Aqua-Fi: Underwater WiFi developed using LEDs and lasers
Aquatic internet that sends data through light beams could enable divers to instantly transmit footage from under the sea to the surface.
Jun 11, 2020
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is a private research university located in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. KAUST was founded in 2009 and focuses on graduate education and research, using English as the official language of instruction. It offers programs in Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering; Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering; and Physical Science and Engineering. It was announced in 2013 that KAUST had one of the fastest growing research and citation records in the world.
Internet
Aquatic internet that sends data through light beams could enable divers to instantly transmit footage from under the sea to the surface.
Jun 11, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
A low-cost passive cooling technology made from a polymer film could be used to passively cool buildings in metropolitan areas, avoiding the need for electricity.
Oct 8, 2019
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Security
A new, uncrackable security system created by researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), the University of St Andrews and the Center for Unconventional Processes of Sciences (CUP Sciences) ...
Dec 20, 2019
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Automotive
An inverse mixture-design approach based on machine learning can teach computers to create mixtures from a set of target properties. Developed by KAUST, this could help find high-performance transport fuels that burn efficiently ...
Oct 31, 2022
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Telecom
Sunshine streaming through a window could be directly harnessed for wireless data transmission to electronic devices. KAUST researchers have designed a smart glass system that can modulate the sunlight passing through it, ...
Nov 1, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A solar distillation device can purify brine from reverse osmosis plants with over 10 percent salinity, as well as water taken directly from the Red Sea. The technology offers double the freshwater production rate of existing ...
Jan 26, 2023
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Internet
Emerging forms of thin-film device technologies that rely on alternative semiconductor materials, such as printable organics, nanocarbon allotropes and metal oxides, could contribute to a more economically and environmentally ...
Dec 28, 2022
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Engineering
A material that mimics human skin in strength, stretchability and sensitivity could be used to collect biological data in real time. Electronic skin, or e-skin, may play an important role in next-generation prosthetics, personalized ...
Nov 27, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
A simple cooling system driven by the capture of passive solar energy could provide low-cost food refrigeration and living space cooling for impoverished communities with no access to the electricity grid. The system, which ...
Sep 20, 2021
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Hardware
An inexpensive piece of hardware integrated with solar panel controllers can protect isolated power networks from cyberattacks.
Nov 25, 2022
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