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Month: May 2025

Technology

Revolutionizing baseball training with AI-simulated pitchers

May 12, 2025 Tech Xplore

Two University of Waterloo alumni are changing Major League Baseball (MLB) with a data-driven pitching simulator that replicates the real experience of batting against a professional pitcher.This article was originally published on this website.

Computers

Software coders hate in-person interruptions, but physiological stress measures tell a different story

May 12, 2025 Tech Xplore

It’s an intimidating prospect to interrupt a software engineer who has achieved a flow state—someone who is completely focused and absorbed in the task at hand. Like anyone, it takes time for coders to reengage […]

Internet

‘Tool for grifters’: AI deepfakes push bogus sexual cures

May 12, 2025 Tech Xplore

Holding an oversized carrot, a brawny, shirtless man promotes a supplement he claims can enlarge male genitalia—one of countless AI-generated videos on TikTok peddling unproven sexual treatments.This article was originally published on this website.

Technology

UK lab promises air-con revolution without polluting gases

May 12, 2025 Tech Xplore

The soft, waxy “solid refrigerant” being investigated in a UK laboratory may not look very exciting, but its unusual properties promise an air-conditioning revolution that could eliminate the need for greenhouse gases.This article was originally […]

Technology

AI-powered headphones offer group translation with voice cloning and 3D spatial audio

May 10, 2025 Tech Xplore

Tuochao Chen, a University of Washington doctoral student, recently toured a museum in Mexico. Chen doesn’t speak Spanish, so he ran a translation app on his phone and pointed the microphone at the tour guide. […]

Technology

Warm metalworking turns brittle semiconductors into flexible, high-performance electronic films

May 9, 2025 Tech Xplore

Inorganic semiconductors form the backbone of modern electronics due to their excellent physical properties, including high carrier mobility, thermal stability, and well-defined energy band structures, which enable precise control over electrical conductivity. Unfortunately, their intrinsic […]

Internet

India tells X to block over 8,000 accounts

May 9, 2025 Tech Xplore

India has ordered X to block more than 8,000 accounts, the platform said Thursday, adding that it was reluctantly complying with what it described as government-imposed “censorship.”This article was originally published on this website.

Technology

Tiny vibrations have a massive impact: Transmitting clear signals over long distances using nonlinear math

May 8, 2025 Tech Xplore

A team of researchers at Nagoya University has discovered something surprising. If you have two tiny vibrating elements, each one barely moving on its own, and you combine them in the right way, their combined […]

Internet

Women’s sports are fighting an uphill battle against social media algorithms

May 8, 2025 Tech Xplore

Women’s sport is more and more getting the attention it deserves.This article was originally published on this website.

Technology

Wearable haptics get thinner: A flexible haptic patch lets you feel the virtual world

May 8, 2025 Tech Xplore

As virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies rapidly evolve, the demand for more immersive, multisensory experiences grows alongside them. Among the key frontiers is tactile feedback—the ability to physically feel the virtual world.This […]

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