➀ A team from Saarland University's Faculty of Engineering and Medicine is developing smart implants at the university and university hospital to monitor and promote healing in body bone fractures.
➁ The robotic implants can stiffen and soften through shape-memory technology, allowing for permanent monitoring of fracture healing.
➂ The research team is miniaturizing the technology for use in market screws as part of an EU project.
➀ The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition offers a 20% performance increase over its predecessor and a $549 MSRP.
➁ Concerns over retail availability and pricing, with potential for significantly higher prices in the short term.
➂ AMD's RX 9070 launch scheduled for the same day, posing competition and availability challenges.
➀ Lois Rossmann, a renowned RepairTuber, expresses disappointment with Brother's shift towards becoming an 'anti-consumer printer company';
➁ Brother's recent firmware updates have disabled third-party toner and prevented color registration functionality on color devices;
➂ Older firmware versions are being removed from support portals, making it difficult for users to roll back updates.
➀ Microsoft has announced the shutdown of Skype, with users having until May 5, 2025, to transfer their chats and contacts to Microsoft Teams.
➁ Skype, launched in August 2003, has been a key player in online messaging, especially during the recent pandemic.
➂ Despite its decline, Skype's legacy continues through Microsoft Teams, reflecting the evolution of communication technology.
➀ Prusa Research has introduced Prusa EasyPrint, a browser-based slicing tool for beginners;
➁ The tool serves as a bridge between Prusa 3D printers and Prusa Research’s Printables file sharing library;
➂ Prusa EasyPrint is aimed at making 3D printing more accessible for users with limited technical expertise.
➀ The Society of Editors has launched a campaign against a proposed new law that would allow AI developers to use published content for AI training without permission or payment.
➁ The News Media Association argues that this change would put the onus on creators to police their work and that tech companies should be required to pay for using their content.
➂ The government's AI Action Plan aims to support the AI industry but has faced criticism for potentially exploiting content creators.
➀ AZoNetwork joins the global effort to close the gender gap in STEM;
➁ Women in STEM are gaining recognition for their groundbreaking contributions;
➂ Female scientists discuss the future of Femtech, quantum sciences, and women's brain health.
➀ Congatec has introduced aReady.IOT, a set of pre-configured software building blocks that simplify IoT connectivity from Computer-on-Module (COM) to the cloud.
➁ These building blocks support various communication protocols and enable functionalities like data acquisition, remote monitoring, and predictive maintenance.
➂ The solution reduces development time and accelerates time-to-market for OEMs, enabling them to focus on core tasks and create new business models.
➀ The medical device manufacturer Alun Williams highlights a groundbreaking software;
➁ The software is said to have been highly useful in the past 10 years;
➂ No further details about the software are provided in the summary.
➀ Congatec is offering computer-on-modules with pre-installed module-to-cloud communication software for remote monitoring and control.
➁ The software, branded 'aReady.IOT', includes a central control dashboard.
➂ The software supports protocols like OPC UA, MQTT, and REST, and is available for various module types.
➀ Nandni Jamnadas is a UKESF Scholar and a student at Royal Holloway, University of London, also working as a Software Tool Chain Engineer at Embecosm.
➁ She is a member of the Embecosm GNU compiler team and leads the CORE-V GNU tool chain project.
➂ Her achievements include contributing to GNU, creating tailored tool chains for customers, and implementing new features in the CORE-V tool chain.
➀ A new project at Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics (ITWM) in Kaiserslautern is exploring how inline process and product monitoring can help companies produce more efficiently and reduce waste.
➁ The project aims to develop a data-driven system that analyzes changes in product quality and process variables over time, helping companies identify causes of production errors earlier.
➂ Funded by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Science and Health, the project focuses on integrating condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, and automated quality control to minimize waste and improve efficiency.
➀ The article lists the top 20 most searched chat abbreviations in the UK, based on average monthly search volumes.
➁ It provides explanations for each abbreviation, such as SMH (Shake my head), POV (Point of View), and NSFW (Not Safe For Work).
➂ The list includes popular terms like FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out), TLDR (Too Long; Didn't Read), and YOLO (You Only Live Once).
➀ Electronic Design's Editor Bill Wong comments on the announcement of DeepSeek.
➁ The challenges faced by DeepSeek in the field of machine-learning investment are discussed.
➂ Insights into the future direction of DeepSeek's development are provided.
➀ DLSS Swapper, a utility for updating NVIDIA's DLSS, has been updated to support AMD's FSR, Intel's XeSS, and other frame generation technologies.
➁ The new version of DLSS Swapper allows users to update their games' DLL files in a single interface, including those for Nvidia's Frame Generation and Ray Reconstruction.
➂ Users can manually add games, use custom cover art, and write per-game notes with the new update. However, the software is currently only available for Windows.
➀ The Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS is working on a project called FA2IR with partners to develop solutions for using digital tools for fault analysis.
➁ The project aims to automate AI-assisted analysis to reduce subjectivity, shorten development times, and improve product quality.
➂ The initiative seeks to create comprehensive and fully integrated environments for processing and managing digital data, algorithms, methods, and models for machine learning that are globally applicable and can be dynamically expanded.
➀ Two research projects, KI-AmaR and XRai Vision, are receiving funding to develop AI-assisted systems for complex repairs and the use of XR technologies in industrial processes.
➁ The KI-AmaR project aims to enable complex repairs without specialized training using a mobile smart factory equipped with a 3D printer.
➂ The XRai Vision project focuses on supporting companies in adopting Extended Reality (XR) technologies like AR and VR to improve their workflows and productivity.
➀ Fraunhofer ITWM is showcasing its latest developments in achieving a resource-efficient energy industry at E-world energy and water 2025.
➁ The team from the 'System Analysis, Prognosis and Control' department is presenting monitoring systems with non-contact torque detection and AI for resource-efficient plant operation.
➂ The 'High Performance Computing' department's 'Green by IT' team is working on managing the energy transition, including the integration of Dutch energy community 'Schoonschip' into energy markets using innovative technologies.
