Engineering
"Who is Bram Stoker?" Those three words demonstrated the amazing potential of artificial intelligence. It was the answer to a final question in a particularly memorable 2011 episode of Jeopardy!. The three competitors were ...
Jun 4, 2018
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Energy & Green Tech
A Purdue University team has published research that examines the relationship between the active and inactive elements of lithium-ion batteries, and how the micro- and nano-structure of their respective ingredients reflects ...
May 11, 2018
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Engineering
Observing the world's oceans is increasingly a mission assigned to autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)—marine robots that are designed to drift, drive, or glide through the ocean without any real-time input from human ...
May 10, 2018
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Robotics
Even octopuses understand the importance of elbows. When these squishy, loose-limbed cephalopods need to make a precise movement—such as guiding food into their mouth—the muscles in their tentacles contract to create ...
May 2, 2018
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Robotics
A new type of all-terrain microbot that moves by tumbling could help usher in tiny machines for various applications.
Feb 14, 2018
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Engineering
Purdue University researchers have found a method of identifying biological markers in small amounts of blood that they believe could be used to detect a myriad of diseases, infections and different medical conditions at ...
Nov 20, 2017
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers have developed a new type of cooling system for high-performance radars and supercomputers that circulates a liquid coolant directly into electronic chips through an intricate series of tiny microchannels.
Oct 24, 2017
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Engineering
Most football fans have seen players get hit so hard they can barely walk back to the sideline. All too often, those players are back on the field just a few plays later, despite suffering what appears to be a head injury. ...
Sep 21, 2017
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Engineering
TV infomercials offer a world of potential solutions for back pain, but most of them have at least one of three problems—they're unproven, unworkable or just plain unattractive.
Aug 1, 2017
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Robotics
The way insects visualise and hunt their prey could help improve autonomous robotic technology, according to a pioneering new study conducted by a team of engineers and neuroscientists from The University of Adelaide and ...
Jul 17, 2017
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