Engineering
Infrared light cannot be seen, but it can be felt as heat. Lying beyond the red color in the electromagnetic spectrum, it is used by animals to detect prey in the dark and in night vision cameras.
Aug 29, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Discarded crisp bags, ketchup bottles and Tupperware containers speed along conveyer belts at a massive high-tech sorting plant dubbed "Site Zero", which Sweden hopes will revolutionize its plastic recycling.
Mar 27, 2024
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Hardware
Cameras similar to those already on newer model cars, combined with facial recognition tools, could read the "tells" of impairment in the face and upper body of a driver, University of Michigan engineers have shown.
Mar 4, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Imagine heating your home from the ceiling, not from underfloor heating or radiators. Once installed like wallpaper, hi-tech infrared fabric emits heat in a similar way to the sun's rays. This could be a logical way to add ...
Feb 14, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers are going beyond conventional solar panels in a bid to generate heat and electricity from the other external surfaces of buildings.
Jan 29, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Salon-worthy manicures at home and expert skin care advice from artificial intelligence: the beauty industry is counting on tech to get consumers pampered like the rich and famous.
Jan 9, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
As the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) icebreaker Healy takes part in a voyage across the North Pole this summer, it is capturing images of the Arctic to further the study of this rapidly changing region. Lincoln Laboratory researchers ...
Jul 24, 2023
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Engineering
NASA's first two-way laser relay system completed its first year of experiments on June 28—a milestone for a game-changing technology that could be the future for sending and receiving data from space.
Jun 29, 2023
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Engineering
A new material, created at the little-explored intersection of organic and inorganic chemistry, could not only enable more powerful solar panels, but it could also usher in the next generation of cancer treatments.
Jun 12, 2023
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Engineering
Like something out of a spy movie, thermal cameras make it possible to "see" heat by converting infrared radiation into an image. They can detect infrared light given off by animals, vehicles, electrical equipment and even ...
Jun 8, 2023
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