Why Florida Scientists Are Putting GPS Collars on Opossums to Track Giant Burmese Pythons

Florida scientists have found an unlikely weapon in their fight against invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums ...
Interesting Engineering

AI turns smartwatch speaker and mic into 3D hand tracking system using sonar tech

In a first, smartwatches track hand poses using AI acoustic sensing without added hardware.Jason Koski/Cornell University Researchers from Cornell University and KAIST have developed a system that ...
C&EN

Wood Chemistry: Tracking Illegal Logging Using Forensics

When you walk through a furniture store, the wood around you seems ordinary. Floorboards gleam under bright lights. Tables and cabinets are labeled with familiar names of wood, such as oak, rosewood ...
Reuters

Meta to limit PG-13 rating use for teen accounts in Motion Picture Association deal

WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - Meta (META.O), opens new tab has agreed to scale back references to the PG-13 film rating when describing its teen accounts, resolving a dispute with the ‌Motion ...
Edutopia

Using Student-Created Stop-Motion Movies to Explore Math

Stop-motion animation consists of a series of still photographs stitched together to make a moving picture. It’s an excellent medium for capturing a variety of concepts in mathematics, especially ones ...
Reuters

US will roll out pilot surveys to track energy use by data centers

NEW YORK, March 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy's information arm will launch a series of pilot surveys on Wednesday aimed at gauging the energy use of the country's data centers, the ...
Wired

I Learned More Than I Thought I Would From Using Food-Tracking Apps

I do my best to eat well and stay in shape. But as a mom of three, it’s often tough to remember what I’ve eaten today, or even how much water I’ve taken in. The overarching benefit of food-tracker ...
TechSpot

Court says continued use of tracking app counts as consent, even if users never read the new TOS

Why it matters: A recent federal appeals court ruling has turned a routine software update into a high-stakes precedent for how consumers "agree" to the fine print governing connected devices, with ...
Robohub

Developing an optical tactile sensor for tracking head motion during radiotherapy: an interview with Bhoomika Gandhi

Illustration of the radiotherapy room and the occlusion problem faced by ceiling-mounted cameras in this application. What was the topic of your PhD research and why was it an interesting area? My ...
InfoWorld

What I learned using Claude Sonnet to migrate Python to Rust

If there’s one universal experience with AI-powered code development tools, it’s how they feel like magic until they don’t. One moment, you’re watching an AI agent slurp up your codebase and deliver a ...
Westword

Are You Part of the Flock? How Cities Across the Denver Area Use AI Tracking Tech.

Mass surveillance and tracking by artificial intelligence around Denver is no longer a futuristic, dystopian idea, but a quiet reality. Whether you’re in the Mile High City or in surrounding ...
The New York Times

Police Officer Accused of Tracking Partner Using License Plate Reader

The Milwaukee officer used the technology to run searches on his partner’s plate 124 times, officials said, and he also tracked the person’s ex. By Hannah Ziegler A Milwaukee police officer was ...