Peer into the eyes of Cyberdog
When someone mentioned to me that Xiaomi was launching its own “robot dog,” my mind immediately went to Sony’s Aibo. And honestly, it would have been difficult to be more wrong. Now that the news has been out for a few days, the company’s hea.....»»
Buildots raises $30M to put eyes on construction sites
Buildots' technology automatically validates images captured by hardhat-mounted 360-degree cameras, detecting any gaps between the original design and what's actually happening on construction sites. One year after raising $16 million, cons.....»»
Mapping the cellular circuits behind spitting
For over a decade, researchers have known that the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans can detect and avoid short-wavelength light, despite lacking eyes and the light-absorbing molecules required for sight. As a graduate student in the Horvitz lab, Nikh.....»»
Yaydoo secures $20M, aims to simplify B2B collections, payments
It’s no secret that the technology for easy business-to-business payments has not yet caught up to its peer-to-peer counterparts, but Yaydoo thinks it has the answer. It’s no secret that the technology for easy business-to-business paym.....»»
Stratospheric Balloons Take Monitoring and Surveillance to New Heights
These eyes in the sky fly above drones and below satellites StoryTK Alphabet’s enthusiasm for balloons deflated earlier this year, when it announced that its high-altitude Internet company, Loon, could not become co.....»»
Mergers, twists, and pentagons: The architecture of honeycombs
Most honeycombs are perfect hexagons—but bees manage complex exceptions. Enlarge Bees manage some impressive feats. They not only remember the location of good food sources, but they're able to communicate this information to their peer.....»»
Want to reduce cockroach sex? Block an enzyme
It's not the look in her compound eyes or the shape of her carapace that really attracts the male cockroach to his mate. Instead, it's all those 29-carbon hydrocarbons in her cuticle that drive him wild. How the female cockroach regulates production.....»»
Reverse optogenetic tool developed
A new optogenetic tool, a protein that can be controlled by light, has been characterized by researchers. They used an opsin -- a protein that occurs in the brain and eyes -- from zebrafish and introduced it into the brain of mice. Unlike other optog.....»»
PCB shipments for high-end car applications to rise notably in 2H21
Taiwan's automotive PCB makers are expected to significantly ramp up their shipments in the second half of the year as car chip shortages are improving along with a notable surge in capacity support from TSMC and other peer foundry houses, according.....»»
Peer-to-peer car rental startup Getaround fined nearly $1M by DC’s attorney general
Getaround was fined nearly $1 million by the Washington, D.C. Office of the attorney general for operating without a license and other violations, part of a settlement of what the peer-to-peer car rental startup calls “politically motivated allegat.....»»
Artificial intelligence helps improve NASA"s eyes on the Sun
A group of researchers is using artificial intelligence techniques to calibrate some of NASA's images of the Sun, helping improve the data that scientists use for solar research. The new technique was published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.....»»
Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson Not Yet Astronauts, US Says
New Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules say astronaut hopefuls must be part of the flight crew and make contributions to space flight safety. That means Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson may not yet be astronauts in the eyes of the US govern.....»»
Snake Eyes film review: More like “G.I. No”
A fan edit could get this into "so bad it's good" territory. Until then, watch out. Henry Golding, seen here doing one of many unnecessary combat-adjacent poses in Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins......»»
Cowboy Ventures’ Ted Wang: CEO coaching is ‘about having a second set of eyes’
'I think you want insight from people who understand how human beings listen and learn and grow.' Earlier this month, Cowboy Ventures’ Ted Wang joined us at TechCrunch Early Stage: Marketing and Fundraising, where he spoke about execu.....»»
21st Game Developers Choice Awards: Here are the winners
The GDC Awards focuses on celebrating peer recognition among game developers, awarding games based on their artistry, innovation, and creativity. The 21st Game Developers Choice Awards was fully virtual despite initial plans of holding it as a hybrid.....»»
Eyes wide shut: How newborn mammals dream the world they"re entering
As a newborn mammal opens its eyes for the first time, it can already make visual sense of the world around it. But how does this happen before they have experienced sight?.....»»
What makes a market transaction morally repugnant?
Many people find it morally impermissible to put kidneys, children, or doctorates on the free market. But what makes a market transaction morally repugnant in the eyes of the public? And which transactions trigger the strongest collective disapproval.....»»
Physics students take first-year project to peer-reviewed paper
Two Physics students have turned their first-year project using real data from the Cassini mission into a peer-reviewed paper......»»
Daxin eyes significant business expansion in 2022
LCD chemical material supplier Daxin Materials will complete the construction of its new plant in Taichung, central Taiwan by the end of this year, laying the groundwork for significant business expansion in 2022......»»
All eyes are on India’s brightest Zomato
Relevance is often tied to rarity. As a result, the first anything — whether a birthday, scientific feat or female vice president — comes with its own weight. Whether that pressure is warranted is a discussion in and of itself, but today, we’ll.....»»
Peer reviews and bibliometric analysis should be viewed as complementary rather than determinate
New research from Queen Mary University of London suggests that when it comes to large-scale research evaluations such as the Research Excellence Framework (REF), peer reviews would be more cost-effective if targeted to publications not appearing in.....»»