Hardware
In recent years, engineers and computer scientists have created a wide range of technological tools that can enhance fitness training experiences, including smart watches, fitness trackers, sweat-resistant earphones or headphones, ...
Sep 13, 2022 feature
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Computer Sciences
Researchers at Chongqing University in China have recently developed a cost-sensitive meta-learning classifier that can be used when the training data available is high-dimensional or limited. Their classifier, called SPFCNN-Miner, ...
Jun 19, 2019 feature
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a low-cost device that can harness energy from wind as gentle as a light breeze and store it as electricity.
Oct 6, 2022
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Robotics
Running is great exercise but not everyone feels great doing it. In hopes of boosting physical activity—and possibly creating a new mode of transportation—engineers at Stanford University are studying devices that people ...
Mar 25, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Costs of solar panels have plummeted over the last several years, leading to rates of solar installations far greater than most analysts had expected. But with most of the potential areas for cost savings already pushed to ...
Jan 27, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
A new study shows that, contrary to widespread belief within the solar power industry, new kinds of solar cells and panels don't necessarily have to last for 25 to 30 years in order to be economically viable in today's market.
Sep 19, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Extracting a dollar's worth of cryptocurrency such as bitcoin from the deep Web consumes three times more energy than digging up a dollar's worth of gold, researchers said Monday.
Nov 5, 2018
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Energy & Green Tech
Electrical cables have been suspended over trams and trolley tracks for more than 140 years. They've electrified bullet trains in Japan and Amtrak railways that connect Washington D.C and Boston. Now the United States, Germany, ...
Apr 14, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The issue of achieving the target of net-zero CO2 emissions has emerged as a matter of future survival of mankind, with the impact of climate change causing a palpable sense of crisis in the everyday lives of people. The ...
Apr 5, 2023
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Business
Fusion energy is often hailed as a limitless source of clean energy, but new research from Princeton University suggests that may only be true if the price is right.
Mar 16, 2023
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