Robotics
A moth-shaped robot used an artificial circulatory system to deliver chemical building blocks through its body and grow a light sensor where UV light struck.
Oct 30, 2026
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Robotics
For decades, event cameras, which emulate the biological retina by continuously monitoring changes in light intensity, have promised to revolutionize how robots perceive the world by allowing them to react faster and operate ...
Oct 30, 2026
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Engineering
When electronics need to stretch, bend or flex, like a wearable sensor or a shape-changing robot, liquid metal often carries the electricity that makes them work.
Oct 29, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Curtin University researchers may have found a new way to help police trace 3D-printed firearms, after developing a new method of analyzing the plastic used to make them. Homemade plastic weapons present a growing challenge ...
Oct 29, 2026
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Engineering
MIT researchers have developed a new type of origami-based construction method that could be used to build complex structures that are cheaper and easier to assemble and use less material than those built with some conventional ...
Oct 27, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Smartphones and computers process information by switching the current that flows inside semiconductors on and off. The gate electrode delivers the signal that controls this switching. Until now, gate electrodes have typically ...
Oct 26, 2026
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Engineering
Florida International University researchers have developed a new way to detect incoming drones using the unique magnetic signatures generated by their motors—offering a detection method that is stealthier, safer and cheaper ...
Oct 25, 2026
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Robotics
Lab-grown skeletal muscle tissue can contract, but the movement is often so slight that it is barely visible. This poses a problem for biohybrid robots designed to move using living muscles. Researchers at ETH Zurich have ...
Oct 22, 2026
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Hardware
Smart glasses need compact, efficient displays that can produce detailed images without drawing too much power. Laser beam scanning is one approach to meeting these requirements. Rather than using a fixed array of pixels, ...
Oct 20, 2026
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Engineering
A small stream of liquid flows quietly in midair, horizontally, as if inside an invisible tube. Nothing touches it. About 5 centimeters (2 inches) away, a cylinder lined with hundreds of tiny speakers surrounds the stream, ...
Oct 20, 2026
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