For futuristic applications like wearable body sensors and robotic skin, researchers need to ferry information along flexible routes. Electronics that bend and stretch have become possible in recent years, but similar work ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 18, 2014
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Engineers at Carlos III University in Madrid, Spain, have designed an optical sensor that detects how much salt is on road surfaces in real time. This avoids the need to spread the substance excessively, because although ...
Engineering
Jan 29, 2014
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Thermal imaging cameras at airports could calculate queues and check-in times better than systems that make estimates using Bluetooth and WiFi on passengers' mobiles.
Engineering
Jan 17, 2014
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The techno-chic with a few thousand dollars to spare can sport outfits that can change color on a whim.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 9, 2014
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The sensors team at DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory is working on sensor technologies to enable embedded gas sensing at high temperature. The team's goal is to develop novel materials with large optical responses ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 7, 2014
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To capture all the details of a crime scene, you might take many photos at close range. To get the whole scene at once, you could use a wide-angle or fisheye lens; but without an especially large lens you would be sacrificing ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 25, 2013
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Fraunhofer FIT demonstrates a mobile wireless system that monitors the health of elderly people in their own homes, using miniature sensors, and also a novel optical system for detecting antibiotic resistance, which can determine ...
Engineering
Sep 17, 2013
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego report a breakthrough in technology that could pave the way for digital systems to record, store, edit and replay information in a dimension that goes beyond what we ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 7, 2013
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Leveraging the amazing natural properties of the Morpho butterfly's wings, scientists have developed a nanobiocomposite material that shows promise for wearable electronic devices, highly sensitive light sensors and sustainable ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 28, 2013
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Research scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Electronics Science and Technology Division have developed a novel low cost, highly efficient spectral sensor for field analysis of solar cell irradiance performance ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 12, 2013
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