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Engineering
Research allows for 3D printing of 'organic electronics'
When looking at the future of production of micro-scale organic electronics, Mohammad Reza Abidian—associate professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering—sees their potential ...
Jun 24, 2022
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Software
Using electric signals from human brains, new software can perform computerized image editing
Soon, computers could sense that users have a problem and come to the rescue. This is one of the possible implications of new research at University of Copenhagen and University of Helsinki.
Jun 24, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Efficient satellite downlink with a Ka band dual circular polarization transmitter
Low earth orbit (LEO) satellites are being increasingly used for environmental monitoring of the earth, as well as for logistic purposes, such as the navigation of maritime vessels. The data transmitted from the satellite ...
Jun 24, 2022
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Computer Sciences
New algorithms track ships in harbors
The security of port areas involves monitoring at various levels. What kind of ships are coming in, are they perhaps guilty of illegal fishing, and what cargo do they carry? Security officers and harbor masters often can't ...
Jun 24, 2022
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Security
Apple, Android phones targeted by Italian spyware: Google
An Italy-based firm's hacking tools were used to spy on Apple and Android smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, Google said Thursday, casting a light on a "flourishing" spyware industry.
Jun 24, 2022
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Engineering
A fast and energy-efficient sparse Ising machine to solve computationally hard problems
In recent years, engineers have been trying to devise new computers and devices that could help to solve challenging real-world problems faster and more efficiently. Some of the most promising among these are Ising machines ...
Jun 23, 2022 feature
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Conductive polymer holds promise for the next generation of organic electronics
For decades, field-effect transistors enabled by silicon-based semiconductors have powered the electronics revolution. But in recent years, manufacturers have come up against hard physical limits to further size reductions ...
Jun 23, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Are babies the key to the next generation of artificial intelligence?
Babies can help unlock the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI), according to Trinity neuroscientists and colleagues who have just published new guiding principles for improving AI.
Jun 23, 2022
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Robotics
Robots learn to play with play dough
The inner child in many of us feels an overwhelming sense of joy when stumbling across a pile of the fluorescent, rubbery mixture of water, salt, and flour that put goo on the map: play dough. (Even if this happens rarely ...
Jun 23, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Amazon's Alexa could soon mimic voice of dead relatives
Amazon's Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members—even if they're dead.
Jun 23, 2022
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Robotics
A deep learning framework to estimate the pose of robotic arms and predict their movements
As robots are gradually introduced into various real-world environments, developers and roboticists will need to ensure that they can safely operate around humans. In recent years, they have introduced various approaches ...
Jun 22, 2022 feature
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Energy & Green Tech
Team develops biobatteries that use bacteria to generate power for weeks
As our tech needs grow and the Internet of Things increasingly connects our devices and sensors together, figuring out how to provide power in remote locations has become an expanding field of research.
Jun 22, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
First organic bipolar transistor developed
The invention of the transistor in 1947 by Shockley, Bardeen and Brattain at Bell Laboratories ushered in the age of microelectronics and revolutionized our lives. First, so-called bipolar transistors were invented, in which ...
Jun 22, 2022
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Security
A simple tool to make websites more secure and curb hacking
An international team of researchers has developed a scanning tool to make websites less vulnerable to hacking and cyberattacks.
Jun 22, 2022
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