November 27, 2024

Signal Processing Pioneer’s Tech Has Improved Autism Diagnosis

6 min read Kathy Pretz is the editor in chief of The Institute, IEEE’s member publication Shrikanth Narayanan, a University of Southern California professor and IEEE Fellow, is the recipient of the 2025 IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award. Shrikanth Narayanan has spent his entire career making speech and language processing technologies more accessible. The IEEE Fellow has developed machine intelligence and signal processing technologies to analyze human behavior including spoken language,

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Kathy Pretz November 27, 2024
Robotics

Nuro navigates to fully autonomous driving

In Episode 174 of The Robot Report Podcast, we feature an interview with Andrew Clare, chief technology officer of Nuro Inc. It’s a short workweek in the U.S. with the Thanksgiving holiday, so we skipped the news this week and went straight into the interview with Clare. He discusses the company‘s evolution in the autonomous vehicle space, focusing on its Nuro Driver technology. Clare elaborates on Nuro’s expansion of its business model to include partnerships

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Mike Oitzman November 27, 2024

Hugging Face’s SmolVLM could cut AI costs for businesses by a huge margin

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Hugging Face has just released SmolVLM, a compact vision-language AI model that could change how businesses use artificial intelligence across their operations. The new model processes both images and text with remarkable efficiency while requiring just a fraction of the computing power needed by its competitors. The timing couldn’t be better. As companies struggle with the

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Michael Nuñez November 27, 2024
Hardware

PS5 handheld prototyped by Sony, capable of playing console games natively

TL;DR: Sony is developing a new handheld device to play PlayStation 5 games, aiming to deliver console-quality gaming on-the-go. Sony is developing a handheld gaming device that will play PlayStation 5 games, sources have told Bloomberg. VIEW GALLERY – 3 IMAGES In a bid to expand its foothold on the hardware market, Sony is now experimenting with a new handheld that is capable of playing PS5 games while out and about. Sony is aiming at

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Derek Strickland November 27, 2024
AI

Level Up Your Coding Skills with Python Threading

Photo by Sonika Agarwal on Unsplash Learn how to use queues, daemon threads, and events in a Machine Learning project Marcello Politi · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 7 min read · 10 hours ago — Introduction In most Machine Learning jobs, you won’t do research on improving some model architecture or designing a new loss function. Most of the time you must utilize what already exists and adapt it to your use

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Marcello Politi November 27, 2024
Robotics

Stereotaxis surgical robot gets regulatory nod in China – The Robot Report

Listen to this article The Genesis RMN System features flexible robotic arms holding Genesis magnets for increased system angulation and associated imaging angulation. | Source: Stereotaxis Stereotaxis Inc. this week announced that its Genesis surgical robot has received regulatory approval in China. The company said the system delivers safe and precise cardiac ablation to treat arrhythmias. Genesis uses small magnets that rotate along their center of mass, allowing for responsiveness to physician control. Flexible, rugged

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Sean Whooley November 27, 2024
AI

How to Develop an Effective AI-Powered Legal Assistant

Create a machine-learning-based search into legal decisions Eivind Kjosbakken · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 10 min read · 11 hours ago — In this article, I describe how I created an application to search for supreme court decisions in Norway. This application is a useful tool for quickly gaining insights into decisions made on different topics, which is especially interesting if you want to learn the Supreme Court’s stance on particular subjects.

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Eivind Kjosbakken November 27, 2024
AR/VR

Blockchain in Modern Elections: Benefits, Risks, and Real-World Trials

Could blockchain technology change how we vote? With its potential to improve transparency, security, and efficiency, blockchain voting is sparking global interest and debate. But like any new technology, it comes with challenges, leaving many wondering if it’s the right solution for modern democracy. Why Blockchain Voting Could Work There’s a lot to like about blockchain voting. It creates a digital ledger that’s virtually tamper-proof. Every vote is recorded securely and accurately, reducing the risk

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Jason Newey November 27, 2024
Hardware

FromSoftware’s parent company wants Sony to buy all of it, not just parts

TL;DR: Sony is in discussions with Kadokawa to potentially acquire the company, including FromSoftware and its video game IPs. Sony is interested in Kadokawa’s anime and manga assets, aligning with its previous acquisition of Crunchyroll. Kadokawa prefers a full company sale rather than selling select IPs. This potential deal is considered significant in the video game industry. It was only recently that Kadokawa, the parent company of renowned video game development studio FromSoftware, confirmed Sony

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Jak Connor November 27, 2024

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