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What happens when you try to open a video, news article, urgent email, or social profile in Chrome browser and suddenly lose internet access? We all know the answer: you’re presented with a page displaying ‘No internet’ and a pixelated image of T-Rex. The dinosaur starts running when you hit space (on laptop) or touch ...

For many smartphone users, the standard built-in keyboards are just not enough. While the pre-installed apps are largely workable, they lack certain features which are sometimes necessary to do things efficiently. Fortunately, there are a number of good alternatives available out there with all the fun customizations, proper language support, and other features. But before ...

Facebook develops an AI tool that performs automated end-to-end testing and repair in a large-scale codebase.  It lets programmer spend less time on debugging code and more on focusing what’s next.  The tool is still in development phase and intended for open source release.  Programmers like to write code, not debug it. Sadly, it’s an ...

Scientists have found a new way to communicate with battery-free devices implanted inside the body.  These tiny devices are powered by radio waves that are harmless to human tissues.  It can be used to monitor internal conditions and deliver drugs at appropriate times.  For many years scientists all over the world have been trying to ...

DeepIM is a deep learning based system that accurately estimates 6D pose of objects using color images only.  It considerably outperforms the state-of-the-art methods that use depth images for pose refinement.  Several real-world applications require object localization in 3D from a standard image. For example, in virtual reality apps, the ability to recognize 6D pose (3D location ...

BMW has been working on a self-riding motorcycle prototype for more than 2 years.  It can go from one stop to another, lean into turns and apply breaks all by itself.  It will still take years before we see these bikes on open roads.  The risk of an accident in a motorcycle is 35 times ...

A new model provides an unprecedented view of how vascular system of the brain controls metabolic functions.  It’s made up of organs-on-chips that simulate functions of living human organs. Each organ chip contains a flexible polymer about the size of a computer memory stick.  The human brain consists of more than 86 billion neurons, and a less ...

A music player is something that comes pre-installed or by default in smartphones, such as Google Play Music but we still need a third party music application for our Android device, why? Well, there could be a multitude of reasons for that. For instance, a default music application might not have the particular feature you’re ...

New double-layer solar cells use photoactive materials to harvest a wider solar spectrum.  It sets a new record of converting 22.4% of the sunlight into electrical energy.  The double layer solar cell sits on a two-millimeter thick glass substrate. The conventional (single-junction) solar cells convert less than 20 % of sunlight into electricity. Tandem (multi-junction) solar cells, ...

Researchers show that eating all calories in a 10-hour window could improve health.  They performed experiments with mice and found this type of fasting reduces the risk of developing diabetes, fatty liver, and high cholesterol.  The expression of several metabolic enzymes is regulated by the circadian clock – a biochemical oscillator that is synchronized with ...

New deep learning-based algorithm tracks and labels body parts of moving species using minimal training data.  It doesn’t require any computational body model, time data and stick-figure.  To understand the brain of any species, it’s necessary to accurately quantify their behavior. Video tracking is one of the best options to observe and record animal behavior in different ...

Researchers develop translational acoustic radio frequency to enable seamless air-water communication. It only needs two components to work: an underwater transmitter and a receiver above the water surface.  Did you know that underwater machines (like submerged submarines) can’t communicate wirelessly with those on land? Both use different signals to send/receive data: Submarine uses SONAR (acoustic signals), ...