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Datascore: a simple digital trust rating for connected environments

● In a bid to address a lack of indicators for assessing the security of personal data in various environments (home, transport, etc.) two French researchers are developing NumDiag, a diagnostic tool to provide a combined score for the vulnerability of technical, organisational, and human aspects of digital environments.
● “Datascores” generated by NumDiag will take into account a range of criteria, such as data transmission methods, server locations, information on users, accountability for the design of devices and the level of information provided to users.
● A software prototype for NumDiag will be available by the end of 2024, and pilot testing will begin in 2025. Scores generated by the new tool will initially be based on first-party declarations but may later be audited with the possible collaboration of the French data watchdog CNIL. An interview with IT researcher Anne Laurent.
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Soft Robotics Lab – ETH Zürich (lab head: Prof. Robert Katzschmann (not in the picture). From left to right: Jose Greminger (Master student), Pablo Paniagua (Master student), Jakob Schreiner (visiting PhD student), Aiste Balciunaite (PhD student), Miriam Filippi (Established researcher), and Asia Badolato (PhD student).

When will we see living robots? The challenges facing biohybrid robotics

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Three people are collaborating around a laptop in a modern office environment. One of them, standing, is explaining something to the two seated individuals, who appear attentive. On the table, there is a desktop computer, a tablet, and office supplies. Plants and desks are visible in the background.

FairDeDup limits social biases in AI models

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A woman stands in a train, holding a phone. She is wearing a beige coat and a blue and brown scarf. The interior of the train is bright, with seats and metal support bars.

A mathematical model to help AIs anticipate human emotions

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Conceptual image of the Thales Alenia Space data centre - Thales Alenia Space_MasterImageProgrammes

Lower emissions and reinforced digital sovereignty: the plan for datacentres in space

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person wearing bioelectronic fibre arrays for dual-ECG signal acquisition / credit: Wenyu Wang and Yuan Shui

Bioelectronics: disease monitoring sensors that can be printed directly onto human skin

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Artificial pollination: robotic solutions that aim to supplement the work of bees

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