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Venus Flytrap Cyborg Snaps Shut with Smartphone Commands
Wenlong Li and colleagues at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University have transformed Venus flytraps into biological robots.
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As Part of Ongoing Effort to Beef Up Cybersecurity, Biden Turns Gaze to Commercial Spyware
The Biden administration says commercial spyware has proliferated in recent years with few controls and a high risk of abuse.
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For Chip Makers, a Choice Between the U.S. and China Looms
Washington seeks to steer the semiconductor supply chain using 'guardrails' under the Chips Act.
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Robot Caterpillar Demonstrates Locomotion Approach for Soft Robotics
North Carolina State University researchers have created a caterpillar-like soft robot that can locomote forward, backward, and duck under cramped areas.
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Humans (Mostly) Love Trash Robots
Simple robots wander NYC asking for trash and recycling, and it's adorable.
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Amazon To Go Head to Head with SpaceX in a Battle for Satellite Internet Dominance
In its bid to catch up with Starlink, the company plans to build as many as four satellites a day.
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'X-Ray Vision' Could Be the Next Superpower You Get With Augmented Reality
With Microsoft's HoloLens and a special application developed by MIT researchers, AR can be used to find hidden objects.
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VR Is Revolutionizing Therapy. Why Aren't More People Using It?
VR therapy has been studied since the 1990s. But as of 2023, we're still talking about its potential.
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Crewless Container Ships Appear on the Horizon
The Norwegian container ship Yara Birkeland eventually will be a crewless vessel that navigates via radar and cameras, feeding sensor data to artificial intelligence...
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Hackers Drain Bitcoin ATMs of $1.5 Million by Exploiting 0-Day Bug
General Bytes reported that over $1.5 million in bitcoin was drained from Internet-accessible wallets via its bitcoin ATMs by hackers that exploited a previously...
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Gordon Moore, Who Co-Founded Intel, Dies at 94
Intel co-founder and Silicon Valley pioneer Gordon E. Moore has died at 94.
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Quantum Computers May Finally Have Practical Use
Researchers have developed a method for certifying that quantum computers generate truly random numbers without having to inspect the process.
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Mozilla Launches Startup Focused on 'Trustworthy' AI
The creators of large language models say that they're taking steps to curb abuse, but Mozilla felt not enough was being done.
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Yes, ChatGPT Is Coming for Your Office Job
White-collar workers may soon face the AI disruption everyone's been panicking about. But the news may be better than you think.
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Artificial Pancreas Developed at UVA Improves Blood Sugar Control for Kids Ages 2-6, Study Finds
University of Virginia (UVA) researchers found that the Control-IQ diabetes management system improved blood sugar control in 2- to 6-year-olds with type 1 diabetes...
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Bug-Sized Robots Keep Flying After Wing Damage
Artificial muscles created by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers can enable insect-sized aerial robots to repair themselves following damage.
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Scientists Make a Seven-Ingredient 3D-Printed Cheesecake
Columbia University scientists three-dimensionally (3D)-printed a slice of seven-ingredient peanut butter-banana cheesecake with a cherry drizzle.
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Configurable Robots Can Be Mixed, Matched for Tasks in Space
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers engineered the Walking Oligomeric Robotic Mobility System (WORMS) to revolutionize space robotics.
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Researchers Develop Soft Robot That Shifts from Land to Sea with Ease
Soft robots developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University can transition from walking to swimming or crawling to rolling, shifts found in most animals....
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