Sunday, 28 September 2025

The world is running out of microchips – here’s the solution

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 167 views | 0 comments

The chips at the heart of our digital devices are manufactured by a few large companies, but an open-source approach to design could end their dominance - with implications for everyone

Source: www.newscientist.com

Will China's algorithm crackdown serve its citizens or the state?

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 182 views | 0 comments

China has drafted powerful new legislation that would control how businesses use data to target advertising, curate social media feeds and recommend content

Tags: Citizen , Social media

Source: www.newscientist.com

Wooden robot arm is powered by plastic muscles

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 194 views | 0 comments

A new polymer that stores energy when it is stretched and deformed has been used as an artificial muscle to bend the elbow joint of a simple wooden robot

Tags: Army , Beer

Source: www.newscientist.com

A US military robot ship has fired a large missile for the first time

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 201 views | 0 comments

The US Department of Defense has released footage of an uncrewed ship firing a large missile, in a demonstration of its Ghost Fleet Overlord programme, an initiative to develop robot vessels that can operate alongside crewed warships

Tags: Fire

Source: www.newscientist.com

Watch a one-legged robot hop about as researchers try to knock it over

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 169 views | 0 comments

A one-legged robot that can stand, hop and keep its balance on sloping or unsteady surfaces could offer a cheaper route to bipedal bots and self-balancing exoskeletons

Tags: Router

Source: www.newscientist.com

Call centre workers can use AI to mimic your accent on the phone

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 170 views | 0 comments

AI software can detect the accent of a person on one end of an online or telephone conversation and modify the accent of a responding person to match it in real time, which could help with clarity in a range of interactions, including customer support, education and telemedicine

Tags: Workers

Source: www.newscientist.com

Google is shutting down controversial data-sharing project with NHS

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 185 views | 0 comments

Google is shutting down its controversial Streams app, which used machine learning to analyse medical records and was found to have failed to comply with UK data protection laws

Tags: Google

Source: www.newscientist.com

GitHub's AI programming assistant can introduce security flaws

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 190 views | 0 comments

AI that automatically generates source code to help human programmers complete projects has been found to include bugs or security flaws in up to 40 per cent of the code it outputs

Tags: Beer

Source: www.newscientist.com

Large Hadron Collider sticks with reels of tape for vast storage needs

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 182 views | 0 comments

The physicists at CERN still rely on tape for the long-term storage of data from the LHC, because it is more reliable and cheaper than hard discs or flash storage

Source: www.newscientist.com

What ancient money tells us about the future of computers

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 186 views | 0 comments

The way that some of the first coins were viewed 2500 years ago is similar to how we regard computers today, writes Annalee Newitz

Tags: Fire , Money

Source: www.newscientist.com

Wooden floors laced with silicon generate electricity from footsteps

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 170 views | 0 comments

Wooden floors impregnated with silicon and metal ions can generate enough electrical power from human footsteps to power light bulbs or other small electrical appliances

Tags: Genes

Source: www.newscientist.com

Shipping has made slow progress on climate change – can methanol help?

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 185 views | 0 comments

Maersk, the world’s biggest shipping company, has ordered eight ships capable of running on methanol, which could prove a crucial route to helping the shipping industry decarbonise

Tags: Climate change , Router

Source: www.newscientist.com

Will PayPal's adoption of bitcoin make cryptocurrency more mainstream?

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 191 views | 0 comments

PayPal will now allow customers to buy and sell four cryptocurrencies, which could make it more useful for everyday life. Is this the moment when cryptocurrencies become mainstream?

Tags: Bitcoin , PayPal

Source: www.newscientist.com

Digital archives meant to be permanent seem to be lost on the web

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 169 views | 0 comments

An analysis of web archives of national libraries and public records offices found that some of the documents meant to be permanent are no longer discoverable when they are moved

Tags: Lost , Nia Long

Source: www.newscientist.com

AI accurately identifies whether objects can be recycled from a glance

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 182 views | 0 comments

A neural network trained on a dataset of images can identify recyclable objects with more than 95 per cent accuracy using a standard webcam

Tags: Networks

Source: www.newscientist.com

Connecting with nature is good, but can apps help us do it better?

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 153 views | 0 comments

Time spent in nature has huge benefits for our mental and physical health, and few of us get enough of it. A range of apps aim to help us do it better – but do they work?

Tags: NATO

Source: www.newscientist.com

NASA tests a new heat shield featuring Spiderweave

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 166 views | 0 comments

Taken by photographer Patrick Viruel, this image shows a new type of fabric called Spiderweave being tested for NASA's Adaptable, Deployable, Entry and Placement Technology, an entry system it has designed for galactic mission

Tags: NASA , Photographer , Technology

Source: www.newscientist.com

iPhone and Apple Watch magnets are strong enough to disrupt pacemakers

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 202 views | 0 comments

The magnets used in the iPhone 12 and Apple Watch 6 are strong enough to disrupt medical implants such as pacemakers if held too close to the body, according to tests done by the US Food and Drug Administration

Tags: Apple Watch , iPhone

Source: www.newscientist.com

Sneaky US Navy feedback device could stop people being able to speak

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 169 views | 0 comments

A non-lethal device developed by the US Navy aims to surreptitiously render people unable to speak by beaming their own voice back at them with a tiny delay

Source: www.newscientist.com

Apple's child abuse detection software may be vulnerable to attack

Added: 08.11.2021 1:24 | 169 views | 0 comments

Apple's soon-to-be-launched algorithm to detect images of child sexual abuse on iPhones and iPads may incorrectly flag people as being in possession of illegal images, warn researchers

Tags: Child sexual abuse , iPhone , Mel B.

Source: www.newscientist.com

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