Recent Examples on the WebThe tunable replica circuits operate for a realistic but random amount of time, obscuring the real signal from any eavesdropping attackers.—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2024 Kay and his colleagues thought the structure of squid skin might hold the key to creating dynamic, tunable building facades.—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2023 But initial research into their use in sensors started in the 1970s with the development of tunable dye lasers.—Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 The resulting quantum dots had a good size distribution and were tunable over a broad spectral range, including SWIR.—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024 In bilayer graphene, two sheets of carbon atoms stack on top of each other, creating a unique platform with tunable band gaps through the application of an electric field perpendicular to the layers.—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2024 DeepMind had shown that its Chinchilla LLM, with 70 billion parameters (which are tunable variables and used to indicate model size), could beat its Gopher model with 280 billion parameters if Chinchilla was given four times the data.—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024 The study says that DART provides a reversible and tunable eletrogenetic interface that operates with readily available batteries.—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2023 Street of Dreams homes are equipped with electric vehicle-charging stations and smart home technology and luxuries such as the Marvin Awaken Skylight with automated air venting, sun-blocking shades and tunable LED lighting.—Jeastman, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
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