Interesting Engineering

New adaptive system lets robots replicate human touch with far less training data

Japanese researchers develop an adaptive robot motion system that enables human-like grasping using minimal training data.
IEEE

Design of a Generic Fault Diagnosis Model for Electrical Distribution Networks Using a Support Vector Machine (SVM) Algorithm

Abstract: This article presents the design and implementation of a generic model for fault diagnosis in electrical distribution networks, based on the Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm. The ...
Reuters

Israel becomes first country to formally recognise Somaliland as independent state

Dec 26 (Reuters) - Israel became the first country to formally recognise the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state on Friday - a decision that could reshape ...
IEEE

Machine Learning Techniques for Pose Based Human Activity Recognition

Abstract: Activity recognition is the task of identifying human actions and physical activities. It can have applications in broad areas including medical, sports and fitness, healthcare, behaviour ...
Wall Street Journal

CEOs Are Learning to Live With Trump’s Turn to State Capitalism

Last week Nvidia finally got permission to sell one of its most advanced semiconductor chips to China. The catch: The federal government will take 25% of the revenue from those sales. The Nvidia deal ...