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Van Life 2.0: Dutch students' road trip in solar mobile home
A group of Dutch students has reimagined van life and is hitting the road to Portugal. Just don't call their groundbreaking new solar-powered vehicle a campervan.
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Engineering
Dynamic speckle holography: A highly effective optical technique that combines imaging and scattering
Researchers at Harvard University and China University of Petroleum recently developed dynamic speckle holography (DSH), a new technique to measure three-dimensional (3D) maps of displacements that combines imaging and scattering ...
Sep 24, 2021
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Internet
Resolving the where and when of social media events
Researchers from the University of Melbourne (UoM) and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have developed an algorithm that can detect important events based on the time and geographical scale of topics ...
Sep 24, 2021
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Engineering
Bacteria could help build eco-friendly construction materials
They are working with start-up company Adaptavate, which makes sustainable building materials. Their biodegradable plasterboard, Breathaboard uses compostable crop waste instead of gypsum, is lighter and has better thermal ...
Sep 24, 2021
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Robotics
DronePaint: A human-swarm interaction system for environment exploration and artistic painting
Researchers at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) in Russia have recently developed an innovative system for human-swarm interactions that allows users to directly control the movements of a team of drones ...
Sep 23, 2021 feature
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Consumer & Gadgets
One to charge them all: EU demands single plug for phones
The European Union announced plans Thursday to require the smartphone industry to adopt a uniform charging cord for mobile devices, a push that could eliminate the all-too-familiar experience of rummaging through a drawer ...
Sep 23, 2021
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Engineering
A new solid-state battery surprises the researchers who created it
Engineers created a new type of battery that weaves two promising battery sub-fields into a single battery. The battery uses both a solid state electrolyte and an all-silicon anode, making it a silicon all-solid-state battery. ...
Sep 23, 2021
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Computer Sciences
DRNets can solve Sudoku, speed scientific discovery
Say you're driving with a friend in a familiar neighborhood, and the friend asks you to turn at the next intersection. The friend doesn't say which way to turn, but since you both know it's a one-way street, it's understood.
Sep 23, 2021
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Engineering
New material system resetting the standard in orthopedics
Each year, roughly 6 million Americans break a bone and head to their doctor for a plaster or fiberglass cast. After six long weeks of keeping the cast dry and resisting the urge to scratch the skin underneath, the patients ...
Sep 23, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Restoring power during severe storms
With severe weather and natural disasters becoming more intense in a changing climate, a group of Georgia Tech researchers studied how recovery, guided by common policies from FEMA and industry, varies with respect to the ...
Sep 23, 2021
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Telecom
SpaceX satellite signals used like GPS to pinpoint location on Earth
Engineering researchers have developed a method to use signals broadcast by Starlink internet service satellites to accurately locate a position here on Earth, much like GPS does. It is the first time the Starlink system ...
Sep 23, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Development of dendritic-network-implementable artificial neurofiber transistors
Advances in artificial-intelligence-based technologies have led to an astronomical increase in the amounts of data available for processing by computers. Existing computing methods often process data sequentially and therefore ...
Sep 23, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Disabled people can now use Android phones with face gestures
Using a raised eyebrow or smile, people with speech or physical disabilities can now operate their Android-powered smartphones hands-free, Google said Thursday.
Sep 23, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Study: Geothermal energy could be generated from captured CO2
University of Alberta research is making new strides in discoveries about capturing and storing carbon—while also yielding a high-value end product from carbon dioxide.
Sep 23, 2021
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