Industries
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No One Is Using Digital Assistants for Home Automation, Survey Says
Only about six percent of people use voice assistants to control connected devices.
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Could a New Material Enable Better Infrared Detection for Self-Driving Cars?
The materials could also be applicable for other heat and temperature-based devices.
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Smart Stent Allows for Early Detection of Restenosis in Heart Surgery Patients
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have created a smart stent that detects early signs of restenosis.
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AI Structure Organizes and Contextualizes Information About the Ever-changing Immune System
Researchers from CytoReason have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) classification system that helps organize all immune system information.
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Watch: Autonomous Car Can Drive to a Parking Space on Its Own
The VTT robot car named Marilyn has been tested to drive on its own through a parking lot into an open parking space.
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Handy IoT Glossary Covers Terms Old and New
The 101 IoT terms defined range from the uber-familiar, like automation, to one that harks back to the days before the Windows operating system, to one that has a particular meaning in the IoT: things.
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New Algorithm Can Compress MRI Images in Two Minutes
Researchers from MIT have created a machine-learning algorithm that hopes to bring medical image registration time from two hours to two minutes.
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Video: Behold Oscar Mayer’s Jet Pack Carrying Hot Dogs
The Super Hotdogger will be added to the company’s fleet of vehicles, including its custom drone introduced last year.
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Video: Kid’s Nighttime Wearable Launches on Kickstarter
Mary is a smart e-textile that monitors temperature, body movement and breathing.
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MIT Introduces Smart Electric Outlet
The device monitors current for spikes caused by faulty or bad wiring.
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Study Finds Bitcoin’s 2017 Peak May Have Been Manipulated
A June 13 paper by a University of Texas finance professor found that agents may have manipulated Bitcoin’s price to push it to historic levels last year.
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New Vishay Intertechnology Series of Direct Water-cooled Wirewound Resistors Saves Space and Increases Reliability
For industrial applications, devices deliver ultra-high power dissipation to 9,000 W in compact sizes without external radiation.
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Recom Supplies 15 W and 20 W AC/DC Converters for IoT and Smart Home
The RAC15-K and RAC20-K series are PCB-mount AC/DC modules with ultra-low energy losses especially in light load conditions.
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Video: Fish Robot Mimics Real Animals as it Moves Autonomously Through Water
The project from Festo could lead to new methods of manufacturing soft robotic components.
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Video: Watch a Self-Driving Car Navigate Busy Las Vegas Streets
Torc said its system, known as Asimov, is designed to treat people differently than cars because people move differently than cars.
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Video: Waymo's Early Rider Self-driving Car Project — One Year Later
The program now has more than 400 riders driving more than 24,000 miles daily.
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New Schneider Electric Switchgear Suited For Wind Industry
The gas-insulated switchgear with a solid dielectric busbar is suited for applications up to 38 kV, 2,000 A and 31.5 kA.
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Solar Power Backpack and Solar Power Charging Pack Charges Electronics on the Go
Both of these solutions are great for outdoor use when there are no outlets or energy sources nearby.
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Rapid Growth in Compact Modular Optical Hardware
Much like cloud computing revolutionized computer storage and processing, so it appears network bandwidth is in the early stages of a transformation that will make it much more effective and efficient. This change requires a disaggregation of functions in optical hardware. As a result, the past two years have seen massive growth in the compact modular optical hardware segment.
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Mission Critical Communications Test Solutions — New Tools, More Capabilities
GL Communications Inc., a provider of telecom test and measurement solutions, also delivers test solutions for Mission Critical and Emergency Services Networks.
