Dario Borghino
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"Social AI" lets Mario and Luigi learn how to save the princess on their own
A new artificial intelligence software is allowing videogame characters learn from one another in human-like ways by observation, imitation and communication, in a development that could aid driving assistance or robots that perform complex actions on very little human instruction. → Read More
"Water-in-salt" battery bodes well for greener, safer grid storage
A new battery devised at the University of Maryland uses a high concentration of lithium salts in water to create high-voltage, green, safe energy storage for the smart grid and safety-centric applications. → Read More
Juvo sleep monitor makes your bed "smart"
Juvo is a sleep tracker that slips under your mattress for minimal intrusion and tracks metrics including heartbeat, breathing patterns, noise and temperature to give you helpful insights for your downtime. → Read More
First liquid-cooling laser could advance biological research
Researchers at the University of Washington have produced the first laser capable of cooling down liquids, which could find use to slow down cells for medical study or to achieve better heat dissipation for your next laptop. → Read More
Quantum computers inch closer to reality thanks to entangled qubits in silicon
University of New South Wales scientists have for the first time created two entangled qubits in silicon with record fidelity, paving the way for reliable, massively scalable quantum computers. → Read More
World's first "porous liquid" could be used for CO2 sequestration
Scientists at Queen's University Belfast have devised a class of liquids that feature permanent holes at the molecular level, in a development that could help manipulate gases in new and effective ways. → Read More
Lightguide optics could soon make smartglasses less socially awkward
A new display technology can embed smartglass displays directly inside the lenses, resulting in much more streamlined look that won't attract nearly as many stares as current-generation smartglasses. → Read More
Energy storage advance readies concentrated solar power for the smart grid
A new thermochemical system is able to store energy from concentrated solar power plants indefinitely and then release it at record efficiency, in what could be an important step toward a greener energy grid. → Read More
Videogame technology enables real-time 2D to 3D conversion of soccer matches
Scientists at MIT and the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) have leveraged videogame technology to generate broadcast quality 3D video of soccer matches from a 2D source in real time. → Read More
Hudway develops budget-friendly car HUD
Head-up displays are becoming more common in high-end cars, but stand-alone units remain beyond the financial reach of many drivers. The crowdfunded Hudway Glass is a basic device that will take full advantage of your smartphone to give you a flexible HUD on a very modest budget. → Read More
Terahertz radiation to enable portable particle accelerators
Researchers at MIT in the US and DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) in Germany have developed a technology that uses high-frequency electromagnetic waves and could shrink particle accelerators by a factor of 100 or more. → Read More
Quantum computing breakthrough: qubits made from standard silicon transistors
Australian researchers have managed to create a CNOT quantum logic gate, the basic building block of a quantum computer, by modifying a standard silicon transistor. → Read More
Robo Wunderkind is a modular robot even a five-year-old can program
The Wunderkind marries Lego block-building skills with smartphone and tablet use to build and program custom, modular robots, letting even the youngest hands and minds (aged five and up) build and program their own robot creations. → Read More
Tempescope brings you the weather in a box
The Tempescope is a clean-looking device that will physically recreate rain, sunshine, lighting and fog to match the weather forecast. → Read More
Greener, safer flow battery could store renewable energy on the cheap
A new flow battery developed at Harvard University uses only Earth-abundant materials and is much safer, cheaper and greener than previous designs. → Read More
"Designless" brain-like chips created through artificial evolution
A new chip design could lead to massively parallel, energy efficient computation that handles complex tasks like pattern recognition better and faster than ever before. → Read More
New model suggests dark matter is made of electrically charged particles
According to a new model, dark matter may be composed of clusters of electrically charged particles bound by a yet-unknown form of strong interaction. → Read More
Transparent coating keeps solar cells cool and efficient throughout the day
Stanford engineers have developed a transparent silicon overlay that can increase the efficiency of solar cells by keeping them cool. The cover collects and then radiates heat directly into space, without interfering with incoming photons. → Read More
"Unique" hand-made strap discretely adds smart features to any watch
Polish startup uBirds is developing Unique, a discrete, handmade, and highly customizable "smart strap" that can fit nearly any wrist-worn timepiece and add smartwatch-like functions to it. The strap blends a minimal footprint with a barebones, single-LED interface. → Read More
Volvo's robots will quietly pick up and empty your garbage bin
Volvo has announced a collaboration with partners in Sweden and the US on ROAR (Robot-based Autonomous Refuse handling). The project aims to build robots that will assist garbage truck operators by doing all the heavy lifting for them, picking up and emptying refuse bins autonomously. → Read More