MIT engineers find new way to make powerful computer chips
Scientists at MIT have discovered a new way to make computer chips more powerful by using super-thin materials.
New study reveals the dark side of AI
Artificial intelligence is touted as a panacea for almost every computational problem these days, from medical diagnostics to driverless cars to fraud prevention.
But when...
New memory chips might bring powerful AI to our pocket devices
Scientists might change this by creating a new type of chip with the best memory ever for portable AI devices.
MIT researchers find new way to boost the speed of online databases
Hashing is a core operation in most online databases, like a library catalog or an e-commerce website.
This is what happens when your phone is spying on you
Smartphone spyware apps that allow people to spy on each other are not only hard to notice and detect, they also will easily leak...
New traffic cop algorithm helps a drone swarm stay on task
MIT engineers have developed a method to tailor any wireless network to handle a high load of time-sensitive data coming from multiple sources.
How fresh...
Machines, are they smarter than a six-year-old?
Generally speaking, machine learning is the science of teaching machines to act similar to humans.
UCLA’s most advanced humanoid robot gets ready for action
Mechanical engineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have developed a full-sized humanoid robot with first-of-its-kind technology.
Biocomputer could run on human brain cells within our lifetime
A "biocomputer" powered by human brain cells could be developed within our lifetime, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers who expect such technology to...
New digital tool can reveal the past, predict Earth’s future
For the first time, scientists have a high-resolution model of how today's geophysical landscapes were created and how millions of tonnes of sediment have...