Wearable stretchable electronics: A new design and fabrication process for skin-like integrated circuits
Small wearable or implantable electronics could help monitor our health, diagnose diseases, and provide opportunities for improved, autonomous treatments. But to do this without aggravating or damaging the cells around them, ...
Mar 13, 2024
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Opening new doors in the VR world—literally
Room-scale virtual reality (VR) is one where users explore a VR environment by physically walking through it. The technology provides many benefits, given its highly immersive experience. Yet the drawback is that it requires ...
Mar 13, 2024
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Waymo's robotaxi service expands into Los Angeles, starting free rides in parts of the city
Robotaxis will begin cruising the streets of Los Angeles on Thursday when Google spinoff Waymo starts offering free rides to some of the roughly 50,000 people who have signed up for its driverless ride-hailing service.
Mar 13, 2024
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Novel technologies for transforming wind turbine and power grid stability control
Researchers from the University of Birmingham, U.K., are working on novel ways of preventing threats to grid stability that can result in the loss of power to millions of people, equipment damage, and limited power transfer ...
Mar 13, 2024
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New AI technology enables 3D capture and editing of real-life objects
Imagine performing a sweep around an object with your smartphone and getting a realistic, fully editable 3D model that you can view from any angle. This is fast becoming reality, thanks to advances in AI.
Mar 12, 2024
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Computing's quantum shift
With the race to build a new generation of computers heating up, European companies are eyeing the game-changing opportunities.
Mar 12, 2024
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An oscillating robot can propel itself via the reflection of water waves
Odd things can happen when a wave meets a boundary. In the ocean, tsunami waves that are hardly noticeable in deep water can become quite large at the continental shelf and shore, as the waves slow and their mass moves upward.
High-energy laser weapons: How they work, what they are used for
Nations around the world are rapidly developing high-energy laser weapons for military missions on land and sea, and in the air and space. Visions of swarms of small, inexpensive drones filling the skies or skimming across ...
Mar 8, 2024
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Research team develops mechanoluminescent touchscreen that works underwater
Optical properties of afterglow luminescent particles (ALPs) in mechanoluminescence (ML) and mechanical quenching (MQ) have attracted great attention for diverse technological applications. A team of researchers from Pohang ...
Mar 7, 2024
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TSA unveils passenger self-screening lanes at Vegas airport as 'a step into the future'
Federal airport security officials unveiled passenger self-screening lanes Wednesday at busy Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
Mar 7, 2024
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