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Imagine heating your home from the ceiling, not from underfloor heating or radiators. Once installed like wallpaper, hi-tech infrared fabric emits heat in a similar way to the sun's rays. This could be a logical way to add ...
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New research suggests that many households could break even on their solar panels investments as early as 2027, as solar electricity becomes a more competitive electricity source, according to scientists at the University ...
May 10, 2023
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University of Sussex researchers have developed a more energy-efficient alternative to transmit data that could potentially replace Bluetooth in mobile phones and other tech devices. With more and more of us owning smartphones ...
Nov 21, 2023
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The multinational electronics company Xiaomi announced the development of a new power transmission system that can charge a cellphone from across a room without any wires or charging pads.
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A study published in the journal Science Advances finds that AI enhances creativity by boosting the novelty of story ideas as well as the 'usefulness' of stories—their ability to engage the target audience and potential for ...
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Older smartphone users tend to rely more on their phones' auto lock feature compared to younger users, a new UBC study has found. They also prefer using PINs over fingerprints to unlock their phones.
Jun 20, 2019
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University of Texas at Dallas researchers and their international colleagues have developed a method to create micro LEDs that can be folded, twisted, cut and stuck to different surfaces.
Aug 31, 2020
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New technology is headed to a casino near you that can give you a lift when you're down on your slot machine luck or celebrate with you when you win big.
Aug 31, 2023
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Could your smartphone be spying on you?
Apr 4, 2022
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On average, 39% of time currently spent on unpaid domestic work could be automated within the next decade, suggest AI experts from the UK and Japan. The findings are published in PLOS ONE by a team led by Ekaterina Hertog ...
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