An Oft-Struck Mountaintop Tower Gets a New Lightning Sensor
Säntis Tower in the Swiss Alps is struck by lightning more than 100 times a yearAtop a rocky peak in the Swiss Alps sits a telecommunications tower that gets struck …
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Ultrasensitive Microscope Reveals How Charging Changes Molecular Structures
New ability to image molecules under charging promises big changes for molecular electronics and organic photovolatics All living systems depend on the charging and discharging of molecules to convert and …
Humanity’s Lunar Habitats
A look at current plans to return to the moon…and stay there Photo: NASA Moonwalk: Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin carries research equipment to the deployment area in the Sea of …
Robots Will Navigate the Moon With Maps They Make Themselves
Astrobotic’s autonomous navigation will help lunar landers, rovers, and drones find their way on the moon Image: Astrobotic Drone’s-Eye View: A drone running Astrobotic’s navigation software mapped a lava tube in …
Humanoid Robots Teach Coping Skills to Children With Autism
Roboticist Ayanna Howard explains what inspired her to work on assistive technologies for kids.entry-content .tisubhead { color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: -5px !important; text-transform: …
The Best U.S. Markets for Rising Engineers, and Why
Many U.S. cities are on the rise in terms of engineering opportunities and industries, offering good job markets and exciting metro areas to live inSometimes, finding success is about being …
Applied Materials’ New Memory Machines
Tools designed to rapidly build embedded MRAM, RRAM, and phase change memories on logic chips expand foundry optionsChip equipment giant Applied Materials wants foundry companies to know that it feels …
AI Can Edit Photos With Zero Experience
A new technique called Double-DIP deploys deep learning to polish images without prior trainingImagine showing a photo taken through a storefront window to someone who has never opened her eyes …
A Q&A with Cruise’s head of AI, Hussein Mehanna
AI engineers of all descriptions—the autonomous vehicle industry wants youIn 2016, Cruise, an autonomous vehicle startup acquired by General Motors, had about 50 employees. At the beginning of 2019, the …
Robots Have a Hard Time Grasping These "Adversarial Objects"
To make robot grasping more robust, researchers are designing objects that are as difficult as possible for robots to manipulateThere’s been a bunch of research recently into adversarial images, which …