The article is written and submitted by Rachel Wheeler.  The idea of machine translation stretches back many decades. First, it was just a system for rule-based machine translations. Then in the 1980s, researchers developed statistical machine translations. In the 21st Century, the great leap in mac

Researchers develop a new approach that enhances the resolution of time-of-flight depth sensors thousand fold. It uses ideas from interferometry and LIDAR that allow to capture things at higher resolution. The system has a depth resolution of 3 micrometers at the range of 2 meters. The evolution o

Harvard researchers have developed metalens that can focus all visible light spectrums at one particular point in high resolution. It uses titanium dioxide nanofins that focus all wavelengths of light equally, eliminating chromatic aberration. Metalens opens a new range of possibilities, including a

Intel advances neuromorphic and 49-qubit superconducting quantum processor (codenamed Tangle Lake).  Neuromorphic (codenamed Loihi) is a new computing approach inspired by how brain functions, which will make machine learning more effective.  Intel’s roadmap suggests they could achieve 1,000-qubit s

Samsung revealed the world’s first 85-inch 8K QLED TV that uses machine learning to convert low-resolution images to 8K quality.  The TV comes with a built-in database that observes and analyzes million of pictures in advance. The technology also enhances sound quality for specific scenes without ha

Scientists develop a new organic, ultrathin solar cell that can be washed and stretched by half their length.  It transforms sunlight into electrical energy with 8% efficiency, while being very stable in both air and water.  A few companies have shown interest in commercializing the technology.  De

Japanese researchers have developed an AI that can literally see what you’re imagining. The system uses deep image reconstruction from human brain activity.  After initial training, the DNN was able to reconstruct pictures it had never seen before.  The research done in the last few couple of years

Arm has announced Project Trillium that features next-generation machine learning and object detection processor, and neural network software.  It will target a wide range of devices, from mobile and home entertainment to sensors and data centers, and beyond. Arm, a multinational semiconductor and

The metalens can focus, perform image shift and control aberrations caused by astigmatisms, all at the same time.  The lens and muscle together have a total thickness of 30 microns. The metalens’ shape is controlled by an electric signal to form the necessary optical wavefronts.  Researchers at Har

In a new study, AI beats top class lawyers in evaluating legal contracts.  The AI developed by LawGeex has been trained to identify issues on numerous legal contracts.  On average, lawyers achieved an accuracy rate of 85%, while the AI achieved 94% accuracy. LawGeex, a legal Artificial Intelligence

GitHub survived the world’s largest DDoS attack ever recorded.  This amplification attack was using memcached-based technique that reached to 1.35 Terabits per second through 126.9 million packets per second.  On 28 February 2018, GitHub, the most popular code sharing and hosting service for versio

Researchers developed and tested nanoparticle eyedrops, combined with a laser process, which can improve both long and short sightedness.  The technology may allow users to have their vision corrected without medical supervision.  You have asked for high-tech eye glasses and 3D printed bionic eyeba

The phosphorus atoms in our body have the necessary nuclear spin that could act as biochemical qubits. Scientists are studying the nuclear spin and other dynamics of nano-clusters of spherically-shaped Posner molecules, which could be performing a role of neural qubits. An international team of res

Engineers develop a half millimeter thick optically rewritable liquid crystal display. It’s cheap to produce and consumes far less energy than conventional LCDs. Flexible spacers and Polyethersulfone substrates are used to make this display. These days, tech giants are investing a staggering amount

Optalysys demonstrates its optical processing technology performing AI at the speed of light. It uses energy efficient laser light instead of silicon processing technique. The U.K-based technology company, named Optalysys has developed the first Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) using their Optica

Amazon and Google file patents that outline how audio and visual signals could be utilized to analyze users’ interest and behavior.  They want to collect users’ data via smart household device(s), even when it’s not triggered by its ‘wakeword’.  The giant tech companies are focusing on collecting a

Researchers develop a unique system that can efficiently transfer power through free space.  The system could make it easy to wirelessly charge a mobile at some distance from the power socket.  It works by transferring the signal with specific amplitude and phase.  We all know that antenna plays a

MIT engineers have developed a polymer named polythiophene that conducts heat efficiently.  It’s flexible, lightweight and 10 times more conductive than conventional polymers. It can be directly coated onto silicon wafers and various electronic instruments.  You already know that plastics are perfe

Researchers develop a new technique (PRISM) that can observe beyond the diffraction of light.  It can capture exceptional views inside living cells through super-resolution spatial and temporal imaging.  For the last couple of decades, we’ve been using wide-field fluorescence imaging methods, like

Google develops a new AI that can focus on a particular voice in a crowded area.  It uses a combination of both visual and auditory signals to separate the voices.  The technology also has potential to provide better video captioning system for overlapping speakers, by pre-processing speech recognit