In many ways, our phones and smartwatches have become extensions of the human body, allowing us to conquer more ground than we ever could before.
Materials Science
Oct 24, 2019
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The prediction of molecular reactions triggered by light is to date extremely time-consuming and therefore costly. A team led by Philipp Marquetand from the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Vienna has now presented ...
Materials Science
Sep 11, 2019
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Criminal sentencing could be fairer with the help of machine learning, according to Professor Dan Hunter. The Foundation Dean of Swinburne Law School, Hunter observed that sentencing generates a vast store of data, and the ...
Social Sciences
May 10, 2019
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A new type of sensor could lead to artificial skin that someday helps burn victims 'feel' and safeguards the rest of us, University of Connecticut researchers suggest in a forthcoming paper in Advanced Materials.
Nanomaterials
Jan 23, 2019
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Flexible skin for soft robots, embedded with electrical nanowires, combines conductivity with sensitivity within the same material.
Robotics
Dec 11, 2018
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A new type of pressure sensor based on light could allow the creation of sensitive artificial skins to give robots a better sense of touch, wearable blood-pressure monitors for humans and optically transparent touch screens ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 14, 2018
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Computers started to be able to recognize human faces in images decades ago, but now artificial intelligence systems are rivaling people's ability to classify objects in photos and videos.
Computer Sciences
Jul 3, 2018
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A team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics that can serve as an artificial skin, allowing a robotic hand to sense the difference between hot and cold, while ...
Engineering
Sep 13, 2017
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Artificial skin with post-human sensing capabilities, and a better understanding of skin tissue, could pave the way for robots that can feel, smart-transplants and even cyborgs.
Engineering
Jul 31, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers at Southeast University in China has developed a self-healing structural hydrogel with a wide variety of applications. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
