Humane’s AI Pin Wants to Free You From Your Phone
On a recent afternoon, I held a bagel in front of me and said: “Look and tell me if this is healthy.” A monotone voice responded that the bagel was unhealthy because it was high…
Researchers Unveil Ultra-Efficient Tandem Organic Solar Cell With Unprecedented Efficiency
ICFO’s development of a four-terminal tandem organic solar cell with a 16.94% efficiency marks a significant advancement in solar energy technology, promising new applications in sustainable energy conversion and solar fuels. Artistic illustration of the…
How Does AI Work? Researchers Reveal the Mechanism Underlying Successful Machine Learning
Researchers from Bar-Ilan University have uncovered how machine learning successfully classifies images, revealing that each filter in a deep learning architecture recognizes and refines the recognition of image clusters through layers. Current AI architectures can…
Unlocking the Secrets of Eternal Data With Silicon Carbide
The information is written in optically active atomic defects by a focused ion beam (left) and read using the cathodoluminescence or photoluminescence (right). Credit: M. Hollenbach, H. Schultheiß Team presents new path to long-term data…
Unlocking Solar Secrets: New Research Paves the Way for Efficiency Gains
This image shows a visualization of the calculated exciton transfer from an upper tetracene layer of a solar cell to the silicon substrate. The electron is shown in blue, and the electron hole in red….
Electrically Tunable Metasurfaces: Liquid Crystal Alignment by Dielectric Meta-Atoms
Innovative research led by Professor Daping Chu has produced a liquid crystal-based dielectric metasurface, reducing manufacturing complexities and improving optical device performance, with significant implications for future liquid crystal technologies. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Dielectric metasurfaces, known…
Switching From iPhone to Android Is Easy. It’s the Aftermath That Stings.
When I temporarily switched from an iPhone to an Android phone last week, I was bracing for a world of hurt. I’ve owned only Apple phones ever since buying the first-generation iPhone in 2007. And,…
Bullseye Precision: NIST’s Breakthrough in Quantum Dot Alignment
Accurate alignment of quantum dots with photonic components is critical for extracting the radiation emitted by the dots. In this illustration, a quantum dot centered in the optical “hotspot” of a circular grating (center dot…
Photonics Breakthrough: Tiny Chip Generates High-Quality Microwave Signals
A high-level schematic of the photonic integrated chip, developed by the Gaeta lab, for all-optical optical frequency division, or OFD – a method of converting a high-frequency signal to a lower frequency. Credit: Yun Zhao/Columbia…
Apple will continue to enhance its DMA compliance
With WWDC 2024 now set, Apple continues to work on bringing itself more in line with US government demands. What we don’t know yet is the extent to which these changes will be restricted to…