Boston Dynamics as well as five other robotics companies recently signed an open letter promising not to weaponize general-purpose robots— a much needed relief to the public. Agility Robotics, ANYbotics, Clearpath Robotics, Open Robotics, Unitree, and Boston Dynamics—the six leading…
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Technical papers written in the field of wireless sensor networks
Cassie, a Running Robot Breaks Guinness World Record for 100-Meter Dash
A bipedal robot referred to as ‘Cassie’ has just earned the official Guinness World Record of the fastest 100 meters ran by a bipedal robot. Cassie was created under the direction of Robotics Professor Jonathan Hurst at Agility Robotics, a…
Tiny Autonomous Robots Can Move on Human Hair
Cornell University is currently leading the race to create the smallest and most efficient robots. A team from the university recently developed a set of robots small enough to sit on human hair, and with the ability to move on…
Annual Salary for U.S. Engineers Drops
In 2021, the average income of engineers and other tech professionals in the U.S. went up to $160,097 from $154,443 in 2020. The IEEE-USA 2022 Salary & Benefits Survey revealed the bump in pay. However, when converted to real dollars,…
Novel Hearing Aids Technology Can Read Lips through Facemasks
An international team of computing scientists and engineers have developed a new system that is capable of reading lips with accuracy even when the speaker is wearing a facemask. The system combines artificial intelligence with radio-frequency to identify lip movements.…
Apple Cautions Against Security Vulnerability in iPhones, Macs, and iPads
On Wednesday, Apple revealed that their iPhones, iPads and Macs have serious vulnerabilities which could give hackers complete control of these devices. The explanation of the vulnerability given by Apple suggests that the attacker could obtain ‘full admin access’ to…
Janet Jackson’s Song Can Crash Windows XP Laptops
Microsoft software engineer Raymond Chen in a blog post on Wednesday, recounted that he had heard from a colleague in Windows XP product support that a Janet Jackson song could crash some Windows XP-era laptops. The blog post stated that…
Security Researcher Hacks Starlink’s User Terminal
For the past four years, Elon Musk’s Starlink has been launching over 3,000 small satellites into space. This satellite network provides internet connection to remote locations on Earth, especially since the Russian-Ukraine conflict. There are plans to launch more satellites,…
Amazon One Palm Payment Technology Expands to More Whole Foods Stores
Recent reports have revealed that Amazon’s ‘One’ palm scanner payment technology will be launching at over 60 Whole Food stores in the state of California. Stores in Los Angeles, Santa, Cruz, Malibu, Santa Monica, Orange County, Montana Avenue, the San…
New Program Can Trace Encrypted WhatsApp Messages
Mayank Varia, cryptographer and computer expert, may have found the solution to allow the sending of secure, confidential and untraceable messages, but still with a way to track threatening messages. Varia is an expert on the societal effect of programs…