Apple released its long-awaited Vision Pro mixed-reality headset this month. The company describes the device, which has a starting price of $3,500, as a “spatial computer,” an alternative to a standard laptop or desktop. Apple’s ads have
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What Apple’s New Vision Pro Headset Might Do to Our Brain
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What Are the Chances? – Nautilus
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Not long ago, my sister-in-law, Jane Hatzimasouras, returned from a holiday on…
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Electric Vehicles Aren’t Ready for Extreme Heat and Cold. Here’s How to Fix Them
A bitter cold snap in Chicago forced electric vehicle (EV) drivers to wait in line for hours at charging stations last month; some even found themselves stranded when their battery died while they waited in the queues. The rechargeablelithium-ion…
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How AI Bots Could Sabotage 2024 Elections around the World
Hate speech, political propaganda and outright lies are hardly new problems online—even if election years such as this one exacerbate them. The use of bots, or automated social media accounts, has made it much easier to spread deliberately…
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Team Assessing SHERLOC Instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Rover
UPDATE, Mar. 5, 2024: Engineers for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover have made progress addressing the issue affecting the SHERLOC instrument’s Autofocus Context Imager (ACI), but at present the instrument’s Raman spectroscopic capability…
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Cybercrime Security Gap Leaves People Who Aren’t Proficient in English Poorly Protected
February 12, 2024
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Cybercrime Security Gap Leaves People Who Aren’t Proficient in English Poorly Protected
Our research finds that language is often a barrier for people dealing with cybercrime issues and that…
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Cape Cod Faces a Rising ‘Yellow Tide’
This story was co-published with WBUR in Boston. Read its coverage on efforts to improve the Cape’s water pollution, including one innovative town considering “pee-cycling.” The documentary short was supported by the Pulitzer Center.
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Source of Snowball Earth solved
Geologists have solved the source of Snowball Earth, a period when the planet’s environment was an extreme “icehouse”.
A new study by the University of Sydney has applied plate tectonic modelling to understand the cause of the ice-age…
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CyberDog
CyberDog is a quadruped robot designed as a research platform as well as a robotic pet. It can walk, run, and even do backflips. Researchers, hobbyists, and students can use CyberDog to explore how robots work and how they could serve as…
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ROBOTS: Your Guide to the World of Robotics
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CyberOne was unveiled by Lei Jun, founder, chairman, and CEO of Chinese consumer electronics giant Xiaomi at a company event in Beijing in 2022.
The humanoid is the newest member of Xiaomi’s Cyber series, joining quadruped robots CyberDog…
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