The new iMacs have ‘force-canceling’ speakers — here’s what that means

Apr22
by on April 22, 2021 at 4:00 pm
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Apple loves throwing around buzzwords in product reveals and spec sheets, and one that caught a few eyes was the use of ‘force-canceling‘ in the new iMac‘s sound systems. Apple claims these are the best speakers in an iMac yet, but what does a force-canceling woofer actually mean? Is that some kind of Jedi fighting space dog? It’s nothing quite as sci-fi as Star Wars. Force-canceling woofer arrangements are fairly common in high-end audio, and while they are far from a guarantee of good sound quality, they do theoretically offer some benefits. The basic idea behind force-canceling woofers is to eliminate…

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This virtual training suite trains a robotic arm to move objects in complex scenarios

Apr22
by on April 22, 2021 at 4:00 pm
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The Allen Institute for AI just announced a new framework called ManipulaTHOR that helps in creating various real-life scenarios to train a robot arm in manipulating objects.  This new testing suite — part of the AI2-THOR update — has more than 100 physics-enabled physics-enabled rooms that have complex environments and obstructions that might get in the way of a robot arm while interacting with objects. ManipulaTHOR will enable faster training in more complex environments without needing to build real robots. The new framework update allows these simulated robots to move in these rooms like humans and perform tasks such as navigating a kitchen, opening a…

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Developers can now run Linux GUI apps in Windows 10

Apr21
by on April 21, 2021 at 9:42 pm
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Microsoft’s romance with Linux over the last few years has reached new heights: developers will now be able to run Linux apps with an honest-to-goodness GUI directly in Windows 10. Developers previously had access to a Linux kernel and a terminal app with the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), but the emphasis was on command-line tools. They could even run GUI apps in Windows 10 with some workarounds, but this is the first time they’re getting native support for the feature.  Behold: This lets developers test and build Linux GUI apps without leaving the Windows environment, giving them access to…

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