The UK has a power transmission problem. Wind farms in Scotland are producing huge amounts of energy, but getting it flowing to London in the south is costly.
New grid-enhancing technologies allow more #power to be transferred across the grid, without building new power lines.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/grid-congestion-uk?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline
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Human traffickers often post photos of their victims in hotel rooms. This app is asking people to take photos of their hotel rooms, so analysts can determine where the photos were taken. https://spectrum.ieee.org/traffickcam-human-trafficking-hotel-ai?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline
Scientists have developed a method of measuring heart rate through wifi, bypassing the need to wear any equipment on your body. It works by filtering our noise and detecting the change in signal amplitude between heartbeats. https://spectrum.ieee.org/wi-fi-signal-heartbeat-detection?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline