by Ingrid Fadelli | Nov 4, 2024 | Engineering, Robotics, TECHXPLORE
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed a new robot inspired by one of the most intelligent aquatic animals on Earth: the octopus. This robot, presented in a paper published on the arXiv pre-print server, could be used...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Nov 4, 2024 | PHYS.ORG, Physics, Quantum Physics
In the context of quantum mechanics and information, “magic” is a key property of quantum states that describes the extent to which they deviate from so-called stabilizer states. Stabilizer states are a class of states that can be effectively simulated on...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Nov 4, 2024 | Electronics & Semiconductors, Engineering, TECHXPLORE
In recent years, engineers have developed a wide range of increasingly sophisticated sensors for robotic, portable, wearable and even implantable monitoring. The data collected by these sensors can then be analyzed using state-of-the-art machine learning, allowing...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Nov 4, 2024 | Energy & Green Tech, TECHXPLORE
The use of photovoltaics (PVs) to generate household electricity is on the rise, as a growing number of individuals worldwide are now choosing to power their home using solar panels. To store the excess energy generated by solar panels on sunny days and re-use it at...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Nov 4, 2024 | Hardware, Machine learning & AI, TECHXPLORE
Over the past decade or so, computer scientists have developed increasingly advanced computational techniques that can tackle real-world tasks with human-comparable accuracy. While many of these artificial intelligence (AI) models have achieved remarkable results,...
