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RIT team creates high-speed internet lane for emergency situations

“In a disaster, a delay can mean the difference between life and death. Emergency responders don’t have time to wait in traffic—even on the congested information superhighway. That’s why researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are developing …

The deaf-blind can now “watch” television without intermediaries

“Today Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Telefónica and FASOCIDE (the Spanish acronym for the Federation of Deaf-Blind Persons Associations) presented the PervasiveSUB technology, ground-breaking software which allows deaf-blind persons to receive and enjoy television content without intermediaries at the …

Toward mass-producible quantum computers

“Quantum computers are experimental devices that offer large speedups on some computational problems. One promising approach to building them involves harnessing nanometer-scale atomic defects in diamond materials. But practical, diamond-based quantum computing devices will require the ability to position those …

Unveiling the Quantum Necklace

“The quantum world is both elegant and mysterious. It is a sphere of existence where the laws of physics experienced in everyday life are broken—particles can exist in two places at once, they can react to each other over …

Waltzing robot teaches beginners how to dance like a pro

“Got no one to dance with? Not to worry – you might soon be gliding through the moves, thanks to a robotic instructor designed to teach humans how to dance. The robot’s designers had already created mechanical dance partners that …

China completes largest floating solar power plant

“Major photovoltaic (PV) inverter manufacturer Sungrow Power Supply Co has said the largest floating PV power plant with a capacity of 40MW had been grid connected on former flooded coal mining region in Huainan, south Anhui province, China. Floating solar …

Envision a World with Thunderbolt 3 Everywhere

“Intel Announces Plans to Integrate Thunderbolt 3 into Future Intel CPUs and to Release the Thunderbolt Protocol Specification to the Industry. Intel has a long history of leading the industry in I/O innovation. In the late 1990s, Intel developed …

Google AI AlphaGo wins again, leaves humans in the dust

“Two days ago in the Zhejiang Province of China, Google’s Go-playing artificial intelligence AlphaGo bested current world Go champion Ke Jie in the first game of a three-part match, sliding by on a half-point victory. Now the second game …

Hand Gesture Controlled Robotic Arm with Arduino

“For this project, I’ll be controlling a 3D printed robotic arm. But instead of a simple button + joystick setup, I’ll be building a hand gesture robotic arm just like how this bot was controlled. Would you like to …

How to Make VU Meter

“A VU metre is volume unit (VU) meter or standard volume indicator (SVI) is a device displaying a representation of the signal level in audio equipment. It is used to visualise the Analog signal. I already made a VU meter …