Robotics
Years ago, MIT Professor Neil Gershenfeld had an audacious thought. Struck by the fact that all the world's living things are built out of combinations of just 20 amino acids, he wondered: Might it be possible to create a ...
Jul 2, 2019
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Robotics
As a genetic material, DNA is responsible for all known life. But DNA is also a polymer. Tapping into the unique nature of the molecule, Cornell engineers have created simple machines constructed of biomaterials with properties ...
Apr 11, 2019
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Electronics & Semiconductors
It is now apparent that the mass-produced artifacts of technology in our increasingly densely populated world—whether electronic devices, cars, batteries, phones, household appliances, or industrial robots—are increasingly ...
Oct 11, 2023
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Engineering
Counterfeiting threatens the global economy and security. According to the report issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 2020, the value of global counterfeit and pirated products is estimated ...
Dec 13, 2022
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Engineering
While automated manufacturing is ubiquitous today, it was once a nascent field birthed by inventors such as Oliver Evans, who is credited with creating the first fully automated industrial process, in flour mill he built ...
Oct 20, 2022
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Robotics
My colleagues and I have built a robot composed of many building blocks like the cells of a multicellular organism. Without a "brain" or a central controller in the system, our robot, dubbed Loopy, relies on the collective ...
Feb 26, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
New research from Bowling Green State University finds that generative artificial intelligence—or AI—can blur the lines when it comes to identifying the source of images, but discovered humans still maintain a subsurface ...
Dec 18, 2023
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Engineering
Zhu Zhiqiang, Prof. Si Ting, Prof. Xu Xiaorong, and their colleague from the School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), recently proposed ...
Jun 16, 2023
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Engineering
University of Cambridge architects are inviting visitors to the London Design Biennale to experience a prototype home constructed with flexible wooden partition walls which can be shifted to meet the changing needs of residents. ...
Jun 1, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers at South China Normal University and Soochow University have reported a new difunctional Li-S battery separator (CC-rGO/AB/PP) derived from a novel synthesis method under extreme pressure (1 Pa, -50 C) to promote ...
Dec 9, 2022
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