Tired of waking up at 3 am, Bengaluru techie builds AI fan that knows when he’s hot or cold

A Bengaluru techie transformed his ceiling fan into an AI-powered system that monitors his sleep posture to regulate ...
BGR

You Can Speed Up Any Old Computer With Your Spare USB Ports - Here's How

If your PC is a few years old, it probably doesn't feel as fast anymore. PCs running Windows slow down after years of use for a number of reasons. While you can't always fix the root causes, there's ...
Nature

OpenAI-backed firm to use ultrasound to read minds. Does the science stand up?

Spin-out Merge Labs aims to rival Elon Musk’s brain-chip company Neuralink. But researchers say the technology is still at an early stage. Brain implants are beginning to help people with severe ...
IEEE

Sleep Stage Classification Using Variational Mode Decomposition and Wrapper-Based Feature Selection From the Single Channel EEG

Abstract: Sleep stage classification can diagnose various sleep disorders and sleep patterns. The classification model classifies many stages of sleep, including wakefulness, non-rapid eye movement ...
IEEE

Rapid Simulation for Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging of Large-Scale Kelvin Wake Using Wave Height and Brightness Temperature Similarity

Abstract: Ship wakes have special millimeter-wave radiation characteristics, which are of great significance for the indirect monitoring technology of sea surface ships based on passive ...
The New York Times

Students Are Skipping the Hardest Part of Growing Up

Mr. Shirky, a vice provost at New York University, has been helping faculty members and students adapt to digital tools since 2015. Back in 2023, when ChatGPT was still new, a professor friend had a ...
Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Warming centers report steady use in wake of storm

Extremely cold weather has caused area rivers to be covered by ice, including this section of the Ohio River near Point Park in Parkersburg. (Photo by Art Smith) PARKERSBURG — Warming centers across ...
GitHub

Fara-7B: An Efficient Agentic Model for Computer Use

Fara-7B is Microsoft's first agentic small language model (SLM) designed specifically for computer use. With only 7 billion parameters, Fara-7B is an ultra-compact Computer Use Agent (CUA) that ...
Prevention

Is It Better to Wake Up Early or Sleep Longer as You Get Older? Experts Explain

Getting enough sleep is key to warding off a host of health issues. While falling asleep fast is the goal for some, and staying asleep is the dream for others, it’s normal for your sleep to change ...