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Engineering
New sensors detect explosive materials, viral particles at part-per-quadrillion level
We are frequently reminded of how vulnerable our health and safety are to threats from nature or those who wish to harm us.
May 14, 2021
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Telecom
Laser communications: Empowering more data than ever before
Launching this summer, NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) will showcase the dynamic powers of laser communications technologies. With NASA's ever-increasing human and robotic presence in space, missions ...
May 13, 2021
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Engineering
3D printing company Desktop Metal will now use wood to print
The 3D printing company Desktop Metal has just announced the release of Forust, a new tool using wood to 3D print objects. The company, founded in 2019, focuses on 3D printing for interior design. With printing methods deemed ...
May 08, 2021
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Algorithm for shoe-based blind assistance system
A shoe that tells you where to go: The Lower Austrian company Tec-Innovation has developed an intelligent shoe for detecting obstacles. The shoe, known as InnoMake, has recently been put on the market as an approved medical ...
May 06, 2021
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Pioneering study explores passengers' experiences of self-driving cars in winter conditions
Trust, safety and security are the most important factors affecting passengers' attitudes towards self-driving cars. Younger people felt their personal security to be significantly better than older people.
May 06, 2021
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Engineering
Researchers develop pasta that morphs into shape when cooked
People love pasta for its shapes—from tubes of penne and rigatoni to spirals of fusilli and rotini.
May 05, 2021
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Engineering
3D printing could be used in search for black holes
An X-ray telescope designed to search for supermassive black holes could be built using a novel 3D-printing technique called plasma metal deposition.
May 05, 2021
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Mindblowing: advances in brain tech spur push for 'neuro-rights'
As sci-fi thriller "Inception" topped box offices across the world, audiences were delighted and appalled by its futuristic story of a criminal gang invading people's dreams to steal valuable data.
May 04, 2021
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Engineering
Printing our way out of the Netherlands housing crisis: 'It is desperately needed'
Eindhoven leads the way: for the first time, Dutch residents are moving into a 3D-printed concrete home. Professor Theo Salet of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is the driving force behind Project Milestone, which ...
Apr 30, 2021
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Telecom
Latency-aware optical networking for automated deployment of 5G services
Extremely low transmission latency is one of the key features promised by 5G communication networks. Additionally, smart networking requires technologies that monitor and anticipate failures to facilitate rapid network repair.
Apr 29, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Neurable introduces brain-computer interface headphones
The neurotechnology company Neurable has revealed plans for brain-computer interface (BCI) headphones, similar to previous products designed to learn from human movement and predict intent.
Apr 28, 2021 report
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Engineering
Future drones likely to resemble 300-million-year-old flying machine
University of South Australia researchers have drawn inspiration from a 300-million-year-old superior flying machine—the dragonfly—to show why future flapping wing drones will probably resemble the insect in shape, wings ...
Apr 27, 2021
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Engineering
Cuban engineers' dreams take flight with home-grown drones
Disguised as a sparrowhawk, and convincingly mimicking its predatory cry, a drone made of wood, scrap metal and plastic disperses birds at a Cuban airfield.
Apr 27, 2021
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Hi Tech & Innovation
New York startup aims to leave a mark with ephemeral tattoos
Neither a permanent mark nor a paper transfer: a New York start-up has created the first tattoos that fully disappear after a while, aiming to open the body inking market to new clientele.
Apr 27, 2021
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