Understanding people's concerns and attitudes toward smart cities
If you own an internet-connected "smart" device, chances are it knows a lot about your home life.
Apr 25, 2023
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Engineering
Smart window—augmented reality for tomorrow's ship management
The precisely transmitted image of the quay wall on the ship's window of the steering bridge, provided with some additional information, for example on current conditions and mooring possibilities—even in fog, darkness ...
Apr 12, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Google has an answer to keeping your work and school life at home on time amid COVID-19 pandemic: Family Bell
There are many things about doing school at home that aren't much like being at school. No lines of cars with kids dragging oversized backpacks, no recess games and no bells to alert students when to get to class.
Aug 6, 2020
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Engineering
Is a stretchable smart tablet in our future?
Engineering researchers at Michigan State University have developed the first stretchable integrated circuit that is made entirely using an inkjet printer, raising the possibility of inexpensive mass production of smart fabric.
Feb 15, 2017
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Consumer & Gadgets
Alexa, Google could be listening to your work calls. Here's what to do.
A reminder to those who are working at home: You might want to turn your Amazon or Google smart home speaker them off, or at the very least, mute the microphone.
Apr 8, 2020
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Engineering
Mask-inspired perovskite smart windows enhance weather resistance and energy efficiency
Thermochromic perovskite is a new color switch material used in energy-saving smart windows. Despite its potential for energy savings, thermochromic perovskite suffers from poor weather resistance, susceptibility to water ...
Apr 25, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Smart glass has a bright future
Buildings are responsible for 40 percent of primary energy consumption and 36 percent of total CO2 emissions. And, as we know, CO2 emissions trigger global warming, sea level rise, and profound changes in ocean ecosystems. ...
Apr 1, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Brilliant Control sports smart lighting, can work with other smart home devices
(Tech Xplore)—A California-based tech company Brilliant on Wednesday announced Brilliant Control, and in so doing showed its ambitions in the smart home marketplace.
Robotics
Centimeter-long snail robot is powered with light
Researchers at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, Poland, used liquid crystal elastomer technology to demonstrate a bio-inspired micro-robot capable of mimicking the adhesive locomotion of snails and slugs ...
Jul 31, 2019
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