Screenshot of the team’s system demo showing its user interface. Credit: Han et al. Artificial intelligence (AI) has opened new interesting opportunities for the music industry, for instance, enabling the…
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Many Verizon customers across the US hit by service outage
The Verizon logo is seen on a storefront, Friday, Sep. 1, 2023, in Boston. Credit: AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File Some Verizon customers across the U.S. were hit by a service…
AI Detects Depression Through Eyes and Facial Cues
Summary: Researchers are developing AI-driven smartphone applications to detect signs of depression non-invasively. One system, PupilSense, monitors pupillary reflexes to identify potential depressive episodes with 76% accuracy. Another tool, FacePsy,…
Will Meta’s Orion smart glasses be the next ‘iPhone moment’?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Meta supremo Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Orion smart glasses, a new augmented reality (AR) prototype, at the annual Meta Connect developer conference. Ten years in the making,…
Your Google Wallet may soon be able to carry your passport
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Globetrotters may soon be able to store their U.S. passport in a Google Wallet. The tech giant has announced that it’s rolling out a variety of…
Nepal dam-building spree powers electric vehicle boom
Kathmandu is ground zero of an incipient transport revolution set to see the clapped out cars that clog its traffic-snarled streets make way for emissions-free alternatives. Taxi driver Surendra Parajuli’s…
Teens Risk Brain Damage in New TikTok “Chroming” Trend
Videos on TikTok are contributing to a resurgence in “chroming,” the dangerous practice of inhaling toxic fumes from household items like markers or nail polish. The study analyzed over 100…
Radiant-convective heating terminal show potential for improved indoor thermal environment for intermittent heating
(a) Schematic; (b) actual terminal; (c) side view. Credit: Hongli Sun et al. A recent study published in Engineering, “Indoor Thermal Environment Improvement Based on Switchable Radiation/Convection-Combined Intermittent Heating: Comparison…
