Computing: Harmful chips hidden on circuit boards revealed by their power use
Careful observation of the power consumption of a circuit board can reveal telltale signs that an attacker has tampered with...
Technology
Self-driving cars can be tricked into seeing red traffic lights as green
Aiming lasers at the cameras used in driverless cars caused them to incorrectly interpret red traffic lights as green 30...
Earthquake sensors may be helped by AI that strips out city noise
The sounds of cities can make it hard to discern the underground signals that indicate an earthquake is happening, but...
Meat alternatives: Stress-testing sausages may give vegan products a meat-like mouthfeel
Plant-based alternatives to sausages can sometimes lack the textures of meat products, and testing the mechanical properties of the foods...
Robot inspired by origami can deliver drugs at the site they are needed
A robot with thin magnetic plates at each end can be steered and compressed using external magnetic fields so it...
Russia-Ukraine war: How both sides are using mobile phone signals to track opposing troops
Mobile phones ping signals to nearby communications towers, allowing both Ukrainian and Russian soldiers to track the movement of opposition...
Chernobyl radiation spike may have just been electrical interference
High radiation levels seen as Russian forces captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in February were put down to contaminated...
Night vision: AI turns infrared images taken in total darkness into full colour
The black-and-white images provided by night-vision cameras can be colourised using AI, but it must always be trained on similar...
Robot learns to open doors by splitting the task into three easy steps
Splitting a robot’s AI brain into modules that handle simpler tasks means it can be trained more quickly, but that...
Robotic nurse can dress a mannequin in a hospital gown
Flexible objects are difficult for robots to handle, but a new approach could allow artificial nurses to help patients dress...
