As progress in traditional computing slows, new forms of computing are coming to the forefront. At Penn State, a team of engineers is attempting to pioneer a type of computing that mimics…
AI can now predict Students’ Exam Scores based on their Tweets
These days you can create a comprehensive portrait of someone based on their social media activity—their posts, photos, likes, comments, and hashtags. For example, you can determine a person’s age, gender, race,…
This white paint could reduce the need for air conditioning
Purdue University engineers have created white paint that can keep surfaces up to 18 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than their ambient surroundings – almost like a refrigerator does, but without consuming energy. According…
60-second breath test to detect COVID-19
Breathonix Pte Ltd, a spin-off company from National University of Singapore (NUS), has developed an easy-to-use breath test to detect COVID-19 within a minute. This game-changing technology, which is believed to be…
Material found in house paint may spur technology revolution
The development of a new method to make non-volatile computer memory may have unlocked a problem that has been holding back machine learning and has the potential to revolutionize technologies like voice…