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Robots that learn
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Caffe2 adds 16 bit floating point training support on the NVIDIA Volta platform
After open sourcing Caffe2 at F8 last month, today we are are excited to share our recent work on low precision 16 bit floating point (FP16) training in collaboration with NVIDIA.
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Keylogger in Hewlett-Packard Audio Driver
Security reviews of modern Windows Active Domain infrastructures are – from our point of view – quite sobering. Therefore, we often look left and right, when, for example, examining the hardening of protection mechanisms of a workstation. Here, we often find all sorts of dangerous and ill-conceived stuff. We want to…
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3D scanning like a pro
Almost any sensor yields more interesting results if mounted on a moving platform. Remember scanning thermometer ? It’s time to mount TOF LIDAR (Time Of Flight / Light Imaging, Detection, And Ranging) on two precision rotary stages arranged for pan and tilt operation. Rig provides real-time position data along with…
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Sydney’s solar-powered e-paper traffic signs report zero failures since 2013
Running on Visionect technology, Sydney's electronic paper traffic signs report an impressive zero failure rate since first installed in 2013.
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Introducing Surface Laptop
Available for pre-order today, Surface Laptop brings the superior performance and security of Windows 10 S to a laptop that college students will love.
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Engineers Investigate a Simple, No-Bake Recipe to Make Bricks from Martian Soil
Explorers planning to settle on Mars might be able to turn the planet’s red soil into bricks without needing to use an oven or additional ingredients. Instead, they would just need to apply pressure to compact the soil—the equivalent of a blow from a hammer. These are the findings of a study published in Nature…
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Experimental Nighttime Photography with Nexus and Pixel
Posted by Florian Kainz, Software Engineer, Google DaydreamOn a full moon night last year I carried a professional DSLR camera, a heavy lens and a ...
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Why Juicero’s Press Is So Expensive
Hidden away in Juicero’s bad week of press is one of the most powerful lessons we preach to hardware startups: unconstrained development is lethal. Last week Bloomberg published an article exposing how easy it is to “hack” Juicero’s produce packs by squeezing them with your hands, deeming the $69
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Automated snare drum made to the order of Aphex Twin (2014)
This musical robot consists of a high quality Ludwig snare drum automated with 13 beaters hitting different spots of the membrane from the inside. Two solenoid driven drum sticks, mounted externally, take care of the rimshots. Of course, all beaters have a precise and wide range velocity control. The snares can be…
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Quantifying the performance of the TPU, our first machine learning chip
We’re releasing a study that shares new details on our Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) custom chips which have been running machine learning applications in our data centers since 2015.
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Rotating molecules enable near 100% efficient OLEDs
Scientists have discovered a group of materials which could pave the way for a new generation of high-efficiency lighting, solving a quandary which has inhibited the performance of display technology for decades. The development of energy saving concepts in display and lighting applications is a major focus of…
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Triple Flaw in Nest's Dropcam
Secure your Internet-connected home and family devices with advanced IoT solutions from Bitdefender Smart Home Cybersecurity.
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3D printing with cellulose
Researchers at MIT have invented a 3-D printing process for cellulose, the world’s most abundant polymer.
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The end-to-end refresh of our server hardware fleet
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A $10K tiny house 3D-printed in 24 hours
Apis Cor builds robots that 3D print buildings. Explore our technology, homes, printing services, education, and investment opportunities.
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Nintendo Switch Teardown
The Nintendo Switch system is a major evolution of the Wii platform. It’s both a home console and a handheld mobile device. We tore it down.
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Raspberry Pi Zero W, with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, priced at $10
A new member of the Raspberry Pi family: introducing Raspberry Pi Zero W!