An AI-powered robot that can prepare cups of coffee in a busy kitchen could usher in the next generation of intelligent machines, a study suggests.
Using a combination of cutting-edge AI, sensitive sensors and fine-tuned motor skills, the robot…
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Turner Construction Launches Turner Ventures, an In-House Venture Capital Arm
Turner Construction Co. on March 17 unveiled Turner Ventures, an internal program to support early-stage startups transforming construction with a focus on entities centered on decarbonization and digitalization of the construction…
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Revolutionary blueprint to fuse wireless technologies and AI
There’s a major difference between humans and current artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities: common sense. According to a new visionary paper by Walid Saad, professor in the College of Engineering and the Next-G Wireless Lead at the Virginia…
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Building a safer future: Strengthen Haiti’s earthquake resilience
Over the past two decades, Haiti has endured the devastation of two catastrophic earthquakes — first in 2010 and again in 2021. Each disaster left behind widespread destruction: buildings reduced to rubble, entire communities displaced and an…
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How Helm.ai Uses Generative AI for Self-Driving Cars
Self-driving cars were supposed to be in our garages by now, according to the optimistic predictions of just a few years ago. But we may be nearing a few tipping points, with robotaxi adoption going up and consumers getting accustomed to more and…
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From order to chaos: Understanding the principles behind collective motion in bacteria
Researchers from Science Tokyo have discovered that bacterial swarms transition from stable vortices to chaotic turbulence through distinct intermediate states. Combining experiments with bacterial swarms, computer simulations, and mathematical…
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Ultrasonic Beams Create Secure, Private Audio
Ultrasonic beams fired through a 3D-printed metasurface can create localized pockets of sound that are inaudible to passers-by. The technique could be used to create private speech zones for secure communications or enable personalized audio…
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Artificial muscle flexes in multiple directions, offering a path to soft, wiggly robots
Mar 17, 2025 Engineers developed a way to grow artificial tissues that look and act like their natural counterparts.
(Nanowerk News) We move thanks to coordination among many… Continue Reading
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Magnetic microalgae on a mission to become robots
Mar 17, 2025 Researchers developed a single-cell green microalgae coated with magnetic nanoparticles.
(Nanowerk News) A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in…
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Construction Economics for March 24, 2025
The 60th annual Award of Excellence celebration will take place in New York City, March 27, 2025. Three award programs will be wrapped into one exciting day, recognizing the 2024 Best of the Best winning projects, the Top 25 Newsmakers of…
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