The next frontier for drones: Letting them fly out of sight
For years, there's been a cardinal rule for flying civilian drones: Keep them within your line of sight. Not just because it's a good idea—it's also the law.
Jul 6, 2022
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Robotics
For years, there's been a cardinal rule for flying civilian drones: Keep them within your line of sight. Not just because it's a good idea—it's also the law.
Jul 6, 2022
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Telecom
The potential of millimeter-wave wireless power transfer as a solution for the Internet of Things has finally been harnessed by researchers from Tokyo Tech, who have created a device for simultaneous transmission of power ...
Jun 13, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Lithium-ion batteries are currently the preferred technology to power electric vehicles, but they're too expensive for long-duration grid-scale energy storage systems, and lithium itself is becoming more challenging to access.
May 31, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Working with Intel, Google, and colleagues at Dartmouth College, Princeton researchers have completely redesigned the technology for powering high-performance computers, resulting in systems that increase power delivery 10 ...
May 2, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
One day, the demand for electricity to charge electric vehicles may overwhelm the power grid, unless the electricity sector is prepared for the challenge.
Mar 24, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
For decades, silicon-based power transistors (MOSFETs, field-effect transistors) formed the backbone of power conversion systems that convert alternating current (AC) into direct current (DC) and vice versa, or DC from low ...
Mar 21, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Deadly high winds that struck Northern Europe last week generated a record level of wind energy for Poland, covering some 30% of the demand in a country where most of its electricity comes from coal, Poland's power distribution ...
Feb 21, 2022
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Business
Advanced Micro Devices has signed a deal with Facebook, which recently rebranded to Meta, to use AMD chips in its data center computers.
Nov 9, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
At the foot of an Icelandic volcano, a newly-opened plant is sucking carbon dioxide from the air and turning it to rock, locking away the main culprit behind global warming.
Nov 2, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
It is a year since Horizon Nuclear Power, a company owned by Hitachi, confirmed it was pulling out of building the £20 billion Wylfa nuclear power plant on Anglesey in north Wales. The Japanese industrial conglomerate cited ...
Sep 27, 2021
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