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Common WiFi can detect weapons, bombs and chemicals in bags

Ordinary WiFi can easily detect weapons, bombs and explosive chemicals in bags at museums, stadiums, theme parks, schools and other public venues, according to a Rutgers University-New Brunswick-led study.

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Aug 15, 2018
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'Building up' stretchable electronics to be as multipurpose as your smartphone

By stacking and connecting layers of stretchable circuits on top of one another, engineers have developed an approach to build soft, pliable "3-D stretchable electronics" that can pack a lot of functions while staying thin ...

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Aug 13, 2018
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Researchers incorporate optoelectronic diodes into fibers and weave them into washable fabrics

The latest development in textiles and fibers is a kind of soft hardware that you can wear: cloth that has electronic devices built right into it.

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Aug 08, 2018
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Smart wristband with link to smartphones could monitor health, environmental exposures

Rutgers University-New Brunswick engineers have created a smart wristband with a wireless connection to smartphones that will enable a new wave of personal health and environmental monitoring devices.

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Aug 06, 2018
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Ancient arts are inspiring modern electronics

After a few decades of electronics developing at a dizzying pace – from personal computers and flip phones to wearable devices, smartphones and tablets – there are signs technological breakthroughs are stalling. For instance, ...

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Aug 03, 2018
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Soft grippers can be 3-D printed on board ships to safely sample different types of sea life

The deep ocean—dark, cold, under high pressure, and airless—is notoriously inhospitable to humans, yet it teems with organisms that manage to thrive in its harsh environment. Studying those creatures requires specialized ...

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Aug 01, 2018
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Memory-processing unit could bring memristors to the masses

A new way of arranging advanced computer components called memristors on a chip could enable them to be used for general computing, which could cut energy consumption by a factor of 100.

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Jul 30, 2018
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Pictures of success in 3-D printing

Across the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, teams are tackling different scientific problems associated with additive manufacturing, often referred to as 3-D printing, so as to advance our understanding ...

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Jul 27, 2018
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Photosynthesis and engines evolved in remarkably similar ways

A plant: natural, grown, leafy. An internal combustion engine: artificial, machined, metallic.

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Jul 26, 2018
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Research team optimizing radiation detection by drone networks

Drones are increasingly important tools for law enforcement agencies. Among other uses, drones can be equipped with sensors to detect radioactive material that is illicitly transported.

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Jul 24, 2018
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Engineers develop world's most efficient semiconductor for thermal management

Working to address "hotspots" in computer chips that degrade their performance, UCLA engineers have developed a new semiconductor material, defect-free boron arsenide, that is more effective at drawing and dissipating waste ...

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Jul 19, 2018
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Tiny electronic chip provides big boost to treat hundreds of millions with brain and central nervous system disorders

Purdue University researchers have created an electronic chip that may provide improved support for the hundreds of millions of people worldwide the World Health Organization says are affected by neurological disorders.

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Jul 18, 2018
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Electronic stickers to streamline large-scale 'internet of things'

Billions of objects ranging from smartphones and watches to buildings, machine parts and medical devices have become wireless sensors of their environments, expanding a network called the "internet of things."

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Jul 17, 2018
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Forget joysticks—use your torso to pilot drones

Imagine piloting a drone using the movements of your torso only and leaving your head free to look around, much like a bird. EPFL research has just shown that using your torso to pilot flying machines is indeed more immersive—and ...

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Jul 16, 2018
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Popcorn robotics: Cornell team explored heated kernels

From Cornell University, you now have popcorn -driven robotic actuators to think about. Take it with a grain of, well, common sense. As IEEE Spectrum 's subhead said, "Popcorn is a cheap, biodegradable way to actuate a robot ...

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Jul 13, 2018
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Researchers use coal waste to create sustainable concrete

Washington State University researchers have created a sustainable alternative to traditional concrete using coal fly ash, a waste product of coal-based electricity generation.

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Jul 12, 2018
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New model quantifies communities' vulnerability to the spread of fire

Firefighters know all too well that fires spread quickly, igniting chains of forestland made vulnerable by dry weather, and driven by wind.

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Jul 12, 2018
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How Nantes team's 3-D printing may alter shape of homes to come

For some months now, a 3D printed house in Nantes has drawn lots of attention, not just because a printer was involved but also because it went up from start to finish so quickly (54 hours to print, then add some more time ...

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Jul 10, 2018
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Engineers develop origami electronics from cheap, foldable paper

UC Berkeley engineers have given new meaning to the term "working paper." Using inexpensive materials, they have fabricated foldable electronic switches and sensors directly onto paper, along with prototype generators, supercapacitors ...

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Jul 09, 2018
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Smart bandages designed to monitor and tailor treatment for chronic wounds

A team of engineers led by Tufts University has developed a prototype bandage designed to actively monitor the condition of chronic wounds and deliver appropriate drug treatments to improve the chances of healing. While the ...

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Jul 06, 2018
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South Korea team may inspire fingerprints as fave phone opener

Smart fingerprint sensor arrays for the smartphone have become a focal point of new research. Fingerprint sensors are getting a rethink, and the strategy being proposed is now reported in Nature Communications. The report ...

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Jul 06, 2018
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Merging antenna and electronics boosts energy and spectrum efficiency

By integrating the design of antenna and electronics, researchers have boosted the energy and spectrum efficiency for a new class of millimeter wave transmitters, allowing improved modulation and reduced generation of waste ...

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Jul 05, 2018
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Ultrathin electronic tattoos for wearable computing

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering are using an off-the-shelf printer to develop robust, highly flexible, tattoo-like circuits for use in wearable computing.

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Jul 04, 2018
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Researchers report haptic interface for mobile technology

Communication could step beyond reading a cellular phone screen with a new technique by Purdue College of Engineering researchers to learn and read messages through a person's sense of touch.

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Jul 03, 2018
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NASA prepares to go public with quiet supersonic tech

Arriving 49,000 feet above the test site, higher than the airlines fly, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center test pilot Jim "Clue" Less shuts down his F/A-18's afterburners moving just shy of Mach 1, the speed of sound, ...

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Jul 03, 2018
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