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Engineering Jul 26, 2018

Navigating a city without getting lost

How often do you get lost in a city even when using GPS? Has a taxi hailed using a mobile app been unable to find your correct location? The reason is because GPS has an average error of 10 to 30 meters, and other indoor ...

Consumer & Gadgets Jun 29, 2018

A new feature turns Apple AirPods into impromptu hearing aids. We tried it

You almost certainly bought Apple's wireless Bluetooth $159 AirPods to listen to music or podcasts, and not because you planned to use them as a sort of hearing aid substitute.

Other Jun 11, 2018

Crash test dummies based on older bodies could reduce road fatalities

Europe's population is ageing rapidly, yet the majority of car safety equipment is tested using dummies modelled on people under the age of 65. Now researchers are developing vehicles and equipment designed specifically for ...

Environment Jun 1, 2018

A new device for detecting gas leaks

Sensia, a spin-off company which Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has a share in, has developed a system that detects fugitive gas emissions which are harmful and pollutant to the environment. This technology minimises ...

Telecom May 29, 2018

Want to make your factory wireless? NIST can guide you

It's been called the "smart factory" and even given the lofty moniker of "the fourth industrial revolution." The manufacturing operation of the just-around-the-corner future will be one in which networked systems monitor ...

Engineering May 23, 2018

Ergonomic eye-tracking technology for high-quality AR/VR experiences

Imec, the world-leading research and innovation hub in nano-electronics and digital technology, will demonstrate today at its Imec Technology Forum in Antwerp (ITF Belgium 2018), a new wireless eye-tracking technology based ...

Software May 11, 2018

Homeless? This startup has an app for that

Chris Sun was trying to persuade homeless people to accept free money, which, in this case, was harder than it seemed.

Other May 10, 2018

4 ways 'internet of things' toys endanger children

As Amazon releases an Echo Dot smart-home device aimed at children, it's entering a busy and growing marketplace. More than one-third of U.S. homes with children has at least one "internet of things" connected toy – like ...

Optics & Photonics May 9, 2018

How to use limited bandwidth more efficiently? Think like a cave-dwelling fish

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a light-based device that mimics a fish's incredible jamming avoidance response (JAR) by moving the frequency of an emitted signal away from other signals that could potentially ...

Engineering Apr 27, 2018

Stretchable smart sensor a promising alternative to painful blood tests

Researchers have created a flexible, wireless sensor worn on the skin which monitors the pH of the wearer's sweat in real time. Developed in the course of the EU-funded project CONTEST, the device is a stepping stone towards ...

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