With a zap of light, system switches objects' colors and patterns
When was the last time you repainted your car? Redesigned your coffee mug collection? Gave your shoes a colorful facelift?
May 4, 2021
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Engineering
When was the last time you repainted your car? Redesigned your coffee mug collection? Gave your shoes a colorful facelift?
May 4, 2021
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Engineering
Imperial researchers have embedded new low-cost sensors that monitor breathing, heart rate, and ammonia into t-shirts and face masks.
Sep 23, 2022
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Computer Sciences
A team of researchers at Stanford University has developed an AI algorithm that proved to be slightly over 70% accurate at guessing a person's political affiliation after studying a single photograph. In their paper published ...
Computer Sciences
Online shoppers typically string together a few words to search for the product they want, but in a world with millions of products and shoppers, the task of matching those unspecific words to the right product is one of ...
Dec 9, 2019
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Business
Almost all of the clothing sold in America comes from overseas, making a long journey on a shipping container into a domestic port. Peer inside any apparel shipment bound for customs checkpoints, groaning with t-shirts or ...
Mar 22, 2024
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Business
Amazon wants you to buy something while you're having fun.
May 9, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Parked a few feet from the iconic pagoda at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a reimagined E-Z-Go golf cart that's essentially filled with garbage. Plastic bottles tossed into recycling bins months ago are now neatly stacked ...
May 29, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Sneakers made from banana or pineapple leaves, dresses from nettles or fish scales—the search for sustainable materials has taken the fashion industry to some wild places.
Feb 17, 2022
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Software
Whether for sports, at work or in the living room—depending on activity and environment, our clothing has to meet different demands. Empa scientists have developed a model that predicts how well a given garment will keep ...
Nov 22, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Selling jackets with built-in fans, neck coolers and T-shirts that feel cold, Japanese firms are tapping into a growing market for products to help people handle the summer heat.
Aug 18, 2023
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