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Versatile fibers offer improved energy storage capacity for wearable devices
The latest wearable devices, such as Samsung's Galaxy Ring and Apple's Vision Pro, are taking health care a step further and even enabling people to work virtually. Given the characteristics of wearable devices that require ...
Energy & Green Tech
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Q&A: Enhancing last-mile logistics with machine learning
Across the country, hundreds of thousands of drivers deliver packages and parcels to customers and companies each day, with many click-to-door times averaging only a few days. Coordinating a supply chain feat of this magnitude ...
Business
Apr 17, 2024
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Why robots can be culturally insensitive—and how scientists are trying to fix it
A robot is chatting to an elderly British man in his bedroom. The robot has a cheery demeanor and a pleasantly high-pitched voice.
Robotics
Apr 16, 2024
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Can AI read our minds? Probably not, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be worried
Earlier this year, Neuralink implanted a chip inside the brain of 29-year-old US man Noland Arbaugh, who is paralyzed from the shoulders down. The chip has enabled Arbaugh to move a mouse pointer on a screen just by imagining ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 16, 2024
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Using sound waves for photonic machine learning: Study lays foundation for reconfigurable neuromorphic building blocks
Optical neural networks may provide the high-speed and large-capacity solution necessary to tackle challenging computing tasks. However, tapping their full potential will require further advances. One challenge is the reconfigurability ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 16, 2024
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Researchers develop stretchable quantum dot display
A team of South Korean scientists led by Professor KIM Dae-Hyeong of the Center for Nanoparticle Research within the Institute for Basic Science has pioneered a novel approach to stretchable displays. The team announced the ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Apr 15, 2024
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Advance in light-based computing shows capabilities for future smart cameras
Researchers developing the next generation of computing technology aim to bring some light to the field—literally. Optical computing, which relies on particles of light called photons, is expected to provide alternatives ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Apr 15, 2024
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Engineers recreate Star Trek's Holodeck using ChatGPT and video game assets
In "Star Trek: The Next Generation," Captain Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise leverage the Holodeck, an empty room capable of generating 3D environments, of preparing for missions and entertaining them, simulating ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 11, 2024
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Premier League to use semi-automated offside technology from next season
The Premier League will use AI-based player tracking technology to make offside calls from next season in a move that should reduce the time it takes officials to reach their decisions.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 11, 2024
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New 3D-printing method makes printing objects more affordable and eco-friendly
University of Florida engineers have developed a method for 3D printing called vapor-induced phase-separation 3D printing, or VIPS-3DP, to create single-material as well as multi-material objects. The discovery has the potential ...
Engineering
Apr 10, 2024
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AI-powered 'sonar' on smartglasses tracks gaze, facial expressions
Cornell University researchers have developed two technologies that track a person's gaze and facial expressions through sonar-like sensing. The technology is small enough to fit on commercial smartglasses or virtual reality ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 10, 2024
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New quantum material promises up to 190% quantum efficiency in solar cells
Researchers from Lehigh University have developed a material that demonstrates the potential for drastically increasing the efficiency of solar panels.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 10, 2024
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Waterproof 'e-glove' could help scuba divers communicate
When scuba divers need to say "I'm okay" or "Shark!" to their dive partners, they use hand signals to communicate visually. But sometimes these movements are difficult to see.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Apr 10, 2024
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Perovskite LEDs for next-generation digital displays can detect fingerprints, changing light conditions and more
Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a digital display screen where the LEDs themselves react to touch, light, fingerprints and the user's pulse, among other things. Their results, published in Nature ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Apr 10, 2024
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Thermal camera senses breathing to improve exercise calorie estimates
The estimates of calories burned made by smartphones, smartwatches and other wearable devices vary wildly. That's because these devices lack the sensors required to gather all the information they need to make accurate estimates.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 8, 2024
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Protecting art and passwords with biochemistry
Security experts fear Q-Day, the day when quantum computers become so powerful that they can crack today's passwords. Some experts estimate that this day will come within the next ten years. Password checks are based on cryptographic ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 8, 2024
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This 3D printer can figure out how to print with an unknown material
While 3D printing has exploded in popularity, many of the plastic materials these printers use to create objects cannot be easily recycled. While new sustainable materials are emerging for use in 3D printing, they remain ...
Engineering
Apr 8, 2024
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Forecasting the future of science to keep Swiss diplomatic hub buzzing
As technology and science advance at breakneck speed, a Swiss group is already looking beyond AI to the next big potential technological disrupters.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 6, 2024
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Chipless fiber for wireless visual-to-digital transmission senses interactions with the human body
A team of materials scientists and engineers from Donghua University, in China, and the National University of Singapore, has developed a type of fiber that does not rely on chips or batteries to convert visual signals to ...
Developing artificial skin that can regenerate skin and transmit sensation at the same time
Damage to nerve tissue due to skin defects such as burns, skin diseases, and trauma causes loss of sensory and cognitive functions that are essential for life-sustaining activities, as well as mental and physical distress. ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Apr 4, 2024
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