motor Corporation Shigeki To ...
Irish data authority probing Facebook over breach of 50 mn accounts
Facebook admitted to the data breach in a blog post last Friday, saying attackers exploited a vulnerability in the website's code in Sep ...
Security failure at Facebook—what we know
The Facebook breach affecting some 50 million users and disclosed late last month is now under investigation by Ireland's data protectio ...
Honda joins forces with GM's Cruise to develop autonomous vehicles
Honda agreed to invest $12 billion over 12 years in a venture with GM and tech firm Cruise to develop self-driving cars Japanese carmaker H ...