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The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/k1UHLpg

The experimental airplane X-57, developed by NASA, is due to fly for the first time this year. It has an impressive 14 propellers along its wings and is powered entirely by electricity. This sounds great considering we have to get off fossil fuels yet our demand for aviation is growing. But how much closer will NASA's plane bring us to this goal? from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/FzIAWib

When it comes to the evolution of mobile robots, it may be a long time before legged robots are able to safely interact in the real world, according to a new study. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/NALi7Gd

Climate change can alter extreme weather events, and these events have the potential to strain, disrupt or damage the nation's grid. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/DpEsZcV

QuestDB, Open-Source Database, Is Hiring a DevRel Engineer (US-Based) by nhourcard | on Hacker News .

A new AI algorithm developed by researchers at the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence is aimed at visualizing datasets as clearly as possible. The project demonstrated that the solution chosen independently by the algorithm was often very close to that most commonly favored by humans. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/FJdcg4S

Researchers from EPFL and JTEKT Corporation have developed an automated driving system based on the concept of "collaborative steering," which aims to increase transportation safety, efficiency, and comfort by encouraging active interaction between autonomous vehicles and their human drivers. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/sAaIikP

A team of researchers, led by Trisha L. Andrew, professor of chemistry and chemical engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recently announced that they have synthesized a new material that solves one of the most difficult problems in the quest to create wearable, unobtrusive sensitive sensors: the problem of pressure. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/Tkp2BH3

A machine learning model developed and tested by researchers at UNSW City Futures Research Center may be able to better equip policymakers with knowledge and data about predicted neighborhood change—and with better predictive data, policymakers and government can deliver more equitable city planning and outcomes. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/MY7Pe3G

The Muse (YC W12) Is Hiring a BD Manager for Strategic Partnerships by KMinshew | on Hacker News .

A team of engineers at Google is demonstrating a new music generation AI system called MusicLM. In their paper posted on the arXiv preprint server, the group claims that the new system establishes a new level of composition and high fidelity in songs produced by computers. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/UqIN78l

Traditionally, artificial intelligence stems from human brain dynamics. However, brain learning is restricted in a number of significant aspects compared to deep learning (DL). First, efficient DL wiring structures (architectures) consist of many tens of feedforward (consecutive) layers, whereas brain dynamics consist of only a few feedforward layers. Second, DL architectures typically consist of many consecutive filter layers, which are essential to identify one of the input classes. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/gMPu6iJ

A team of University of Toronto Engineering researchers, led by Professor Kevin Golovin, have designed a solution to reduce the amount of microplastic fibers that are shed when clothes made of synthetic fabrics are washed. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/CVDfAGK

The development of stimuli-responsive polymers has brought about a wealth of material-related opportunities for next-generation small-scale, wirelessly controlled soft-bodied robots. For some time now, engineers have known how to use these materials to make small robots that can walk, swim and jump. So far, no one has been able to make them fly. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/VthkOsc

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The internet plays a central role in our lives. I—and many others my age—grew up alongside the development of social media and content platforms. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/9EQTibs

The world has enough rare earth minerals and other critical raw materials to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy to produce electricity and limit global warming, according to a new study that counters concerns about the supply of such minerals. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/VMXHhbl

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPICI) has investigated how the natural properties of native tree bark can be used to create a standardized product for long-term use without the addition of adhesives. In doing so, they have created bark panels by peeling and drying via hot pressing, which could be used in interior design or furniture and packaging, for example, through industrial production. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/MmDJcL2

Perovskite semiconductors promise highly efficient and low-cost solar cells. However, the semi-organic material is very sensitive to temperature differences, which can quickly lead to fatigue damage in normal outdoor use. Adding a dipolar polymer compound to the precursor perovskite solution helps to counteract this. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/u9sRS0d

Since the ancient Greeks, humankind has known that if you bring two things into contact, a small amount of electricity is created. One example is that we can rub a balloon with our hair and generate enough electricity to stick it to the ceiling. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/uSyxjYf

An ultrathin protective coating proves sufficient to protect a perovskite solar cell from the harmful effects of space and harden it against environmental factors on Earth, according to newly published research from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/gUjzuaN

A solar distillation device can purify brine from reverse osmosis plants with over 10 percent salinity, as well as water taken directly from the Red Sea. The technology offers double the freshwater production rate of existing salt-rejection solar stills. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/jVscbOW

Conventional robots based on separate joints do not always perform well in complex real-world tasks, particularly those that involve the dexterous manipulation of objects. Some roboticists have thus been trying to devise continuum robots, robotic platforms characterized by infinite degrees of freedom and no fixed number of joints. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/qFnQ5GA

A research team led by Professor Hwangbo Jemin of the KAIST Department of Mechanical Engineering has developed a quadrupedal robot control technology that can walk robustly with agility even in deformable terrain such as a sandy beach. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/5yrsWul

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Inspired by sea cucumbers, engineers have designed miniature robots that rapidly and reversibly shift between liquid and solid states. On top of being able to shape-shift, the robots are magnetic and can conduct electricity. The researchers put the robots through an obstacle course of mobility and shape-morphing tests. Their study was published January 25 in the journal Matter. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/ndU9DAo

In the future, autonomous or self-driving cars are expected to considerably reduce the number of road accident fatalities. Advancing developments on this revolutionary road, CERN and car-safety software company Zenseact have just completed a three-year project researching machine-learning models to enable self-driving cars to make better decisions faster and thus avoid collisions. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/G1v4Oes

Legged robots have significant advantages over wheeled and track-based robots, particularly when it comes to moving on different types of terrains. This makes them particularly favorable for missions that involve transporting goods or traveling from one place to another. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/PIFB7kZ

Engineers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have demonstrated a simple computational approach for supporting the classification performance of neural networks operating on a sensor time series. The proposed technique involves feeding the recorded signal as an external forcing into an elementary nonlinear dynamical system, and providing its temporal responses to this disturbance to the neural network alongside the original data. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/e3fFRZx

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A chatbot powered by reams of data from the internet has passed exams at a US law school after writing essays on topics ranging from constitutional law to taxation and torts. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/t6qSrTX

Every year, the United States spends nearly a trillion dollars fighting metallic corrosion, an electrochemical reaction that occurs when metals oxidize and begin to rust. By taking on this surprisingly insidious issue, researchers have now estimated how much corrosion is gradually worsening global carbon emissions. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/zu0jd4r

To reduce carbon emissions and still meet the growing demands of the electronics industry, scientists will need to develop alternative battery technologies that are more durable, sustainable, and can store more energy. In recent years, they have thus been trying to develop alternative battery technologies using different material combinations. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/o3PexEG

Artificial intelligence is writing fiction, making images inspired by Van Gogh and fighting wildfires. Now it's competing in another endeavor once limited to humans—creating propaganda and disinformation. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/gS0bzkl

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have designed a novel adaptation for existing iron and steel furnaces that could reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the steelmaking industry by nearly 90%. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/ZmezFM8

The academic community is growing increasingly concerned about students using ChatGPT for less than honest purposes as it has been found to be capable of not only writing essays for high school students, but passing some exams, such as parts of those used to license doctors and grant MBAs. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/kZcuoSl

OneText (YC W23) is hiring our first engineer by bluepnume | on Hacker News .

Over the last year, the world's energy market has been highly volatile. The warmer-than-average winter in Europe helped avoid a gas crisis this year, but the forecast for the next winter is unclear as instabilities persist. More than 20% of global liquefied natural gas exports originate from a single port in Qatar. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/JmNQiDk

Microsoft says it is making a "multiyear, multibillion dollar investment" in the artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT and other tools that can write readable text and generate new images. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/LktQE68

Materials in nature are rarely straight. In our bodies, proteins assemble into helical filaments which allow our muscles to contract. Plants change shape because cellulose fibers are arranged helically within their cell walls. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/j8i2ICm

BuildZoom (better way to build custom homes) Is hiring a Principal Engineer by the_economist | on Hacker News .

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PhotoRoom (YC S20) Is Hiring a Fullstack Engineer (Generative AI API) in Paris by ea016 | on Hacker News .

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Steel is one of the most important materials in the world, integral to the cars we drive, the buildings we inhabit, and the infrastructure that allows us to travel from place to place. Steel is also responsible for 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions. In 2021, 45 countries made a commitment to pursue near-zero-emission steel in the next decade. But how possible is it to produce the steel we need in society with zero emissions? from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/aBMz9xf

Synthetic populations are computer-generated groups of people that are designed to look like real populations. They are built using public census information about people's characteristics, such as their age, gender, and job, alongside statistical algorithms that help put it all together. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/TQvW0hn

Underwater imaging sonars are an essential technology for ocean exploration. Biomimetic sonars that are inspired from marine mammals such as dolphins are an emerging development in this field. A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI) has developed a dolphin-inspired compact sonar with a novel echo processing method that allows for clearer visual imaging underwater compared to the conventional signal processing method of visualizing sound echoes. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/IhRgWfs

The often delightful and arresting images created by the latest generation of text-to-image generators, exemplified by DALL-E 2, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion, have stirred up lots of buzz in both the arts and the AI worlds. The images, generated from simple text prompts (e.g., a baboon sailing a colorful dinghy), look very much like the products of intelligent human creativity. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/f1UO3iJ

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A transdisciplinary Northwestern University research team has developed a revolutionary transistor that is expected be ideal for lightweight, flexible, high-performance bioelectronics. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/mszuUhQ

Tesorio (YC S15) Is Hiring a Senior DevOps in Latam. Join Our 100% Distributed Team by FabioFleitas | on Hacker News .

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What if you could feel raindrops or a beating heart, or train in competitive archery, all from the comfort of your home? That game-changing immersiveness could bring a new dimension to virtual environments, allowing users to experience the world of imagination with a high degree of realism. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/n713vik

Machine learning (ML) has been used with impressive success in numerous fields—facial recognition, speech recognition, consumer behavior, and drug discovery. One area where it's had only limited success, though, is as a tool for developing bulk metallic glass. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/P81bSHB

Rthm (YC W22) Is Hiring a CTO to scale digital health solution by AnaHealth | on Hacker News .

Researchers have been looking to replace silicon in electronics with materials that provide a higher performance and lower power consumption while also having scalability. An international team is addressing that need by developing a promising process to develop high-quality 2D materials that could power next-generation electronics. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/YSIeikU

In April 2022, a team of engineers hiked into California's Sierra Nevada mountains to hunt for snow. Instead, they found mostly bare, dry dirt and only a few of the snow patches that provide one-third of California's water supply. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/RaklD2t

A laboratory in photonics and renewable energy at the University of Ottawa has developed a new method for measuring the solar energy produced by bifacial solar panels, the double-sided solar technology which is expected to meet increased global energy demands moving forward. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/WJTtF4Z

Capturing the potential profits and jobs offered by a growing hydrogen industry may need as much innovation in regulatory agencies as it does in the research laboratories, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin. The work highlights the increasing complexity and interconnected nature of energy markets as disparate regulatory agencies push for increased use of clean energy sources. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/BEzfSeZ

Safer and more powerful electric vehicles are one step closer thanks to new Deakin University research. It has pinpointed a crucial mechanism inside lithium-metal batteries that could prevent battery degradation and inform the development of next generation lithium batteries. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/kx43wJf

The fastest Corvette ever made comes out later this year, and it's not powered soley by a howling V8. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/uJ8pdnf

Patterns, the fastest way to build, scale cloud apps, is hiring by cstanley | on Hacker News .

Despite only about 25% of car travel happening after dark, almost half of fatal accidents occur at night. As our vehicles become more advanced and even autonomous, the ways of detecting and avoiding these collisions must evolve too. Current systems are often complicated, resource-intensive or work poorly in the dark. But now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano have designed a simple, power-saving collision detector inspired by the way insects avoid bumping into one another. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/M6hEvrj

Cars, buildings, infrastructure—all are unimaginable without steels. While metallic materials have been known and manufactured for more than 5,000 years, there is permanent need for further property improvement, especially as new processing opportunities emerge and sustainability concerns associated with alloying elements become more important. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/iNBwGsU

A new technological development by Tel Aviv University has made it possible for a robot to smell using a biological sensor. The sensor sends electrical signals as a response to the presence of a nearby odor, which the robot can detect and interpret. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/J7euIiW

Unmanned aerial vehicles, drones, are no longer a surprise to passers-by during events or on a sunny afternoon in the city center. Drones, which have long been used in warfare, are now popular not only with professional and amateur filmmakers but also with researchers. Kaunas University of Technology scientist Rytis Maskeliūnas together with a team of researchers from other Lithuanian universities used UAV technology to detect changes in building façades against a crowded city background. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/DfYs1hu

Scientists said Monday they have used a laser beam to guide lightning for the first time, hoping the technique will help protect against deadly bolts—and one day maybe even trigger them. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/YMa0pEK

Researchers at the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine intelligence (MIRMI) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a model that enables a robot to serve tea and coffee faster and more safely than humans—with no sloshing. The mathematics behind the pendulum used in the concept is more than 300 years old. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/X3KkyfW

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3D-printed radio antennas that could help bring stronger mobile phone signals and faster internet connections to people living in remote communities have been developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/2m3YnbF

The Smart Polymer Materials Group led by Prof. Chen Tao at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in cooperation with Prof. Zheng Yinfei at Zhejiang University, have developed a hydrogel-based soft robot with adaptive deformation that can achieve multi-dimensional off-road locomotion on natural terrains. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/uUCsbfj

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Flightcontrol (YC W22) is hiring Developer Advocate (remote/fulltime) by flybayer | on Hacker News .

Could the new and wildly popular chatbot ChatGPT convincingly produce fake abstracts that fool scientists into thinking those studies are the real thing? from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/y79TVO2

Birds fly more efficiently by folding their wings during the upstroke, according to a recent study led by Lund University in Sweden. The results could mean that wing-folding is the next step in increasing the propulsive and aerodynamic efficiency of flapping drones. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/pFBluEL

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), also known as the China Sky Eye, is the world's largest single-dish radio telescope. Its reflector is a partial sphere of radius R=300 m. The planar partial spherical cap of the reflector has a diameter of 519.6 m, 1.7 times larger than that of the previously largest radio telescope. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/PkSHEvV

Clean energy is the leading solution for climate change. But solar and wind power are inconsistent at producing enough energy for a reliable power grid. Alternatively, lithium-ion batteries can store energy but are a limited resource. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/EZ92e85

Until now, microscopic robotic systems have had to make do without arms. Now, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an ultrasonically actuated glass needle that can be attached to a robotic arm. This lets them pump and mix minuscule amounts of liquid and trap particles. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/2JHiQhA

Zen (YC S21) Is Hiring a Growth Engineer by handheldmouse | on Hacker News .

State-of-the-art methods of information security are likely to be compromised by emerging technologies such as quantum computers. One of the reasons they are vulnerable is that both encrypted messages and the keys to decrypt them must be sent from sender to receiver. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/xDZjGuM

Electronics engineers are continuously trying to develop thinner, more efficient and better performing transistors, the semiconductor devices at the core of most modern electronics. To do this, they have been evaluating the potential of a broad range of materials. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/lyridLN

EPFL researchers have collaborated with colleagues at Harvard and ETH Zurich on a new thin-film circuit that, when connected to a laser beam, produces finely tailorable terahertz-frequency waves. The device opens up a world of potential applications in optics and telecommunications. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/DkKjQnN

A Tokyo University of Science research team has developed an AI device with high information processing performance. This was achieved by recreating the so-called "edge-of-chaos" state occurring in the brain using ion–electron-coupled dynamics at the solid electrolyte/diamond interface. This technology may be used to develop energy-efficient edge AI devices with a wide range of applications, including pattern recognition in images (including facial recognition), voices and odors. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/G3cUsqF

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From a litter box that automatically cleans itself to buttons designed to allow your dog to communicate with you, this year's CES tech show in Las Vegas featured a range of products aimed at gadget-loving pet owners. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/BC9o6Q5

Hot startup OpenAI on Wednesday initiated a waitlist for a professional and paid version of its software ChatGPT, which has sparked debate about artificial intelligence and the future of work. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/sIKGx6Z

A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across China has modified Shor's algorithm in a way that could allow less powerful quantum computers to crack current cryptosystems. The team describes their modifications and outlines the results of testing it using real-world quantum computers in a paper published on the arXiv preprint server. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/qsDWrOK

A team of researchers at Microsoft has demonstrated a new AI system that is capable of mimicking a person's voice after training with a recording just three seconds long. The team explains developing the new app in a paper published on the arXiv preprint server. They have also posted a webpage demonstrating the app's capabilities. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/xJoHrVv

While artificial intelligence (AI) models are becoming increasingly advanced, training and running these models on conventional computer hardware is very energy consuming. Engineers worldwide have thus been trying to create alternative, brain-inspired hardware that could better support the high computational load of AI systems. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/VW218qz

Fear of what could go wrong is the greatest motivator when it comes to getting remote workers to protect their employer's information technology security, according to a recent study in Computers & Security. But it tends to work best when employees also have a solid understanding of the severity of potential security threats, including the knowledge of what to do when the worst happens. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/hUqkvIM

From electric cars and boats to wireless TVs to the latest phones and tablets, there was a wide range of innovations on display at the CES tech show in Last Vegas last week. Some of it aimed to solve big real world problems. Some of it aimed to make your life more fun. And some of it was just a little out there. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/6YuWv4H

A new method could greatly reduce the time and expense needed for certain important safety checks in nuclear power reactors. The approach could save money and increase total power output in the short run, and it might increase plants' safe operating lifetimes in the long run. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/Cw4ZTPe

A University of Central Florida researcher has developed technology that could prevent electric vehicle fires, like those caused by saltwater flooding from Hurricane Ian. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/LRQ9jX5

Ribbon (YC S17) is hiring values-driven Engineers to help patients find care by Yertis | on Hacker News .

Rechargeable batteries that use ammonium cations as charge carriers could provide ecofriendly and sustainable substitutes to metal-ion-based batteries, researchers at KAUST show. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/fZ2LG9e

Hydrogels are three-dimensional (3D) polymer networks that do not dissolve in water but retain large amounts of liquids. Due to this advantageous property, hydrogels are particularly promising material platforms for both biomedical and environmental applications, as they can survive in bodily fluids or in wet natural environments without dissipating. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/foGCQtS

Computing using light can potentially provide lower latency and reduced power consumption, benefiting from the parallelism that optical systems have. For example, a single optical processor can execute many distinct computational tasks simultaneously, such as the parallel computing of many different transformations, which could be valuable for numerous applications, including the acceleration of machine learning-based inference. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/lRV7cgw

Skoltech researchers have used a 3D printer to fabricate samples of bronze-steel alloys previously unknown to materials science and investigated their mechanical characteristics. Blending the distinct properties of bronze and steel, the novel alloys could be used to manufacture combustion chambers for aircraft and rocket engines that would simultaneously benefit from steel's ability to withstand extreme temperatures and bronze's capacity to conduct heat away from the chamber and thus prevent the engine from overheating. The study is published in Materials & Design. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/sMt4yOK

Ralph Lydic, professor in the UT Department of Psychology, and Dmitry Bolmatov, a research assistant professor in the UT Department of Physics and Astronomy, are part of a UT/ORNL research team studying how bio-inspired materials might inform the design of next-generation computers. Their results, published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could have big implications for both edge computing and human health. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/hkjYCFS

Kable (YC W22) Is Hiring Lead Engineer (Remote/US) by asommer12 | on Hacker News .

Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products—using just the energy from the sun. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/1XVqelJ

With Australians facing skyrocketing energy bills, and a long hot summer ahead, many households are turning their attention to a range of passive cooling measures. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/hrUicm4

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Is the metaverse closer than we think? It depends on who you ask at CES, where companies are showing off innovations that could immerse us deeper into virtual reality, otherwise known as VR. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/7yifbvD

Getting shot, standing in a downpour, being surrounded by bees: None are ideal, but for gamers, feeling the sensations of each is the goal. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/ZP72t04

At the annual CES tech show in Las Vegas, hundreds of start-ups presented products aimed at improving health, education and work, increasing productivity and helping to save the planet. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/nI5glOG

Tech companies showed off their latest products this week at CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/YEFtVuS

PhotoRoom Is Hiring a Fullstack API Developer (OpenAPI, Python, React) in Paris by ea016 | on Hacker News .

At the CES tech megashow in Las Vegas, it is unusual to see an entrepreneur hold up a plant and present it as the latest breakthrough in consumer technology. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/6qr5VRY

Personal emails linked to 235 million Twitter accounts hacked some time ago have been exposed according to Israeli security researcher Alon Gal—making millions vulnerable to having their accounts compromised or identities exposed if they have used the site anonymously to criticize oppressive governments, for instance. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/7AhSReK

Operational reliability, durability and high energy density: In these respects, solid-state batteries are superior in principle to conventional liquid electrolyte lithium-ion batteries. Some of the problems standing in the way of widespread industrial application—in the field of electromobility, for example—are the poor interface compatibility between cathode and electrolyte and low ionic conductivity at room temperature. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/di2bLwR

In January 2023, the Caltech Space Solar Power Project (SSPP) is poised to launch into orbit a prototype, dubbed the Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD), which will test several key components of an ambitious plan to harvest solar power in space and beam the energy back to Earth. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/y6uwscq

Batteries are everywhere in daily life, from cell phones and smart watches to the increasing number of electric vehicles. Most of these devices use well-known lithium-ion battery technology. And while lithium-ion batteries have come a long way since they were first introduced, they have some familiar drawbacks as well, such as short lifetimes, overheating and supply chain challenges for certain raw materials. from Tech Xplore - electronic gadgets, technology advances and research news https://ift.tt/smVCgu0