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Electronics & Semiconductors
A squid-inspired artificial skin that endures harsh environments
Countless hardware and software solutions created over the past decades draw inspiration from animals and natural phenomena. This includes electronic skins (e-skins), flexible and stretchable electronic circuits designed ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Chemists create carbon materials for energy storage device from brewery waste
Modern energy storage systems are an important building block for a climate-friendly future. "Modern" means not only that their performance meets the demands of a high-tech society, but also that they can be produced and ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers develop an oxygen-ion battery
Lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous today, but that does not mean that they are the best solution for all areas of application. TU Wien has now succeeded in developing an oxygen-ion battery that has some important advantages. ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
New microchip links two Nobel Prize-winning techniques
Physicists at Delft University of Technology have built a new technology on a microchip by combining two Nobel Prize-winning techniques for the first time. This microchip could measure distances in materials at high precision—for ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Engineering
New water treatment zaps 'forever chemicals' for good
Engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a new water treatment that removes "forever chemicals" from drinking water safely, efficiently—and for good.
Mar 22, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Can the heat from running computers help grow our food? It's complicated
Digital technologies are changing how food is produced. And it's more than harvesting robots that are arriving on the scene. Companies are now pairing data centers with greenhouses, capturing the heat emitted by computing ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Engineering
Mechanical engineers explore kitchen uses for 3D printing
Cooking devices that incorporate three-dimensional (3D) printers, lasers, or other software-driven processes may soon replace conventional cooking appliances such as ovens, stovetops, and microwaves. But will people want ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Cruise wants to test self-driving cars all over California
General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit on Monday asked California for permission to test the cars across the entire state.
Mar 21, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
An integrated approach to cool: How evaporation and radiation can cool the world
Large-scale, effective, and passive: these descriptions are aptly given to the integrated radiative and evaporative chiller (IREC), designed and tested by researchers at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. The goal of ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Robotics
New Yorkers friendlier than expected as robots take out the trash
A quick search of stereotypes of New Yorkers yields one characteristic that turns up most frequently: rudeness.
Mar 20, 2023 report
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Robotics
Making mind-controlled robots a reality
Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed biosensor technology that will allow people to operate devices such as robots and machines solely through thought control.
Mar 20, 2023
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Hi Tech & Innovation
This 'electronic tattoo' can tell when you're stressed out
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a temporary "e-tattoo" for the palm that can track excitement and stress using the skin's electrical conductivity. The e-tattoo could be a reliable way for people ...
Mar 20, 2023
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Robotics
Researchers develop head-worn device to control mobile manipulators
More than five million people in the United States live with some form of paralysis and may encounter difficulties completing everyday tasks, like grabbing a glass of water or putting on clothes. New research from Carnegie ...
Mar 20, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Team develops electronic skin as flexible as crocodile skin
The development of electronic skin with multiple senses is essential for various fields, including rehabilitation, health care, prosthetic limbs, and robotics. One of the key components of this technology is stretchable pressure ...
Mar 17, 2023
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