Category: Technology

The displacement of the wax moth Acroia grisella membrane, which is one of the key sources of inspiration for designing miniature, bio-inspired microphones. Credit: Andrew Reid What can an insect hear? Surprisingly, quite a lot. Though small and simple, their hearing systems are highly efficient. For example, with a membrane only 2 millimeters across, the […]

DigiCert, the global provider of digital trust and a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), has entered into a partnership to provide DigiCert ONE, the platform for digital trust, on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).  Customers will benefit from DigiCert ONE’s fast time to value combined with OCI’s high-performance and security-first architecture for single and multi-cloud deployments. […]

[SHUTTERSTOCK]   With the electric vehicle (EV) market already crowded and cutthroat, the next battleground is how smart companies can make their software.    Tesla hopes to make its car a human-like robot that can work to pay off its own price and global automakers are upping investment in software development to make so-called software-defined […]

On May 7th, the company Colonial Pipeline fell victim to one of the largest cyberattacks on any U.S energy company. The pipeline is one of the country’s largest and carries 2.5 million barrels of gasoline and fuel a day. It provides half of the East Coast’s energy supply, and the attack led to gas shortages and an […]

A Tesla electric vehicle emblem is affixed to a passenger vehicle Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021, in Boston. Chinese safety regulators have ordered Tesla to recall 1.1 million vehicles because drivers might step on the accelerator for too long, increasing the risk of a crash. The State Administration for Market Regulation says in a notice Friday, […]

An overview of the methodology utilized for leak identification consisting of collecting acoustic data, extracting relevant features, and employing advanced machine learning and probabilistic models for leak detection and localization. Credit: Pranav Agrawal Access to clean drinking water is essential for healthy communities, but delivering that water is growing increasingly difficult for many utilities. Corroding […]

With its notable roaring lion logo, MGM Studios is well known to movie fans. It is also home to James Bond, The Wizard of Oz, Pink Panther, and many other world-renowned shows. On May 26, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (or MGM) — one of the oldest movie studios, was acquired by Amazon for $8.45 billion! Let’s take a closer look at […]

Dr. Carlos Ortuno drives a Bolivian-made, Quantum electric car to a house call, in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Launched in 2019, Quantum Motors has only sold 350 electric cars in Bolivia. But their founders recently received a boost from the German city of Bonn, which invested 50,000 euros to acquire six units […]

Two collaborators are reviewing a physical artifact remotely by using the ReMotion system while sharing information on a digital whiteboard. We show both sites (Left and Center). At each site, the system includes (Center): a Kinect Azure to capture body motions, a NeckFace system worn by the local user to capture head and facial expressions, […]

As technology advances and becomes a more integral part of the modern world, cybercriminals will learn new ways to exploit it. The cybersecurity sector must evolve faster. Could artificial intelligence (AI) be a solution for future security threats? What is AI Decision-Making in Cybersecurity? AI programs can make autonomous decisions and implement security efforts around […]