Are our pets leaking information about us?
Pet and animal-related apps are creating cybersecurity risks to their owners, new research has shown.
Feb 27, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Could an app let you know if a first date is just not that into you?
Could an app tell if a first date is just not that into you? Engineers at the University of Cincinnati say the technology might not be far off. They trained a computer—using data from wearable technology that measures respiration, ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Engineering
Are we there yet? Time slows down on crowded train
Testing time perception in an unusually lifelike setting—a virtual reality ride on a New York City subway train—an interdisciplinary Cornell research team found that crowding makes time seem to pass more slowly.
Nov 29, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Underwater movement sensor can sound the alarm when a swimmer might be drowning
Many flexible fitness trackers can't be submerged in water because the coatings required to completely seal these devices would make them uncomfortable to wear. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano have applied a thin, ...
Oct 7, 2022
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Engineering
Wearable sensors styled into t-shirts and face masks
Imperial researchers have embedded new low-cost sensors that monitor breathing, heart rate, and ammonia into t-shirts and face masks.
Sep 23, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Researchers achieve world's first international holographic teleportation
Holographic teleportation sounds like something out of Star Wars or Star Trek, but instead of the bridge of a flashy interstellar spaceship, a world-first technological achievement took place in a nondescript boardroom on ...
Aug 4, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A health monitoring wearable that operates without a battery
A new self-powered, wristwatch-style health monitor invented by researchers at the University of California, Irvine can keep track of a wearer's pulse and wirelessly communicate with a nearby smartphone or tablet—without ...
Jul 13, 2022
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Using electric signals from human brains, new software can perform computerized image editing
Soon, computers could sense that users have a problem and come to the rescue. This is one of the possible implications of new research at University of Copenhagen and University of Helsinki.
Jun 24, 2022
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Machine learning & AI
Next-generation micro-expression database with depth information and high ecological validity
Chinese researchers have established CAS(ME)3, a large-scale, spontaneous micro-expression database with depth information and high ecological validity. It is expected to lead the next generation of micro-expression analysis.
May 16, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Tiny devices pave way for self-charging smart tech
Self-charging smartwatches and health trackers could be a step closer following the development of tiny mechanical devices powered by movement, a study suggests.
Apr 26, 2022
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