Available in open source, this device is quite inexpensive to manufacture.Improve human-robot communication in a very wide range of contexts. This is the ambition of the researchers at Columbia University. They have developed a machine that can imitate the facial expressions of humans in order to gain their confidence.As we can see on the video, the result is … [Read more...] about This robot tries to reassure humans by copying their facial expression
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Intel and AMD neck and neck in the race for DDR5: it’s going to be tight!
Successive outputs of processors Alder Lake and Lake Raptor Intel, AMD and Raphael announce DDR5.Little by little, the schedule for the new generation of RAM, the famous DDR5, is becoming clearer… and is being jostled. Indeed, many rumors in the hall show a small race between Intel and AMD in the support of this RAM.Alder Lake in pole positionAccording to the latest … [Read more...] about Intel and AMD neck and neck in the race for DDR5: it’s going to be tight!
Intel wants to invest $ 2 billion in semiconductor designer SiFive
SiFive, the RISC-V chip specialist, is coveted by many companies. Intel does not want to miss this opportunity and does not hesitate to plan an offer four times higher than the value of the start-up.With the shortage of semiconductors that we have known for over a year, the chip market is racing. The significant world powers are trying at all costs to move the production … [Read more...] about Intel wants to invest $ 2 billion in semiconductor designer SiFive
Facial recognition envisioned to save koalas from extinction
Australia faces the challenge of saving from extinction a species endemic to its territory, the famous koala. To do this, researchers at Griffiths University in Queensland want to use facial recognition to better assess the behavior of these marsupials.Classified as vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the koala is the subject of … [Read more...] about Facial recognition envisioned to save koalas from extinction
Apple just announced the beginning of the end of passwords
Apple will begin testing technology that will allow us to log into online services without using passwords.For a while now, various web players have been working to kill passwords, in order to replace them with our biometric information. This is because the problem with passwords is that they have to be complicated enough so that it cannot easily hack them. However, the … [Read more...] about Apple just announced the beginning of the end of passwords
Samsung’s latest photo sensor has the world’s smallest pixels: what does that mean?
Korean giant Samsung has just unveiled a new photo sensor that sets a world record. And this is more important than it seems.Samsung may be known for its phones and televisions, but the Korean giant also builds more discreet components that are found in many of our electronic devices. The latest is its Isocell JN1 photo sensor for smartphones, which shows the … [Read more...] about Samsung’s latest photo sensor has the world’s smallest pixels: what does that mean?
US Senate wants to invest $52 billion in semiconductor industry
From now on, the text which has just been approved for this must be presented to the House of Representatives.After more than heated negotiations between Democrats and Republicans, the American Senate has just approved a bill aimed at investing several billion dollars in technologies of the future. Before being presented to President Joe Biden for a signature, the House … [Read more...] about US Senate wants to invest $52 billion in semiconductor industry
Thanks to graphene, hard drives could contain ten times more data in the future
A "miracle" material that could also make hard drives more reliable. You may soon have a 50TB graphene hard drive on your desktop.Graphene is a material of interest to researchers in several technological fields: batteries, data storage, or even brain implants. According to researchers at Cambridge University, this material could significantly increase the storage … [Read more...] about Thanks to graphene, hard drives could contain ten times more data in the future
This technology converts plastic into kerosene
What to recycle this material which causes enormous problems for the environment.Each year around the world, we produce 300 million tonnes of plastic, while it is estimated that around 5 trillion pieces of plastic float in the oceans. The lack of efficient recycling of this material represents a veritable trap for hundreds of species of marine animals, and indirectly for … [Read more...] about This technology converts plastic into kerosene
“AI Darwin Awards”: this site lists all the failures of artificial intelligence
A speaker that throws music all by itself, a robot that drowns in a fountain ... they are all on the list of Artificial Intelligence Incident Report, which lists the failures of artificial intelligence.Particularly impressive is the progress made in artificial intelligence in recent years. From detecting potentially dangerous moles to creating a new song by the band … [Read more...] about “AI Darwin Awards”: this site lists all the failures of artificial intelligence
