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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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Secret Service claims to be able to identify an unknown person in a voice-only lineup, comparing a recording of an unknown voice with a recording of a known speaker, as a reference. on the day Singh returned her report, Stillwell received the news. A 2020 U.S. Government Accountability Office report says that the U.S.

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John Bardeen’s Terrific Transistorized Music Box

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The following week, news of the transistor was released to the press. The New York Herald Tribune predicted that it would cause a revolution in the electronics industry. How John Bardeen got his music box In 1949 an engineer at Bell Labs built three music boxes to show off the new transistors. Only Bardeen’s survives.

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Apps Put a Psychiatrist in Your Pocket

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Nearly every day since she was a child, Alex Leow, a psychiatrist and computer scientist at the University of Illinois Chicago, has played the piano. Compared to a healthy user [top], a person experiencing symptoms of bipolar disorder [middle] or depression [bottom] may use their phone more than usual and late at night.

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Rivian R1T test drive video showcases electric pickup’s off-road capability

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Rivian invited some R1T preorder holders to test drive its all-electric pickup truck in Normal, Illinois. Last week, we invited a group of preorder holders to Normal, IL to find out. Rivian is planning tour events in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Seattle. How does it feel to drive an R1T?

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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That was the case for Melba Crawford , who as a teenager couldn’t wait to leave her family’s farm in Illinois to pursue an engineering career. But during her time as a freshman at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, the aerospace industry went through a period of mass layoffs.

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Teen Creates App To Identify Nutrient Deficiencies

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In 2020, as a sophomore at South Brunswick High School in New Jersey, Tiwari was learning remotely during the coronavirus pandemic, and he found himself bored. His father suggested he think about ikigai , a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose. Tiwari filed for a U.S.

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

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As the luxury division of the Hyundai Group (Genesis, Hyundai and Kia) it has gone from two models in 2015 to eight in 2023. The Hyundai Motor Group has made a $10 billion investment to build and sell electric vehicles in North America; the first is the 2023 Electrified GV70 built at the new manufacturing facility in Montgomery, Alabama.

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