Electronics & Semiconductors
The energy demands of today's ubiquitous small electronic devices—including sensors, data transmitters, medical implants and 'wearable' consumer products such as Fitbits—can no longer be met by chemical batteries alone. ...
Apr 18, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
A multi-institutional team of Chinese engineers has developed a proof-of-concept calcium-based battery that withstands 700 charge cycles at room temperature. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes ...
Engineering
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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Engineering
3-D printing has the potential to revolutionize product design and manufacturing in a vast range of fields—from custom components for consumer products, to 3-D printed dental products and bone and medical implants that ...
Apr 6, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
When hungry consumers want to know how many calories are in a bag of chips, they can check the nutrition label on the bag. When those same consumers want to check the security and privacy practices of a new IoT device, they ...
May 29, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
(Tech Xplore)—The makers of something titled the Matrix PowerWatch have a painful reminder for those of us who live our daily digital lives. Oh boy,imagining the scene hurts. Consider the vast numbers of batteries thrown ...
Machine learning & AI
he popular press and consumers are going too easy on ChatGPT, says Johns Hopkins University cybersecurity and artificial intelligence expert Anton Dahbura. According to him, the unreliability of such large language models, ...
Jul 17, 2023
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Engineering
Like something out of a spy movie, thermal cameras make it possible to "see" heat by converting infrared radiation into an image. They can detect infrared light given off by animals, vehicles, electrical equipment and even ...
Jun 8, 2023
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Computer Sciences
A machine learning tool developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute (RI) could potentially allow beginner and professional designers to create 3D virtual models of everything from customized ...
Apr 6, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
The EU's executive arm proposed new rules on Wednesday that would force manufacturers to allow customers to have broken products repaired, in a bid to cut the number thrown out.
Mar 22, 2023
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