As the fight against deepfakes heats up, one company is helping us fight back. Hugging Face, a company that hosts AI projects and machine learning tools has developed a range of “state of the art technology” to combat “the rise of AI-generated ‘fake’ human content” like deepfakes and voice scams. This range of technology includes […]
Lithium-ion batteries are what make modern electric vehicles possible. This Engineering Explained video shows how they work, and how they’re manufactured. The video is sponsored by LG Energy Solution, which invited Engineering Explained host Jason Fenske to tour its battery plant in Holland, Michigan. One of the biggest EV battery suppliers, LG is involved in, […]
Aston University has established the Design Factory Birmingham after the city joined a global network of design and engineering facilities. The Design Factory Global Network consists of 39 hubs around the world that have been set up to solve real world challenges in local regions. Design Factory Birmingham will be based at Aston University, housing 3D […]
Two massive data breaches in France have impacted roughly half the nation’s population. The data of an estimated 33 million people has been compromised, making this the country’s largest-ever data breach. Attackers targeted two French healthcare payment service providers, Viamedis and Almerys. Both companies manage third-party payments for health insurance in France. According to the […]
Friedrich Hayek remarked in the original preface to the 1944 publication of The Road to Serfdom that, “This is a political book.” Hayek was an academic economist who had argued with John Maynard Keynes in the 1930s regarding his Treatise on Money, and published The Pure Theory of Capital (1941), among other earlier works. But […]
Enlarge / SpaceX’s fully-stacked Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster on a launch pad in South Texas. One of the largest launch pads at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station will become vacant later this year after the final flight of United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy rocket. SpaceX is looking to make the sprawling facility […]
Almost 55 years ago, on March 12, 1969, the legendary Porsche 917 made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show. Hans Mezger, the father of Porsche’s flat-six boxer engine, was not only responsible for the 917’s flat-12 engine, but as lead engineer oversaw the new race car’s entire development. Due to a lack of downforce, the […]
