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September 20, 2024

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People Facing Life-or-Death Choice Put Too Much Trust in AI, Study Finds

Sep. 4, 2024 — In simulated life-or-death decisions, about two-thirds of people in a study allowed a robot to change their minds when it disagreed with them -- an alarming display of excessive trust in artificial intelligence, researchers ...

Sep. 3, 2024 — Heart failure during pregnancy is a dangerous and often under-detected condition because common symptoms -- shortness of breath, extreme fatigue and trouble breathing while lying down -- are easily ...

Keep Devices out of Bed for Better Sleep

Sep. 3, 2024 — Despite what we've been led to believe, the timing of evening screen use, rather than the activity itself, negatively impacts youth sleep, a new study has ...

Topological Quantum Simulation Unlocks New Potential in Quantum Computers

Aug. 30, 2024 — Researchers have successfully simulated higher-order topological (HOT) lattices with unprecedented accuracy using digital quantum computers. These complex lattice structures can help us understand advanced quantum materials with robust quantum ...

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Smartphone-Based Microscope Rapidly Reconstructs 3D Holograms

Sep. 11, 2024 — Researchers developed a new smartphone-based digital holographic microscope that enables precision 3D measurements. The highly portable and inexpensive microscope could help bring 3D measurement ...

Artificial Intelligence Improves Lung Cancer Diagnosis

Aug. 23, 2024 — A team of researchers has created a digital pathology platform based on artificial intelligence. The platform uses new algorithms developed by the team and enables fully automated analysis of tissue ...

Beetle That Pushes Dung With the Help of 100 Billion Stars Unlocks the Key to Better Navigation Systems in Drones and Satellites

Aug. 21, 2024 — An insect species that evolved 130 million years ago is the inspiration for a new research study to improve navigation systems in drones, robots, and ...

Swiping Through Online Videos Increases Boredom

Aug. 19, 2024 — Swiping through online videos to relieve boredom may actually make people more bored and less satisfied or engaged with the content, according to new ...

Engineers Conduct First in-Orbit Test of 'Swarm' Satellite Autonomous Navigation

Aug. 14, 2024 — With 2D cameras and space robotics algorithms, astronautics engineers have created a navigation system able to manage multiple satellites using ...

Say 'Aah' and Get a Diagnosis on the Spot: Is This the Future of Health?

Aug. 13, 2024 — A computer algorithm has achieved a 98% accuracy in predicting different diseases by analyzing the color of the human tongue. The proposed imaging system can diagnose diabetes, stroke, anemia, ...

Engineers Bring Efficient Optical Neural Networks Into Focus

Aug. 12, 2024 — Researchers have published a programmable framework that overcomes a key computational bottleneck of optics-based artificial intelligence systems. In a series of image classification experiments, ...

Using Photos or Videos, These AI Systems Can Conjure Simulations That Train Robots to Function in Physical Spaces

Aug. 7, 2024 — Two new studies introduce AI systems that use either video or photos to create simulations that can train robots to function in the real world. This ...

Dark Matter: A Camera Trap for the Invisible

July 29, 2024 — AI-powered image recognition could give researchers a new tool in hunt for dark ...

Save Your Data on Printable Magnetic Devices? New Laser Technique's Twist Might Make This Reality

July 25, 2024 — A team has been developing a new type of laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) for laser printing using an optical vortex, which has been dubbed ...

Risks and Benefits of Integrating AI Into Medical Decision-Making

July 23, 2024 — Researchers found that an artificial intelligence (AI) model solved medical quiz questions -- designed to test health professionals' ability to diagnose patients based on clinical images and a ...

Want to Spot a Deepfake? Look for the Stars in Their Eyes

July 17, 2024 — In an era when the creation of artificial intelligence (AI) images is at the fingertips of the masses, the ability to detect fake pictures -- particularly deepfakes of people -- is becoming ...

Want Privacy? You're Just a Stick Figure to This Camera

July 18, 2024 — A new camera could prevent companies from collecting embarrassing and identifiable photos and videos from devices like smart home cameras and robotic vacuums. It's called ...

Researchers Customize AI Tools for Digital Pathology

July 10, 2024 — Scientists developed and tested new artificial intelligence (AI) tools tailored to digital pathology--a rapidly growing field that uses high-resolution digital images created from tissue samples to ...

New and Improved Camera Inspired by the Human Eye

July 1, 2024 — Computer scientists have invented a camera mechanism that improves how robots see and react to the world around them. Inspired by how the human eye works, their innovative camera system mimics the ...

New Computational Microscopy Technique Provides More Direct Route to Crisp Images

June 28, 2024 — A new computational microscopy technique solves for true high-resolution images without the guesswork that has limited the precision of other ...

Wireless Receiver Blocks Interference for Better Mobile Device Performance

June 28, 2024 — Researchers developed a new wireless receiver that can block strong interference signals at the earliest opportunity, which could improve the performance of a mobile ...

Researchers Leverage Shadows to Model 3D Scenes, Including Objects Blocked from View

June 18, 2024 — A new technique can model an entire 3D scene, including areas hidden from view, from just one camera image. The method relies on image shadows, which provide information about the geometry and ...

AI Shows How Field Crops Develop

June 17, 2024 — Researchers developed software that can simulate the growth of field crops. To do this, they fed thousands of photos from field experiments into a learning algorithm. This enabled the algorithm to ...

Scientists Preserve DNA in an Amber-Like Polymer

June 13, 2024 — With their 'T-REX' method, researchers developed a glassy, amber-like polymer that can be used for long-term storage of DNA, such as entire human genomes or digital files such as ...

New Technique Improves AI Ability to Map 3D Space With 2D Cameras

June 13, 2024 — Researchers have developed a technique that allows artificial intelligence (AI) programs to better map three-dimensional spaces using two-dimensional images captured by multiple cameras. Because the ...

Incorporating 'Touch' Into Social Media Interactions Can Increase Feelings of Support and Approval

June 12, 2024 — Including 'tactile emoticons' into social media communications can enhance communication, according to a new ...

New Computer Vision Method Helps Speed Up Screening of Electronic Materials

June 11, 2024 — A new computer vision technique developed by engineers significantly speeds up the characterization of newly synthesized electronic materials. Such materials might be used in novel solar cells, ...

Digital Babies Created to Improve Infant Healthcare

June 7, 2024 — Researchers have created digital babies to better understand infants' health in their critical first 180 days of life. The team created 360 advanced computer models that simulate the unique ...

Top IT Industry Managers Are Divided on the Need for Face-to-Face Communication in the Workplace

June 5, 2024 — Many managers are currently seeking a balance between digital and face-to-face communication. A recent study shows that top IT industry managers have different views on when and for what purposes ...

Children's Visual Experience May Hold Key to Better Computer Vision Training

May 31, 2024 — A novel, human-inspired approach to training artificial intelligence (AI) systems to identify objects and navigate their surroundings could set the stage for the development of more advanced AI ...

Designing Environments That Are Robot-Inclusive

May 31, 2024 — To overcome issues associated with real-life testing, researchers successfully demonstrated the use of digital twin technology within robot simulation software in assessing a robot's suitability ...

AI Saving Humans from the Emotional Toll of Monitoring Hate Speech

May 30, 2024 — A team of researchers have developed a new machine-learning method that detects hate speech on social media platforms with 88 per cent accuracy, saving employees from hundreds of hours of emotionally ...

Generative AI to Protect Image Privacy

May 29, 2024 — Image privacy could be protected with the use of generative artificial intelligence. Researchers created a system which replaces parts of images that might threaten confidentiality with visually ...

Bio-Inspired Cameras and AI Help Drivers Detect Pedestrians and Obstacles Faster

May 29, 2024 — Artificial intelligence (AI) combined with a novel bio-inspired camera achieves 100 times faster detection of pedestrians and obstacles than current automotive cameras. This important step for ...