New deep learning method uses convolutional neural networks to animate a character in 3D from a single still picture.  It can make a character in the image walk out, sit, run or jump in 3D.  The entire animation can be viewed interactively on monitors and VR/AR devices.  In recent years, general

Nobody wants a virus in their system as it could be more than a nightmare. It’s like cancer for computers. Different viruses cause different damages, some of them force you to delete your precious data, while some change the data without letting you know, hang the network and even destroy the hardw

New deep learning based system can automatically generate pictures from a long text-based description. Researchers demonstrated a network that takes a recipe as input and constructs a picture from scratch. Generating pictures from a short visual description is a challenging task and has numerous

A new deep learning-based model can automatically detect and map informal settlements using low-resolution satellite imagery.  It can classify what the spectrum of an informal settlement looks like, in a cost-effective manner.  Nearly one-fourth of the world’s urban population lives in informal s

The new cryptocurrency Vault drastically decreases the amount of data a user needs to join the network and verify transactions.  It reduces the storage and bootstrapping cost for 500 million transactions to 477 MB, compared to 143 GB for Bitcoin and 5 GB for Ethereum.  For decentralized electroni

A new type of rectenna made of a thin, two-dimensional semiconductor can convert WiFi signals to electricity.  Researchers were able to generate 40 microwatts of power when they exposed rectenna to normal WiFi signals. That is more than enough power to drive silicon chips or light up an LED.  Wir

New machine learning-based model makes driverless vehicles safer.  It detects instances in which AI can learn from examples that could cost dangerous errors in the real world.  Recent advances in the field of artificial intelligence have made self-driving vehicle and autonomous robots smarter. Th

A new method could allow modern CPUs to perform computations using 1,000 times less energy than Landauer limit (0.0172 electronvolts).  It works by synchronizing the operations with the processor’s temperature oscillations.  In digital electronics, energy dissipation is one of the main design con

A novel smartphone imaging algorithm allows untrained users to analyze complex assays, such as HIV, ovarian cancer antigens, and tuberculosis DNA.  It works by generating a mean pixel intensity with small variances and a high dynamic range.  Smartphones have emerged as highly capable evaluation d

Researchers used a photonic chip and an AI algorithm to configure the properties of broadband light sources.  The technology will help in the development of various smart optical systems through self-optimization methods.  In our everyday life, we use several complex systems that rely on a large

Sony’s new patent describes a smartphone with transparent display at both the front and back side.  The display contains self-illuminating pixels, and each pixel is associated with a light control element.  The see-through display technology has been around for more than a decade, but we haven’t

With the new brain-computer interface, paralyzed patients can effectively interact with commercial electronic devices.  They can use various applications by just thinking about moving cursor and clicking mouse buttons.   They performed 22 ‘point-and-click’ selections in one minute while using diff

MIT researchers use deep neural networks to reveal invisible objects in complete darkness.  It can image biological cells and tissue without exposing them to harmful rays and intense light.  Most imaging systems only yield distorted or partial data about the object being imaged. This happens main

Imagine charging your laptop and phone only twice a month.  Batteries based on negatively charge ion of fluorine can make this possible.  For the first time, researchers have made a rechargeable fluoride-based battery that properly works at room temperature. The search for batteries that offer hi

New passive cooling system provides effective cooling in hot environments without using any fuel-produced power.  In dry environments, it can provide cooling of up to 40°C below the ambient temperature. It could supplement existing cooling systems to store vaccines and food in hot, off-grid areas.

A startup named ClimaCell uses wireless networks to track and predict the weather.  It can track weather in every 500-meter patch of the Earth’s surface, and update data every minute.  It’s far accurate than radar and satellite weather reports. Usually, weather conditions are measured at weather

To make things secure, it necessary to adapt truly random encryption keys that can’t be reverse-engineered.  Researchers use human T cells to create encryption keys.  These keys posses maximum entropy and make it impossible to breach the system. Digital information is growing at an exponential ra

Researchers develop a new optical cable that can transmit data at the rate of one petabit (1000 terabits) per second.  The fiber is as fine as a human hair and less prone to damage.  Fiber optic cables have revolutionized the network communication ever since their inception about 4 decades ago. T

Researchers build a new system that can solve a quintessential discrete optimization problem, called MaxSAT.  This analog solver performs better than digital computers, and can be extended to other optimization problems as well.  Today’s digital computers perform most tasks well. They are perfect

A new system based on transient grating spectroscopy detects radiation-induced changes to materials in real-time. Compared to existing techniques that take half a year to completely characterize a given material, it only takes a day. High radiation environments, like those found in the cores of n