Robotics
Microhydraulic actuators are designed to convert electrical power into mechanical power on a microscale with more power density and higher efficiency. Essentially, these new actuators work by combining the surface tension ...
Oct 02, 2018 feature
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Energy & Green Tech
A German power firm will launch demonstrations of a one-of-a-kind, triple-threat power generating platform off Iraklio, Greece, later this year.
May 27, 2020 report
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Engineering
Autonomous vehicles relying on light-based image sensors often struggle to see through blinding conditions, such as fog. But MIT researchers have developed a sub-terahertz-radiation receiving system that could help steer ...
Feb 14, 2019
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Computer Sciences
(Tech Xplore)—A team of researchers from several institutions in China has applied deep learning by a computer to the problem of reading visual imagery in the brain and then reproduced it in a 2-D format. A paper describing ...
May 08, 2017 report
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Energy & Green Tech
Workers with Ennoviga Solar and Lightsource Renewable Energy are set to unveil the largest floating solar array in the world, later this month. The five year project was commissioned by Thames Water and the electricity produced ...
Mar 03, 2016 weblog
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Engineering
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in South Korea has developed a stretchable memory device that can be applied to the skin and used as part of a heart rate monitor. In their paper published in the ...
Jan 04, 2016 report
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Sony's advance in image sensors appears quite natural: the company has developed a set of curved CMOS image sensors based on the curvature of the eye. A report on the sensors in IEEE Spectrum said that, "in a bit of biomimicry," ...
Jun 14, 2014 weblog
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Computer Sciences
Lips are famously sensual but, together with the gums and tongue, they are also surprisingly sensitive, second only to the fingertips in nerve density. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have exploited this latter ...
May 02, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
An artificial electronic retina that can "see" in a similar way to the human vision system and can recognize handwritten digits has been built by KAUST researchers as they seek to develop better options for computer vision ...
Feb 23, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Researchers have created a device that enables them to electronically steer and focus a beam of terahertz electromagnetic energy with extreme precision. This opens the door to high-resolution, real-time imaging devices that ...
Feb 18, 2022
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