Search results for internet of things

Optics & Photonics Feb 4, 2019

New progress toward chip-based ghost imaging

For the first time, researchers have shown that the non-conventional imaging method known as ghost imaging can be performed using a low-cost, chip-based light-illuminating device. This important step toward chip-based ghost ...

Space Exploration Feb 1, 2019

Cutbacks at Stratolaunch, Virgin Galactic show the space industry is entering a second stage

Even space projects backed by billionaires are not immune to Earth-bound realities.

Telecom Jan 30, 2019

Beyond 5G: The next generation

For many of us, when we send a text or make a call from our cell phones, we're relying on 4G. Though for as much as we rely on it, very few of us know what it actually means. In reality, the "G" in these terms only stands ...

Social Sciences Jan 28, 2019

Study shows audience judgments can identify online misinformation

Would you like to rid the internet of false political news stories and misinformation? Then consider using—yes—crowdsourcing.

Consumer & Gadgets Jan 28, 2019

Putting free energy to good use with minuscule energy harvesters

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed a micro-electromechanical energy harvester that allows for more flexibility in design, which is crucial for future IoT applications.

Nanophysics Jan 22, 2019

3-D-printed cube dials into energy harvesting

Ambient energy emitted by cellular phones and modems can be captured and converted into electricity using unusually shaped technology.

Mathematics Jan 21, 2019

Frog choruses inspire wireless sensor networks

If you've ever camped by a pond, you know frogs make a racket at night; but what you might not know is how functional and regulated their choruses really are. Frogs communicate with sound, and amid their ruckus is an internally ...

Machine learning & AI Jan 18, 2019

Tech to protect children from school shooting? Medical school dropout's Manayunk startup is on it.

Matias Klein is a medical school dropout who is still out to save lives. Orlando "Jahlil Beats" Tucker is a hip-hop producer and songwriter trying to help breathe new life into his beleaguered Delaware County hometown of ...

Machine learning & AI Jan 16, 2019

New AI can detect urinary tract infections

New AI developed at the University of Surrey could identify and help reduce one of the top causes of hospitalisation for people living with dementia: urinary tract infections (UTI).

Internet Jan 15, 2019

Free tools empower public in bid for online privacy

Protecting personal information while surfing the web or using apps is a concern for many of us and successfully shielding such data can be a struggle.

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