Robotics
Reflexes protect our bodies—for example when we pull our hand back from a hot stove. These protective mechanisms could also be useful for robots. In this interview, Prof. Sami Haddadin and Johannes Kühn of the Munich School ...
May 5, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Imagine a foldable smartphone or a rollable tablet device that is powerful, reliable and, perhaps most importantly, affordable.
Apr 21, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Over the past decade or so, the semimetal graphene has attracted substantial interest among electronics engineers due to its many advantageous qualities and characteristics. In fact, its high electron mobility, flexibility ...
Engineering
Sensors that can detect magnetic fields have many potential applications, for instance, in the development of sophisticated medical devices and transportation systems. Most approaches for detecting 3D magnetic fields developed ...
Robotics
A team of researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology along with partners at the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, both in China, has developed a tiny robot that can ferry cancer drugs through ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Most of the devices used in our daily lives are operated and controlled by electricity. From the standpoint of safety and the tight supply and demand of electricity, circuit design that satisfies low electromagnetic noise ...
Mar 24, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
For decades, there has been a trend in microelectronics towards ever smaller and more compact transistors. 2D materials such as graphene are seen as a beacon of hope here: they are the thinnest material layers that can possibly ...
Mar 9, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Wind turbine blades spinning through cold, wet conditions can collect ice nearly a foot thick on the yard-wide tips of their blades.
Mar 4, 2021
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Child abuse has continued to rise in recent years, with the number of child abuse reports reaching 133,778 cases in FY2017, or some 12 times the FY1999 level. However, there is an extreme shortage of staff, especially child ...
Feb 25, 2021
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Machine learning & AI
Researchers at Tampere University have successfully used artificial intelligence to predict nonlinear dynamics that take place when ultrashort light pulses interact with matter. This novel solution can be used for efficient ...
Feb 19, 2021
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