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Robotics
Engineered skin tissue grants robots special properties and abilities
Researchers have found a way to bind engineered skin tissue to the complex forms of humanoid robots. This brings with it potential benefits to robotic platforms such as increased mobility, self-healing abilities, embedded ...
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Empowering navigation for the visually impaired through Augmented Reality
Vision loss and visual impairment have long been a significant concern for human well-being amid an increasingly aging population. In a collaborative effort by researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) ...
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Researchers develop dry transfer printing for flexible electronics
Researchers at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), South Korea, have developed an innovative dry transfer printing technique for flexible electronic devices. The study is published in Nature Materials.
Jun 25, 2024
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Model combines physical parameters and machine learning to predict storm tides
Predicting extreme events is essential to the preparation and protection of vulnerable regions, especially at a time of climate change. The city of Santos on the coast of São Paulo state (Brazil) is Latin America's largest ...
Jun 21, 2024
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Virtual and mixed realities converge in new driving simulator
Portobello, a new driving simulator developed by researchers at Cornell Tech, blends virtual and mixed realities, enabling both drivers and passengers to see virtual objects overlaid in the real world.
Jun 20, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Breaking benchmarks: Frontier supercomputer sets new standard in molecular simulation
When scientists pushed the world's fastest supercomputer to its limits, they found those limits stretched beyond even their biggest expectations.
Jun 20, 2024
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Robotics
New soft robotic gripper designed with graphene and liquid crystals
Eindhoven researchers have developed a soft robotic "hand" made from liquid crystals and graphene that could be used to design future surgical robots. The new work has just been published in the journal ACS Applied Materials ...
Jun 18, 2024
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Telecom
Wirelessly-powered relay will help bring 5G technology to smart factories, say researchers
A recently-developed wirelessly-powered 5G relay could accelerate the development of smart factories, report scientists from Tokyo Tech. By adopting a lower operating frequency for wireless power transfer, the proposed relay ...
Jun 17, 2024
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Robotics
A fully edible robot could soon end up on our plate, say scientists
A fully edible robot could soon end up on our plate if we overcome some technical hurdles, say EPFL scientists involved in RoboFood—a project which aims to marry robots and food.
Jun 14, 2024
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From wearables to swallowables: Engineers create GPS-like smart pills with AI
Imagine finding your location without GPS. Now apply this to tracking an item in the body. This has been the challenge with tracking "smart" pills—pills equipped with smart sensors–once swallowed. At the USC Viterbi School ...
Jun 14, 2024
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Using drones will advance the inspection of remote runways in Canada and beyond, research suggests
With weather, limited flights and long distances, gravel runways at remote airports—particularly in northern Canada—are difficult to get to, let alone to inspect for safety.
Jun 14, 2024
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Engineering
New fabric makes urban heat islands more bearable
This year has already seen massive heat waves around the globe, with cities in Mexico, India, Pakistan and Oman hitting temperatures near or past 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit).
Jun 13, 2024
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Could a cockpit warning system prevent close calls between planes at US airports?
As a Delta Air Lines jet began roaring down a runway, an air traffic controller at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport suddenly blurted out an expletive, then ordered the pilots to stop their takeoff roll.
Jun 13, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
New 3D printing technique integrates electronics into microchannels to create flexible, stretchable microfluidic devices
The transition from traditional 2D to 3D microfluidic structures is a significant advancement in microfluidics, offering benefits in scientific and industrial applications. These 3D systems improve throughput through parallel ...
Jun 12, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Incorporating 'touch' into social media interactions can increase feelings of support and approval, study suggests
Including "tactile emoticons" into social media communications can enhance communication, according to a study published June 12, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Alkistis Saramandi and Yee Ki Au from University ...
Jun 12, 2024
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Hi Tech & Innovation
'Flying taxis' to be tested during Paris Olympics: Minister
France's transport minister said Wednesday that so-called "flying taxis"—large futuristic drones capable of transporting several people—would be authorized for use on an experimental basis during the Paris Olympics.
Jun 12, 2024
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Telecom
NASA's laser relay system sends pet imagery to and from Space Station
Using NASA's first two-way, end-to-end laser relay system, pictures and videos of cherished pets flew through space over laser communications links at a rate of 1.2 gigabits per second—faster than most home internet speeds.
Jun 11, 2024
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