NEW DELHI : Over the past few months, Indian journalists and researchers at leading think-tanks have been approached by people with false credentials claiming to be from Singapore-based institutions with offers to cooperate on projects or to write articles on security and foreign policy, raising concerns of a clandestine propaganda operation by China. However, recent inquiries in Singapore established that …
While robots are getting smarter with the advancement in technology, they cannot still touch and feel their surroundings like human beings. A new material invented by researchers dubbed artificially innervated foam, or AiFoam, enables robots to mimic the human sense of touch, sense nearby objects without actually touching, and repair when damaged. Smart foam, with the ability to perform these …
Hackers have the ability to use Light Detection and Ranging technology to enable vacuum cleaners to eavesdrop private conversations in houses. These vacuum cleaners contain low-cost LiDAR sensors that can act as a microphone and record private conversations, the team stated in a study titled ‘Spying with Your Robot Vacuum Cleaner: Eavesdropping via Lidar Sensors.’ A team of researchers at …
