How sensors monitor and measure our bodies and the world around us
Sensors are all around. They are in automatic doors, at cash registers, in doctors' offices and hospitals. They are used inside the body and outside.
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Energy & Green Tech
How clean electricity can upgrade the value of captured carbon
A team of researchers from U of T Engineering has created a new process for converting carbon dioxide (CO2) captured from smokestacks into commercially valuable products, such as fuels and plastics.
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Business
Airbnb seeks valuation up to $35 bn in IPO filing
Airbnb is seeking to raise some $2.6 billion in its upcoming share offering, which could give the home-sharing giant a valuation as high as $35 billion, an updated regulatory filing showed Tuesday.
Dec 1, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Australia's states have been forced to go it alone on renewable energy, but it's a risky strategy
Several Australian states are going it alone on the the energy transition. The policies adopted by New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and others represent major departures from the existing national approach, and run counter ...
Dec 1, 2020
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Electronics & Semiconductors
For neural research, wireless chip shines light on the brain
Researchers have developed a chip that is powered wirelessly and can be surgically implanted to read neural signals and stimulate the brain with both light and electrical current. The technology has been demonstrated successfully ...
Nov 18, 2020
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers break magnetic memory speed record
Spintronic devices are attractive alternatives to conventional computer chips, providing digital information storage that is highly energy efficient and also relatively easy to manufacture on a large scale. However, these ...
Oct 28, 2020
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Electronics & Semiconductors
OPD optical sensors that reproduce any color
Photodiodes are optical sensors that convert the energy of light into electrical energy. Organic photodiodes (OPDs) respond quickly and have the advantage of being able to realize colors free from color filters because they ...
Oct 21, 2020
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Robotics
'Digit' robot for sale and ready to perform manual labor
Robot maker Agility, a spinoff created by researchers from Oregon State University, has announced that parties interested in purchasing one of its Digit robots can now do so. The human-like robot has been engineered to perform ...
Energy & Green Tech
AI technology can predict vanadium flow battery performance and cost
Vanadium flow batteries (VFBs) are promising for stationary large-scale energy storage due to their high safety, long cycle life, and high efficiency.
Sep 28, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
When it comes to battery dendrite formation, a negative number yields positive results
Consumer demand has driven engineers to design batteries that are more compact while at the same time maintaining, or even improving, their capacity.
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