Energy & Green Tech
In its bid to become auto-emissions free by 2024, Oslo is poised to become the first city in the world to boast a network of high-powered wireless automotive-battery charging bays.
Engineering
Memory-hungry, power-sapping big data might finally have met its match.
Feb 10, 2020
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Engineering
Engineers at Caltech and Stanford University have developed a tiny prosthetic that enables jellyfish to swim faster and more efficiently than they normally do, without stressing the animals. The researchers behind the project ...
Jan 29, 2020
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Engineering
A computer chip processes and stores information using two different devices. If engineers could combine these devices into one or put them next to each other, then there would be more space on a chip, making it faster and ...
Dec 9, 2019
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Robotics
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a way to build soft robots that are compact, portable and multifunctional. The advance was made possible by creating soft, tubular actuators whose movements ...
Oct 11, 2019
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Engineering
A pair of researchers with the Mechanical and Materials Engineering and Ingenuity Labs at Queen's University has designed a backpack that harnesses the energy from the side-to-side movement of a person walking. In their paper ...
Engineering
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a wearable patch that could provide personalized cooling and heating at home, work, or on the go. The soft, stretchy patch cools or warms a user's skin to ...
May 17, 2019
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Computer Sciences
MIT researchers have developed a novel cryptography circuit that can be used to protect low-power "internet of things" (IoT) devices in the coming age of quantum computing.
Mar 4, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Californians do not purchase electric vehicles because they are cool, they buy EVs because they live in a warm climate. Conventional lithium-ion batteries cannot be rapidly charged at temperatures below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, ...
Jun 28, 2018
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Engineering
MIT researchers have built an ingestible sensor equipped with genetically engineered bacteria that can diagnose bleeding in the stomach or other gastrointestinal problems.
May 24, 2018
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