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Image Credit: metamorworks/Shutterstock.com The success or failure of an autonomous vehicle currently depends on how effectively its driving system can handle split-second decisions in hazardous situations. To make driverless cars safer and more commercially viable, the AUTOVISION Spearhead Project from the Europe-based Graphene Flagship consortium is currently creating a new graphene-based, high-resolution image sensor. It will help to quickly identify obstacles and abrupt road changes, even ...

Apr 13, 2021 7:20am Nvidias Clara Discovery platform aims to give researchers tools needed to discover promising pharmaceuticals faster. (Nvidia) Health tech giant Nvidia is collaborating with AstraZeneca and the University of Florida’s academic health center, UF Health, on new artificial intelligence research projects to accelerate drug discovery and improve patient care. The organizations will use a new approach to training AI, called transformer neural networks, to allow researchers to l...

Incoming Qualcomm CEO Amon calls supply chain shortage an “incredible crisis” in CNET interview

Questex Announces Sensors Converge 2021 this June 22-24 in San Jose, California – Where Design Innovation Meets Tech Innovation One event covering the biggest design engineering trends February 10, 2021 10:00 ET | Source: Questex LLC Questex LLC New York, New York, UNITED STATES NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Questex and the Fierce Technology Group announced today Sensors Converge 2021, a live, in-person experience, June 2...

Jan 25, 2021 6:41pm Paul Smith holds a doctorate in atmospheric science and works on the front lines of climate change science, collecting carbon readings from a remote site in sub-artic Sweden. One of his many jobs involves climbing a 150-meter mast to maintain an array of air quality sensors. (Paul Smith)   Obtaining carbon readings from the atmosphere in minus-30 degree Centigrade weather during mid-winter in Sweden sounds like a job for an extreme athlete. Paul Smith does that work, even ...

Dec 16, 2020 4:40pm Annie Porter, played by young actress Sandra Bullock in the 1994 thriller "Speed," had to jump a gap in an LA freeway to keep a city bus from going slower than 50 mph, all to prevent a bomb from exploding that was hidden aboard by an extortionist. As unlikely as it may seem, a McAfee expert says such a real-world attack is possible. (Alamy)   In the 1994 action thriller Speed, an extortionist bomber rigs a city bus to explode if the driver drops its speed below 50 mph. Cou...