Engineering
A line is the shortest distance between two points, but "A-line," a 4-D printing system developed at Carnegie Mellon University, takes a more circuitous route. One-dimensional, "line"-shaped plastic structures produced with ...
Oct 7, 2019
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Robotics
Upon entry into an industrial building on the outer edge of Interbay, a neighborhood in Seattle, the scent of pizza wafts throughout a large room where technology and food converge.
Oct 2, 2019
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Security
India is on a path with dual—and potentially conflicting—goals related to the use of citizen data.
Sep 25, 2019
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Engineering
MIT researchers have, for the first time, fabricated a diamond-based quantum sensor on a silicon chip. The advance could pave the way toward low-cost, scalable hardware for quantum computing, sensing, and communication.
Sep 25, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Microsoft's patent filing recently made public has juiced up curiosity over what Microsoft might debut sooner or later as its own version of a folding computing device.
Engineering
The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) has achieved a breakthrough with transistors based on gallium oxide (ß-Ga2O3). The newly developed ß-Ga2O3-MOSFETs (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor) provide a high breakdown ...
Aug 27, 2019
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Automotive
Currently, 90 percent of fuel used for transportation is petroleum-based, making it one of the key contributors to air pollution worldwide. Recent technological advances, however, are finally enabling the development of new ...
Energy & Green Tech
If every turn of the wheel is a revolution, then every sweep of a wind turbine blade is an opportunity. That's how researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) view the potential for wind plant operators ...
Aug 21, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists said Tuesday they have developed a way of extracting hydrogen from oil without releasing greenhouse gases—a breakthrough they hailed as a "silver bullet" for cleaner energy and the climate.
Aug 20, 2019
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Robotics
Soft robots have a distinct advantage over their rigid forebears: they can adapt to complex environments, handle fragile objects and interact safely with humans. Made from silicone, rubber or other stretchable polymers, they ...
Aug 14, 2019
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