Researchers explore how a desk surface can serve as a touchscreen
(Tech Xplore)—The digitally augmented desk is a focus area for Carnegie Mellon's Future Interfaces Group and they are on to something quite interesting.
Hi Tech & Innovation
05/07/2017
Engineering
Researchers use Kinect to scan T. rex skull
Last year, a team of forensic dentists got authorization to perform a 3-D scan of the prized Tyrannosaurus rex skull at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, in an effort to try to explain some strange holes in ...
Jul 5, 2017
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Energy & Green Tech
'Smart' transformers could make reliable smart grid a reality
A new study using complex computational models finds that smart solid-state transformers (SSTs) could be used to make a stable, reliable "smart grid" - allowing the power distribution system to route renewable energy from ...
Jul 5, 2017
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Energy & Green Tech
Are smart meters delivering on their promise?
Smart meters have two clear goals: to save energy and to shift consumer use of energy from on-peak to off-peak hours.
Jul 5, 2017
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