20/02/2018

Energy & Green Tech

Why polymer solar cells deserve their place in the sun

Unlike traditional silicon solar cells, organic polymer solar cells (PSCs) may never cover the hillsides of a megawatt solar farm. But, these lightweight, flexible cells show potential to provide solar power to remote microwatt ...

Computer Sciences

Alexa, how do word senses evolve?

Evidence suggests that the interface between humans and technology will only become more central to modern life.

Other

How artificial intelligence will transform how we gesture

"Over the last decade, machine learning, which is part of artificial intelligence (AI), has given us self-driving cars, practical speech recognition, effective web search, and a vastly improved understanding of the human ...

Engineering

Researchers develop stretchable, touch-sensitive electronics

Of the many ways that humans make sense of our world – with our eyes, ears, nose and mouth – none is perhaps less appreciated than our tactile and versatile hands. Thanks to our sensitive fingertips, we can feel the heat ...