In a world first, a team of scientists has successfully developed the first flexible perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell with a record efficiency of 22.8 percent.
While other scientists have developed flexible solar cells before, the new efficiency record sets a new precedent and represents a big step forward for the technology.
It shows that flexible perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells are feasible, meaning they could soon be used for a large variety of applications.
GXO has partnered with Apptronik to explore Apollo humanoid robot’s use in warehouses. Apollo is the first commercial humanoid robot that was designed for friendly interaction and mass manufacturability.
SpaceX has introduced a compact version of satellite internet antennas. Called Starlink Mini, the antenna is portable and can be packed in a backpack. The product is dubbed revolutionary due to being a mobile option for satellite internet customers.
Currently, a limited number of antennas are being offered for just $599 each in an early access release. Starlink Mini integrates the WiFi router right inside the dish and can deliver over 100mbps speed.
Elon Musk claims the product has the power to change the world.
A recent study published in the journal Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences introduced an advanced method for automatic microfossil detection and analysis. The research team consisted of members from the machine learning group at the University of Tromso (UiT) The Arctic University of Norway.
They have developed a pipeline for extracting fossil information from microscope slide images. They found that deep learning techniques outperform traditional image processing methods and that self-supervision can be effectively used for feature extraction.
Kinetic Automation utilizes computer vision and machine-learning software for diagnosing and recalibrating advanced vehicle systems.
First-of-its-kind brand video premieres during cannes lions festival.
Toys R Us brand is leaping ahead of the curve by creating the first-ever brand film using OpenAI’s new text-to-video tool, Sora.
Toys R Us worked with ad agency Native Foreign to create a video made with OpenAI’s text-to-video platform Sora.
Ups now we have unsupported countries…by what other parameter will soon someone else be pronounced unsupported?
It’s not entirely clear what actions the ChatGPT maker plans to take, if any.
Scientists are watching with concern as India prepares to break ground on a long-delayed plan to connect the country’s rivers.
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A parasitic fungus compels its insect host to behave in strange ways by hijacking secretory neurons and circadian pathways.
Inspired by the principles of the biological nervous system, neuromorphic engineering has brought a promising alternative approach to intelligence computing with high energy efficiency and low consumption. As pivotal components of neuromorphic system, artificial spiking neurons are powerful information processing units and can achieve highly complex nonlinear computations. By leveraging the switching dynamic characteristics of memristive device, memristive neurons show rich spiking behaviors with simple circuit. This report reviews the memristive neurons and their applications in neuromorphic sensing and computing systems. The switching mechanisms that endow memristive devices with rich dynamics and nonlinearity are highlighted, and subsequently various nonlinear spiking neuron behaviors emulated in these memristive devices are reviewed. Then, recent development is introduced on neuromorphic system with memristive neurons for sensing and computing. Finally, we discuss challenges and outlooks of the memristive neurons toward high-performance neuromorphic hardware systems and provide an insightful perspective for the development of interactive neuromorphic electronic systems.
Keywords: Memristive devices; artificial neurons; neuromorphic computing; neuromorphic sensing; spiking dynamics.
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by National Institute for Materials Science in partnership with Taylor & Francis Group.
