Engineering students add high-tech function to low-tech orthopedic boot
If you've ever sprained an ankle or had a stress fracture in your foot or lower leg, you've probably worn an orthopedic walking boot.
If you've ever sprained an ankle or had a stress fracture in your foot or lower leg, you've probably worn an orthopedic walking boot.
Engineering
Jul 15, 2015
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Optics, a form of data transmission that utilizes beams of light, has the promise to outperform the beams of electrons that drive your computer or smartphone. Engineers have long sought a way to miniaturize optical technology, ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 9, 2015
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Ever wonder why stars seem to twinkle? This effect is caused by variations in the density of our atmosphere that cause blurring in light coming from space. It's pretty for stargazing, but a challenge for space-to-ground communications.
Space Exploration
May 15, 2015
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station were left with a long wait Tuesday to get their latest food and fuel deliveries after an unmanned Russian supply ship lost communications following takeoff.
Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2015
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Attempting to develop a novel type of permanent magnet, a team of researchers at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland has discovered a new class of magnetic materials based on Mn-Ga alloys.
Condensed Matter
Mar 24, 2015
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Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) together with a colleague at the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Strasbourg have found a new ...
General Physics
Mar 3, 2015
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Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced that it has developed the world's first optical transceiver circuit in which multiple circuit lanes can be laid out in parallel, paving the way for higher-capacity data transmissions ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Feb 24, 2015
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(Phys.org)—It was an interesting week even as we entered the holiday season, researchers at MIT found that halting photons could lead to miniature particle accelerators and perhaps improved data transmission. The light ...
The need for the wireless transfer of data will increase significantly in the coming years. Scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) therefore propose to turn some of the TV frequencies that will become free ...
Telecom
Nov 24, 2014
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NTT DOCOMO and NEC Corporation announced today their completion on October 31 of proof-of-concept trials to confirm up to six times faster data transmission between multiple virtual machines by utilizing network interface ...
Telecom
Nov 4, 2014
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