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Body cameras, live streaming bring search and rescue into the next generation
New digital tools developed and tested at Simon Fraser University have the potential to revolutionize wilderness search and rescue efforts.
May 16, 2022
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Next-generation weather reporting: Versatile, flexible, and economical sensors
Have you ever been trapped in an unexpected torrential downpour? Weather forecasting systems have always tried to anticipate adverse weather events. These systems, however, are heavily dependent on bulky, stationary, expensive ...
May 13, 2022
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Engineers invent adjustable, compact marine winch, offering flexibility and improved vessel operations
Most research operations and missions require winches for hauling and retrieving equipment over the side of ships. A winch is used to hoist items to and from the deck such as nets, vehicles and other scientific equipment. ...
Mar 16, 2022
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CXL-based memory disaggregation technology opens up a new direction for big data solution frameworks
A team from the Computer Architecture and Memory Systems Laboratory (CAMEL) at KAIST presented a new compute express link (CXL) solution whose directly accessible, and high-performance memory disaggregation opens new directions ...
Mar 16, 2022
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Immersive motion ball a potential VR training tool
Professor Rob Lindeman, Director of the University's Human Interface Technology Lab (HIT Lab NZ), says the NOVA, purchased at the end of last year, has huge potential for training as well as educational purposes. The device ...
Mar 10, 2022
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Lab's best friend: 3D-printed dog treat dispenser outperforms predecessors
A fair amount of dog-related research, including some conducted at Nebraska's Canine Cognition and Human Interaction Lab, involves automatically dispensing treats that reinforce behaviors and help test a dog's ability to learn.
Feb 24, 2022
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Researchers use solar cells to achieve fast underwater wireless communication
Although solar cells are typically designed to turn light into power, researchers have shown that they can also be used to achieve underwater wireless optical communication with high data rates. The new approach—which used ...
Feb 16, 2022
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AI light-field camera reads 3D facial expressions
A joint research team led by Professors Ki-Hun Jeong and Doheon Lee from the KAIST Department of Bio and Brain Engineering reported the development of a technique for facial expression detection by merging near-infrared light-field ...
Jan 21, 2022
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Aircraft in radio contact: Developing simulation tools for transponder occupancy
Transponders are part of the mandatory equipment of civil aircraft: they are electronic devices that respond to radar interrogations and thus help air traffic control and the air collision avoidance systems of other aircraft ...
Jan 21, 2022
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Developing an ultra-scalable artificial synapse
A research team, led by Assistant Professor Desmond Loke from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), has developed a new type of artificial synapse based on two-dimensional (2D) materials for highly scalable ...
Dec 23, 2021
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Walking in a 360° video with foot vibrations for seated observers
Walking is a basic human activity that improves human physical and mental health. However, physical disabilities and the COVID-19 pandemic have discouraged people from walking outside. To remove these limitations, a research ...
Dec 21, 2021
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Researchers developed DIY 3D-printed peristaltic pump kits for microfluidics
The development of microfluidic systems for lab-on-a-chip (LoC) and organs-on-a-chip (OoC) applications require precise fluid flow control. Typically, on-chip flows are controlled by integrating a microfluidic chip with external ...
Dec 20, 2021
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IBM and Samsung team up to design vertical transport field effect transistors
Officials from IBM and Samsung announced at this year's IEDM conference in San Francisco a collaboration on a new chip design that adds transistors vertically on a chip. As part of their announcement, they suggested that ...
Dec 16, 2021 report
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Magnetic domain wall devices closer to industrial reality
Magnetic domain wall devices have attracted great attention as a promising beyond-CMOS device concept for functional scaling. The spintronics-based technology could provide a platform where both logic and memory might connect, ...
Dec 13, 2021
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