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Cheap 3-D printer can produce self-folding materials

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have used an inexpensive 3-D printer to produce flat plastic items that, when heated, fold themselves into predetermined shapes, such as a rose, a boat or even a bunny.

Engineering

11 hours ago
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Future wearable device could tell how we power human movement

For athletes and weekend warriors alike, returning from a tendon injury too soon often ensures a trip right back to physical therapy. However, a new technology developed by University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers could ...

Engineering

9 hours ago
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Glowing contact lens could prevent a leading cause of blindness

Hundreds of millions of people suffer from diabetes worldwide, putting them at risk for a creeping blindness, or diabetic retinopathy, that comes with the disease in its more advanced stages. Existing treatments, though effective, ...

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19 hours ago
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Going with the hypersonic flow

"Unless you're trying to get to space or blow something up, there's nothing moving at hypersonic speeds," said Alan Kastengren.

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14 hours ago
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Paint job transforms walls into sensors, interactive surfaces

Walls are what they are—big, dull dividers. With a few applications of conductive paint and some electronics, however, walls can become smart infrastructure that sense human touch, and detect things like gestures and when ...

Engineering Computer Sciences

Apr 23, 2018
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MoS2 transistor that can be used with bendable OLED displays

A team of researchers from Yonsei University, and Chung-Ang University, both in Korea, has developed a MoS2 transistor that can be used with bendable OLED displays. In their paper published on the open access site Science ...

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Apr 23, 2018
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Researchers illuminate the path to a new era of microelectronics

A new microchip technology capable of optically transferring data could solve a severe bottleneck in current devices by speeding data transfer and reducing energy consumption by orders of magnitude, according to an article ...

Engineering

Apr 21, 2018
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FlyJacket: Upper-body exoskeleton turns focus on drones

A drone you can control with your body? You guessed it. The technology at play is in the form of an exosuit. A Swiss team stepped up to the challenge of making one to do just that.

Engineering

Apr 20, 2018
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Researchers achieve HD video streaming at 10,000 times lower power

Wearable cameras such as Snap Spectacles promise to share videos of live concerts or surgeries instantaneously with the world. But because these cameras must use smaller batteries to stay lightweight and functional, these ...

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Apr 19, 2018
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Advanced 3-D printed parts for NASA's Orion designed to hold up to extreme temperatures

3-D printing is securing an exciting foothold in space exploration. A NASA spacecraft will include 3-D printed parts—these are for NASA's Orion mission. The spacecraft will eventually send astronauts to the Moon and beyond.

Engineering

Apr 19, 2018
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Researchers create kinetic clothes to monitor body movements

Deakin researchers have engineered the next generation of wearable technology, using strain sensing textile fibres to create clothing that keeps track of its wearer's movements.

Engineering

Apr 19, 2018
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3-D printed active metamaterials for sound and vibration control

Researchers have been pushing the capabilities of materials by carefully designing precise structures that exhibit abnormal properties that can control acoustic or optical waves. However, these metamaterials are constructed ...

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Apr 12, 2018
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Tiny injectable sensor could provide unobtrusive, long-term alcohol monitoring

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a miniature, ultra-low power injectable biosensor that could be used for continuous, long-term alcohol monitoring. The chip is small enough to be implanted ...

Engineering

Apr 10, 2018
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Computer system transcribes words users 'speak silently'

MIT researchers have developed a computer interface that can transcribe words that the user verbalizes internally but does not actually speak aloud.

Engineering

Apr 05, 2018
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Shrimp-inspired camera may enable underwater navigation

The underwater environment may appear to the human eye as a dull-blue, featureless space. However, a vast landscape of polarization patterns appear when viewed through a camera that is designed to see the world through the ...

Engineering

Apr 04, 2018
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What lies beneath: 'Cognitive' GPR could vastly speed urban construction

Digging a hole in most major cities—for new construction or infrastructure repair—is no minor undertaking.

Engineering

Apr 04, 2018
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Researchers devise novel ultrafast laser beam steering for autonomous cars that is less complex, uses less power

Researchers at Purdue University and Stanford University believe they have found a novel laser light sensing technology that is more robust and less expensive than currently available with a wide range of uses, including ...

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Apr 03, 2018
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Researchers in Japan focus on a way to mix rocket fuel ingredients

How to make rocket launches possible has advanced to a more recent question: How to make frequent rocket launches safely.

Engineering

Apr 01, 2018
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Cat-like 'hearing' with device tens of trillions times smaller than human eardrum

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are developing atomically thin "drumheads" able to receive and transmit signals across a radio frequency range far greater than what we can hear with the human ear.

Engineering

Mar 30, 2018
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Now you see it: Evading detection by an infrared camera, octopus style

Materials inspired by disappearing Hollywood dinosaurs and real-life shy squid have been invented by UCI engineers, according to new findings in Science this Friday.

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Mar 29, 2018
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How self-driving cars could shrink parking lots

New U of T Engineering research shows that adoption of self-driving cars—also known as autonomous vehicles (AVs)—could significantly reduce the amount of valuable urban space dedicated to parking.

Engineering

Mar 28, 2018
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3-DIY: Printing your own bioprinter

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a low-cost 3-D bioprinter by modifying a standard desktop 3-D printer, and they have released the breakthrough designs as open source so that anyone can build their ...

Engineering

Mar 27, 2018
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Self-powered wireless sensors embedded in roads could spot potholes and other hazards

Spring is here and the roads are a mess. But the days of motorists calling to report potholes may someday be a thing of the past.

Engineering

Mar 27, 2018
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Flexible ultrasound patch could make it easier to inspect damage in odd-shaped structures

Researchers have developed a stretchable, flexible patch that could make it easier to perform ultrasound imaging on odd-shaped structures, such as engine parts, turbines, reactor pipe elbows and railroad tracks—objects ...

Engineering

Mar 23, 2018
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Scientists develop tiny tooth-mounted sensors that can track what you eat

Monitoring in real time what happens in and around our bodies can be invaluable in the context of health care or clinical studies, but not so easy to do. That could soon change thanks to new, miniaturized sensors developed ...

Engineering

Mar 22, 2018
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