Gleanmer is a new system that can construct detailed 3D maps of a robot’s environment at high speed while operating at extremely low power. The advance could enable tiny devices to avoid obstacles and safely navigate in the real world.

How technology is used to abuse and coercively control survivors of intimate partner violence

A new NYU study using brain electrodes in epilepsy patients found the frontal cortex dynamically shifts attention between sound and sight while watching films. When dialogue was in unfamiliar languages, visual processing increased; with understandable English speech, auditory processing dominated, suggesting the brain reallocates sensory priority based on comprehension difficulty.

Vaibhav Diwanji, a mass commiunications researcher at the University of Kansas, has published a study detailing four experiments he conducted on the effectiveness of AI-derived advertising. The results showed that placement on a website, type of ad, relevance to content contained on the site and other factors could deliver ads people found useful and positively influenced their attitudes toward the advertiser without using surveillance of the persons' internet behaviors. This counters prevailing industry wisdom that spying is necessary for effective advertising, and comes at a time that the future of online privacy is being debated and regulation of such surveillance is increasing, Diwanji argues.

Western Australia risks missing the next wave of global resource investment unless it moves beyond its traditional “dig and ship” model, a major new report has found.