Electronics & Semiconductors
Designing a tabletop instrument that could someday revolutionize mass measurement
NIST is working on a big project in a small package.This article is brought to you by this site.
Month: March 2023
Electronics & Semiconductors
Room-temperature superconductors could revolutionize electronics—an electrical engineer explains
Superconductors make highly efficient electronics, but the ultralow temperatures and ultrahigh pressures required to make them work are costly and difficult to implement. Room-temperature superconductors promise to change that.This article is brought to you by […]
Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers achieve the first silicon integrated ECRAM for a practical AI accelerator
The transformative changes brought by deep learning and artificial intelligence are accompanied by immense costs. For example, OpenAI’s ChatGPT algorithm costs at least $100,000 every day to operate. This could be reduced with accelerators, or […]
Electronics & Semiconductors
A squid-inspired artificial skin that endures harsh environments
Countless hardware and software solutions created over the past decades draw inspiration from animals and natural phenomena. This includes electronic skins (e-skins), flexible and stretchable electronic circuits designed to replicate the human sense of touch […]
Electronics & Semiconductors
Volcanic spring water helps researchers make plastic electronics
When you think of how to make electronic components, water probably doesn’t top your list of raw materials. Nevertheless, in a study recently published in Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology, researchers from the University […]
Security
How repeated questions could put you at risk of cyber crime
People reveal more personal information when you ask them the same questions a second time, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.This article is brought to you by this site.
Internet
Twitter celebs balk at paying Elon Musk for blue check mark
William Shatner, Monica Lewinsky and other prolific Twitter commentators—some household names, others little-known journalists—could soon be losing the blue check marks that helped verify their identity on the social media platform.This article is brought to […]
Internet
What can Google's AI-powered Bard do? We tested it for you
To use, or not to use, Bard? That is the Shakespearean question an Associated Press reporter sought to answer while testing out Google’s artificially intelligent chatbot.This article is brought to you by this site.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Scientists integrate two-dimensional materials into silicon microchips for advanced data storage and computation
Two-dimensional materials are expected to revolutionize the semiconductor industry. However, despite multiple studies that have reported prototype devices with promising properties for sensing and driving electrical current, their technology readiness level is still very low […]
Security
Watermarking ChatGPT, DALL-E and other generative AIs could help protect against fraud and misinformation
Shortly after rumors leaked of former President Donald Trump’s impending indictment, images purporting to show his arrest appeared online. These images looked like news photos, but they were fake. They were created by a generative […]