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Why free streaming channels like Pluto TV and Tubi have viewers watching commercials again
There’s a new hot buzzword in the streaming video business—it’s spelled f-r-e-e.This post was originally published on this site
Month: May 2022
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Smart films facilitate human-machine interaction
Imagine this: A smooth touchscreen display placed on top of a thin silicone polymer film suddenly generates the feeling of a tiny raised button under the user’s finger. Or how about the idea of wearing […]
TechXplore-Energy and Green Tech
Exploring a new avenue for the manufacture of magnesium batteries to complement lithium models
A UCO research group, in collaboration with the University of Xiamen and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, has studied, on a laboratory scale, the feasibility of magnesium batteries using a new compound as a cathodeThis […]
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Broadcom in talks to acquire cloud company VMware
Broadcom Inc. could announce an agreement to acquire cloud-computing company VMware Inc. as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter, setting up a blockbuster tech deal that would vault the chipmaker […]
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Researchers develop algorithm to divvy up tasks for human-robot teams
As robots increasingly join people on the factory floor, in warehouses and elsewhere on the job, dividing up who will do which tasks grows in complexity and importance. People are better suited for some tasks, […]
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Long-duration energy storage beats the challenge of week-long wind-power lulls
A novel energy model suggests the overall costs of a net-zero emissions electricity grid are substantially lowered with the integration of long-duration energy storage options, like pumped-storage hydroelectricity that can “firm up” variable renewables such […]
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Researchers create digital humans that learn complex movements
Researchers at Meta’s Artificial Intelligence Research Lab (Facebook) in the U.S. and at the University of Twente’s Neuromechanical Modelling and Engineering Lab in the Netherlands (led by Prof.dr.ir Massimo Sartori), have co-developed the open-source framework […]
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Experts forecast the wind plant of the future to be taller and more economical
Anticipating key features of wind plants a decade or more ahead of their installation can inform today’s investment, research, and energy system planning decisions. Researchers Philipp Beiter and Eric Lantz from the National Renewable Energy […]
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Study explores how older adults react while interacting with humanoid robots
Robots are gradually being introduced in a wide range of real-world settings, including malls, manufacturing facilities, and healthcare facilities. A way in which robots could be particularly useful is in assisting seniors in both their […]
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Machine learning explores materials science questions and solves difficult search problems
Using computing resources at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have succeeded in exploring important materials science questions and demonstrated progress […]