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Engineering

Using the skin's electrical conductance to track sweat loss during both physical and mental activities

Over the past decades, electronics engineers have developed a wide range of wearable devices that can be used to track some physiological processes and collect health or fitness-related data. These devices rely on miniature ...

Engineering

Cutting the complexity from digital carpentry: System turns simple sketches into digital schematics

Many products in the modern world are in some way fabricated using computer numerical control (CNC) machines, which use computers to automate machine operations in manufacturing. While simple in concept, the ways to instruct ...

Hardware

Ferroelectric RAM performs calculations within memory

In a new Nature Communications study, researchers have developed an in-memory ferroelectric differentiator capable of performing calculations directly in the memory without requiring a separate processor.

Software

Diagram-based language streamlines optimization of complex coordinated systems

Coordinating complicated interactive systems, whether it's the different modes of transportation in a city or the various components that must work together to make an effective and efficient robot, is an increasingly important ...