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Seven technologies to watch in 2024

Seven technologies to watch in 2024

From protein engineering and 3D printing to detection of deepfake media, here are seven areas of technology that Nature will be watching in the year ahead.

Deep learning for protein design

Two decades ago, David Baker at the University of Washington in Seattle and his colleagues achieved a landmark feat: they used computational tools to design an entirely new protein from scratch. ‘Top7’ folded as predicted, but it was inert: it performed no meaningful biological functions. Today, de novo protein design has matured into a practical tool for generating made-to-order enzymes and other proteins. “It’s hugely empowering,” says Neil King, a biochemist at the University of Washington who collaborates with Baker’s team to design protein-based vaccines and vehicles for drug delivery. “Things that were impossible a year and a half ago — now you just do it.”

Much of that progress comes down to increasingly massive data sets that link

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Both sides in the Russia-Ukraine war are using new and old technologies for warfare

Both sides in the Russia-Ukraine war are using new and old technologies for warfare

When it comes to technology, the war in Ukraine is a war of juxtapositions. On the one hand, this is the first major war in which a variety of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) — or drones — have played such a prominent role. On the other hand, this new technology has played a major part in forcing infantry to dig lines of trenches reminiscent of the First and Second World Wars.

Some of the technology in the war in Ukraine, such as the guided missiles being used by both sides, isn’t fundamentally all that new. Modern guided missiles trace their origin back to early developments during the latter part of the Second World War.

Modern precision-guided weapons may be increasingly accurate in hitting their targets, but there is all too often considerable human error in allocating targets for them.

What is new in the war in Ukraine

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How Technologies Like VR And AI Can Solve The Soft Skills Crisis

How Technologies Like VR And AI Can Solve The Soft Skills Crisis

Jason is the CEO of Sozo Labs, focusing on building VR and immersive apps that deliver real business value for their customers.

The World Economic Forum ranked creative thinking, agility and flexibility, and empathy and active listening within the most important skills for workers in 2023. Teamwork, compassion in leadership and clear communication are also essential skills employees will need over the coming years. What’s becoming increasingly apparent is the focus on these soft skills and, while certainly still necessary, the veering away from hard or technical skills.

But there is nothing “soft” about soft skills; they are often considered the hardest skills to learn because they are challenging to master and take a long time before we can start using them confidently in our day-to-day lives. That’s largely because they are used by people to impact other people.

Thirty years ago, when I started my career

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The influence of mobile technologies on preschool and elementary childrens literacy achievement: a systematic review spanning 2007 2019 Educational technology research and development

The influence of mobile technologies on preschool and elementary childrens literacy achievement: a systematic review spanning 2007 2019 Educational technology research and development

Mobile Technology

3G • 3G – “G” for generation – is the third generation of wireless technologies. • It comes with enhancements over earlier wireless technologies, such as high-speed transmission, advanced multimedia access, and global roaming. • 3G is mostly used with mobile phones and handsets as a means to connect the phone to the internet or other IP networks in order to make voice and video calls, to download and upload data, and to surf the Web. Cont… • Mobile technology is a technology which is used primarily in cellular communication system. • Mobile Technology consists of portable two-way communications systems, computing devices, and the related networking equipment. • The communications networks that connect these devices are loosely termed wireless technologies.

  • The widespread presence of mobile devices has woven a fabric of communication and networking that transcends geographical barriers.
  • For example, mobile healthcare is on the rise, and many are working
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The Impact of Digital Technologies United Nations

The Impact of Digital Technologies United Nations

New Computer Technology

Library with no-code effort to integrate Studio Effects into their apps like Creative filters, Portrait light, Eye contact teleprompter, Portrait blur, and Voice focus. WhatsApp among others has already upgraded their user experience adding Windows Studio Effects controls directly into the UI. Created by Microsoft and developers like you across Windows shell, Win32 Apps and Web apps. We are introducing new productivity features in Dev Home like Environments, improvements to WSL, DevDrive and new updates to WinUI3 and WPF to help every developer become more productive on Windows. We are introducing Web Neural Network Developer Preview to Windows through DirectML. This allows web developers to take advantage of the silicon to deliver performant AI features in their web apps and can scale their AI investments across the breadth of the Windows ecosystem.

It developed a very loyal following while add-on components allowed it to be upgraded easily. The inside of … Read more