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Engineering
New smart jacket uses AI to prevent overheating and discomfort
Electronic textiles, such as heating pads and electric blankets, can keep the wearer warm and help ease aches and pains. However, prolonged use of these devices could cause heat-related illnesses, including hyperthermia or ...
Feb 13, 2025
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Engineering
Engineers enable a drone to determine its position in the dark and indoors
In the future, autonomous drones could be used to shuttle inventory between large warehouses. A drone might fly into a semi-dark structure the size of several football fields, zipping along hundreds of identical aisles before ...
Feb 13, 2025
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Machine learning transforms mini biohybrid ray design, doubling swimming efficiency
A new study shows an application of machine-learning directed optimization (ML-DO) that efficiently searches for high-performance design configurations in the context of biohybrid robots. Applying a machine learning approach, ...
Feb 13, 2025
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Augmented reality enables users to sense and experience architecture that doesn't exist yet
How can we increase our understanding and commitment to environmentally friendly architecture? There is much evidence to suggest that visualization using AR can help us.
Feb 13, 2025
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English soccer to debut semi-automated offside technology in FA Cup
English soccer will use semi-automated offside technology for the first time in the fifth round of the FA Cup at the start of March.
Feb 13, 2025
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Robotics
Biohybrid hand uses sushi-like rolls of lab-grown human muscle to move objects
A biohybrid hand which can move objects and do a scissor gesture has been built by a team at the University of Tokyo and Waseda University in Japan. The researchers used thin strings of lab-grown muscle tissue bundled into ...
Feb 12, 2025
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Engineering
Engineers develop a fully 3D-printed electrospray engine that can power tiny satellites
An electrospray engine applies an electric field to a conductive liquid, generating a high-speed jet of tiny droplets that can propel a spacecraft. These miniature engines are ideal for small satellites called CubeSats that ...
Feb 12, 2025
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Engineering
Holograms boost 3D printing efficiency and resolution
While traditional 3D printers work by depositing layers of material, tomographic volumetric additive manufacturing (TVAM) involves shining laser light at a rotating vial of resin until it hardens where accumulated energy ...
Feb 12, 2025
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Engineering
Sofas that self-assemble when you heat them up? How 4D printing could transform manufacturing
Imagine buying a flat sheet from a furniture store that changes into a sofa when you heat it with a hairdryer. Or consider the value of a stent that precisely expands inside a patient's artery, adapting to their unique anatomy.
Feb 12, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
More than 400 lives saved with NASA's search and rescue tech in 2024
The same search and rescue technologies developed by NASA for astronaut missions to space help locate and rescue people across the United States and around the world.
Feb 12, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Waste to wealth: Pomelo peel can be used for electricity generation and sensing devices
Pomelo is a large citrus fruit commonly grown in Southeast and East Asia. It has a very thick peel, which is typically discarded, resulting in a considerable amount of food waste. In a new study published in ACS Applied Materials ...
Feb 11, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Precision in miniature: New microgripper technology for electronics assembly
Microgrippers are essential tools for manipulating minute objects, with applications ranging from medical biopsies to microassembly in electronics. However, traditional microgripper technologies have faced significant limitations, ...
Feb 11, 2025
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Telecom
Electromagnetic wave absorber enhances terahertz technology for future 6G networks
Sixth-generation, or 6G, cellular networks are the next step in wireless communication, and electromagnetic terahertz waves are seen as crucial to its development. However, terahertz waves, with their higher frequency and ...
Feb 10, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Recyclable artificial vision system uses honey as an electrolyte
A new form of energy-efficient artificial vision system inspired by the human brain and made in part using honey could help reduce the impact of electronic waste.
Feb 10, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
AI is transforming the search for new materials that can help create the technologies of the future
From the bronze age to the Industrial Revolution and beyond, the discovery and development of new materials has been a driving force in human history. These novel materials have helped advance technology and shape civilizations.
Feb 10, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
High-definition organic LED microdisplays with reduced electrical crosstalk could enhance VR and AR experiences
The rapid advancement of the electronics industry is opening new possibilities for the development of increasingly advanced device components, including displays. Many of the most widely used and highly performing displays ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
AI model masters new terrain at NASA facility one scoop at a time
Extraterrestrial landers sent to gather samples from the surface of distant moons and planets have limited time and battery power to complete their mission. Aerospace and computer science engineering researchers at The Grainger ...
Feb 7, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Electricity-producing slime could power floors, shoes and more
University of Guelph (U of G) researchers have developed a slime-like material that produces electricity when compressed. When the team studied their prototype using the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan, ...
Feb 6, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
'Living' electrodes breathe new life into traditional silicon electronics
High-speed electronic devices that do not use much power are useful for wireless communication. High-speed operation has traditionally been achieved by making devices smaller, but as devices become smaller, fabrication becomes ...
Feb 5, 2025
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Engineering
Scientists enhance high-resolution distributed temperature sensing using plastic optical fibers
Scientists have developed a new approach to significantly enhance the spatial resolution of distributed temperature sensing using plastic optical fibers (POFs). Their work demonstrates the successful detection of temperature ...
Feb 5, 2025
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Engineering
Volcanic ash can be used for radiation shielding, researchers find
Researchers from the Ateneo de Manila University and from National University- Mall of Asia Campus have found a surprising new use for the copious amounts of volcanic ash scattered across the Philippines: It can be used to ...
Feb 4, 2025
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Engineering
Encoding many properties in one material via 3D printing
A class of synthetic soft materials called liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) can change shape in response to heat, similar to how muscles contract and relax in response to signals from the nervous system. 3D printing these ...
Feb 3, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
AI-powered self-healing asphalt: A step toward sustainable net-zero roads
Self-healing asphalt roads, made from biomass waste and designed with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), could offer a promising solution to the UK's pothole problem, which is estimated to cost £143.5 million a year.
Feb 3, 2025
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Engineering
Shaping the future of displays: Clay-based device integrates light emission and color control
Electrochemical stimuli-responsive materials are gaining more attention in the world of display technology. Based on external stimuli, such as low voltage, these materials can instantaneously undergo electrochemical reactions.
Feb 3, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Chip-free wireless sensors could reduce environmental impact of electronic tags
A more sustainable new form of electronic tag could help reduce the vast environmental impact caused by single-use RFID technologies, researchers say.
Jan 31, 2025
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