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Engineering
Saltwater sensor turns touch into electrical signals like skin, with prosthetic potential
You pick up a fragile glass from the table. Without thinking about it, you feel its surface against your fingertips and continuously adjust your grip. You hold it firmly enough to keep it from slipping out of your hand, but ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Self-powered artificial synapse combines sensing and memory in flexible electronics
Neuromorphic devices, which are designed to emulate aspects of biological neural networks, are promising candidates for low-power, intelligent sensing technologies, including wearable applications.
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Diamond quantum sensor enables AC and DC current ratio checks in one setup
Researchers at AIST, in collaboration with the Institute of Science Tokyo and the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, have developed a "current comparator" that uses diamond quantum sensors to accurately ...
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Pressurized wind tunnel experiments could help wind farms generate more power
The world needs more wind energy. But anyone designing new wind turbines or trying to squeeze more power out of existing ones faces a stiff challenge when testing new approaches. That's because the atmosphere is a tough place ...
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Glowing paint that maps air pressure could improve the design of future aircraft
When engineers design a new aircraft, they need to know exactly how air flows over every surface. The pressure distribution must be controlled, or fuel efficiency, handling and even structural safety can be affected.
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Consumer & Gadgets
Misleading AI-generated summaries can distort human memory
AI-generated summaries are becoming increasingly prevalent—from news article previews to workplace meeting transcriptions to high-stakes settings like police body camera footage—despite studies showing that AI can generate ...
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Internet
AI chatbots give us a narrow slice of knowledge: Researchers warn of 'knowledge collapse'
For many of us, "Let me just ask the chatbot" has become an everyday phrase. Where we used to turn to Google to find information, AI chatbots have become a common way to get answers to everything from what to make for dinner ...
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Computer Sciences
File-notification systems leave Windows, Linux, Android and macOS vulnerable
Researchers at the Institute of Information Security at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) have uncovered security risks in the file notification systems of the widely used operating systems Windows, Linux, Android and ...
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Robotics
Could soil process information without a brain? New engineering perspective makes the case
Researchers in the Bio-Inspired Robotics Laboratory at Cambridge are exploring how soil behaves as an intelligent system. By studying its structure, chemistry and biological network of microbes and fungi, they aim to inspire ...
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Robotics
Soft exosuit makes it easier to stand up
Getting up from a chair is something most of us don't think about. The movement is almost second nature: Our legs and hips work together in a precise sequence. But performing this task can be difficult for older people, often ...
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Hardware
Stacked AI chip uses fast and slow layers to recognize changes in motion over time
For a wearable device to distinguish walking from a brief swing of the arm, it must recognize how movement changes over time. Korean researchers have developed a technology that stacks semiconductor devices with different ...
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Security
Nvidia unveils security platform to stop AI agents from going rogue after new, troubling incidents
Nvidia on Monday unveiled a new security platform that the chipmaker said can stop artificial intelligence agents from going rogue.
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A unique solution for bioelectronics: Collagen and cacao butter
Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body, making up about 30% of total protein and providing structure, strength and elasticity to skin, bones and soft tissues.
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Electronic skin lets users 'see' touch instantly
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a next-generation electronic skin that can sense and directly visualize pressure in real time, addressing key limitations of current wearable sensing ...
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Machine learning & AI
From lab to life: Why translating AI advances to the real world is a major challenge
Turning artificial intelligence research into real-world tools isn't always straightforward, despite the remarkable progress in recent years ranging from self-driving cars to large language models. Systems that perform well ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Magnetic field measurements reveal internal current distribution in fuel cells
Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells are promising clean power-generation technologies that do not emit carbon dioxide during operation. However, issues such as flooding (i.e., the accumulation of water generated during operation) ...
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Energy & Green Tech
AI data centers could meet grid limits with 35 hours of reduced demand, model suggests
It was a bizarre situation: The U.S. company xAI operated gas turbines mounted on large trucks in Southaven, Mississippi, to supply electricity to a data center just across the state line in Memphis, Tennessee.
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