A breakthrough in ceramic 3D printing
For Chinese scientists at Jiangnan University, the shape of things to come rests on a ceramic slurry and 3D printing.
Engineering
For Chinese scientists at Jiangnan University, the shape of things to come rests on a ceramic slurry and 3D printing.
Robotics
The development of stimuli-responsive polymers has brought about a wealth of material-related opportunities for next-generation small-scale, wirelessly controlled soft-bodied robots. For some time now, engineers have known ...
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Engineering
While cellular networks and Wi-Fi systems are more advanced than ever, they are also quickly reaching their bandwidth limits. Scientists know that in the near future they'll need to transition to much higher communication ...
Apr 9, 2024
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Engineering
Do you hate the camera bumps on the back of your smartphone? A new optical component called metalens—which was named one of the top 10 future technologies by the World Economic Forum in 2019—may be the answer. Composed ...
May 9, 2023
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Engineering
Our roads might one day be safer thanks to a completely new type of system that overcomes some of lidar's limitations. Lidar, which uses pulsed lasers to map objects and scenes, helps autonomous robots, vehicles and drones ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Internet
New signal-processing algorithms have been shown to mitigate the impact of turbulence in free-space optical experiments, potentially bringing "free space" internet a step closer to reality.
Dec 20, 2022
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Engineering
Even though robots don't have eyes with retinas, the key to helping them see and interact with the world more naturally and safely may rest in optical coherence tomography (OCT) machines commonly found in the offices of ophthalmologists.
Mar 29, 2022
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Telecom
Telecommunications company Ericsson has teamed up with a company called PowerLight Technologies to send power through the air to run a 5G base station. Both companies have posted the details on their respective websites.
Engineering
A team of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) researchers has designed a 'smart' device to harvest daylight and relay it to underground spaces, reducing the need to draw on traditional energy sources ...
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Amazon is making some noise in technology for augmented reality environments. Amazon Technologies in Seattle has two patents which present systems and methods for projecting a digital world into the room.