Paper-thin e-skin responds to touch by lighting up
A new milestone by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, can help robots become more touchy-feely, literally.
Nanophysics
Jul 21, 2013
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News tagged with sensor networks
Physicists observe spontaneous mechanical buckling in freestanding graphene
An international team of physicists, led by researchers at the University of Arkansas, has observed spontaneous mechanical buckling in freestanding graphene using scanning tunneling microscopy, indicating it has potential ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 14, 2016
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IBM creates new foundation to program SyNAPSE chips inspired by human brain
Scientists from IBM today unveiled a breakthrough software ecosystem designed for programming silicon chips that have an architecture inspired by the function, low power, and compact volume of the brain. The technology could ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 8, 2013
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New algorithm enables much faster dissemination of information through self-organizing networks
As sensors that do things like detect touch and motion in cell phones get smaller, cheaper and more reliable, computer manufacturers are beginning to take seriously the decade-old idea of "smart dust" -- networks of tiny ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 11, 2011
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Elevating neuromorphic computing using laser-controlled filaments in vanadium dioxide
In a new Science Advances study, scientists from the University of Science and Technology of China have developed a dynamic network structure using laser-controlled conducting filaments for neuromorphic computing.
Network turns soldiers' helmets into sniper location system
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine a platoon of soldiers fighting in a hazardous urban environment who carry personal digital assistants that can display the location of enemy shooters in three dimensions and accurately identify the ...
Engineering
Mar 24, 2009
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Physicists propose using atomic clocks of GPS network to detect exotic ultralight fields
A team of physicists from the U.S., Poland and Germany proposes to use quantum sensor networks such as atomic clocks of the GPS network or sensors from the Gnome collaboration (a network of shielded atomic magnetometers made ...
Tracking gunfire with a smartphone
(Phys.org) —You are walking down the street with a friend. A shot is fired. The two of you duck behind the nearest cover and you pull out your smartphone. A map of the neighborhood pops up on its screen with a large red ...
Engineering
Apr 25, 2013
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New algorithm for message dissemination in decentralized networks faster than its predecessors and guarantees delivery
Ad hoc networks—communication networks set up on the fly by mobile sensors—pose problems that ordinary office networks don't. Ad hoc networks are usually decentralized, meaning that no one node knows what the network ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 9, 2013
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Smart agriculture
Integrating embedded systems into the IT infrastructure holds immense potential for the productive sectors of the economy. At the "Embedded World 2013" trade show in Nuremberg from Feb. 26 to 28, Fraunhofer researchers—using ...
Engineering
Feb 22, 2013
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