NASA launches new mission to get the most out of the James Webb Space Telescope

Among other things, the James Webb Space Telescope is designed to get us closer to finding habitable worlds around faraway ...
Automation World

A System Integrator’s View of a Legacy Vision System Upgrade

Inside the migration from a legacy custom VB.NET vision system to Keyence's VS-Series smart camera to streamline part ...
PCMag

Want to Reach Flow State Faster? These Apps Amplify the Pomodoro Technique

If you ever find a personal or work task daunting, you might just need to rethink how you approach it. Pomodoro apps and ...
The Fabricator

XYZ, YBC, and LRA: understanding coordinate systems for CNC tube bending

Y, B, and C relate to the axis names most manufacturers use on CNC tube benders. LRA stands for length, rotation, and angle, ...

Pandora, a keen-eyed satellite built to study exoplanets, readies for launch

Pandora, the latest in a long portfolio of University of Arizona's space science missions, has cleared its last major ...
IEEE

Integrating Technology Acceptance Model With UTAUT to Increase the Explanatory Power of the Effect of HCI on Students’ Intention to Use E-Learning System and Perceive Success

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the potential human-computer interaction factors (HCI) affecting students’ behavioural intentions (BI) to use the e-learning system and perceive success. This ...
IEEE

What Motivates Second Language Majors to Use Generative AI for Informal Learning? Insights From the Theory of Planned Behavior

Abstract: Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) holds great promise for enhancing informal second language (L2) learning, but its impact largely depends on how it is used. This study explores the ...
The Economist

Ditch textbooks and learn how to use a wrench to AI-proof your job?

JACOB PALMER knew little about skilled manual jobs growing up, save that they were “dirty, sweaty” and “definitely seemed like lowbrow”. But it took only a year of remote learning during the covid ...