Technologies dealing with death and bereavement are appearing even as legal questions about using and controling a dead person's likeness remain unresolved.
Computing Applications
Experts tracked hacked funds across 12 different blockchains, while law enforcement agencies globally coordinated the efforts.
Exascale Supercomputers Tracking Down Dark Matter, Dark Energy
Simulations of the universe help laboratory physicists explore the observable manifestations of dark matter and dark energy.
Shining a Light on AI Hallucinations
Researchers and data scientists are actively exploring ways to rein in AI hallucinations through improved training and model refinements.
The State of Digital Accessibility
One way to advance accessibility is to ensure that people with disabilities are represented at all levels in the industry—from end-user testers, to developers, to corporate leaders.
The design ensures unobtrusiveness and a natural look and feel while achieving high signal quality, high spatial-temporal fidelity, and low power operation.
Predicting the Unpredictable: The AI Outlook
Uncertainties about competition, legislation, and sustainability counterbalance the thrilling potential of AI.
Cyber Trust Mark to Distinguish Secure Smart Home Devices
The U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program is a mechanism for providers of wireless smart home devices to test and certify the security of their products.
Ushering In a New Era of Business Process Innovation with AI and ML
The evolution of AI and ML technologies has transformed business systems and made processes smarter and more efficient.
Buckle up, because what’s coming next is unlikely to look like what came before.
Guide Dogs are Expensive and Scarce. Could Robots Do Their Job?
Governmental research agencies in the U.S., the U.K., and in China are all funding research into assistive robots to help the sight-impaired.
Molecular Communications in Blood Vessels: Models, Analysis, and Enabling Technologies
Considering models and technologies to implement proposed alternatives to molecular communications in the bloodstream.
Developing Effective Stakeholder Engagement Strategies in Agile Projects
Strategies for productive stakeholder interaction, better project outcomes, and reinforcing agile values.
Agricultural AI is trained to provide farmers with insight on when to plant and irrigate, and to warn of impending infestations and natural disasters such as droughts and floods.
Where Art and Tech Click: Algorithmic Photography
An algorithmic still image presents motion as colorful, impressionistic swirls against a static setting such as a sky, building, or cityscape.
Considering Trauma in Accessible Design for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Research into making smart-device-based computing apps accessible to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities has revealed several design suggestions.
UT Austin researchers used AI to correctly predict 70% of earthquakes over seven months in an area of China a week before they happened.
Ethics and Cultural Background as Key Factors for an Attractive Metaverse
Lessons from South Korea could hold the key to more widespread adoption of the metaverse.
Technology aims to ensure integrity and fairness, but doesn't erase the deep appeal of human judgment in competition.
The Gift That Keeps on Giving to Apple and Google
Technical arguments for keeping or upending the current Apple and Google mobile app store systems.
Technical Marvels, Part 8: Historical Surveying Instruments
Geometrical instruments in the 17th century focused on measuring distances and heights.
Gamification in apps, services, and the workplace can make a task more fun and boost engagement. But it can have negative consequences as well.
BentoMuseum: 3D and Layered Interactive Museum Map for Blind Visitors
BentoMuseum is a layered, stackable, 3D museum map that makes complex structural information accessible by allowing explorations on a floor and between floors.
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