Self-assembling vehicles take flight (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Switzerland are developing miniature vehicles that can self-assemble and then take off vertically and fly as a stable array.
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City-wide sensor system could make cities run more smoothly
(PhysOrg.com) -- By installing millions of sensors throughout a city and hooking them up to an urban operating system, the Portuguese-based company Living PlanIT envisions that, in the future, cities could monitor and manage ...
Smart paint could revolutionize structural safety
An innovative low-cost smart paint that can detect microscopic faults in wind turbines, mines and bridges before structural damage occurs is being developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
Engineering
Jan 30, 2012
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Through a sensor, clearly: Complex systems made observable
(Phys.org) —A complex system can, in principle, be observable – that is, the system's complete internal state can be reconstructed from its outputs, which would ostensibly involve describing in complete quantitative detail ...
Graphene on boron nitride work may lead to breakthrough in microchip technology
(Phys.org) -- Graphene is the wonder material that could solve the problem of making ever faster computers and smaller mobile devices when current silicon microchip technology hits an inevitable wall. Graphene, a single layer ...
Nanophysics
May 28, 2012
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A faster single-pixel camera: New technique greatly reduces the number of exposures necessary for 'lensless imaging'
Compressed sensing is an exciting new computational technique for extracting large amounts of information from a signal. In one high-profile demonstration, for instance, researchers at Rice University built a camera that ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 30, 2017
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Israeli army unveils new 'dual-use' tank
The Israeli army on Thursday revealed details of a new tank it was developing, designed more for use in guerrilla warfare conditions.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 20, 2018
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Squeezing Schrödinger's cat may increase quantum sensitivity
One of the most counter-intuitive aspects of quantum physics is the idea that a quantum system, unlike a physical system governed by the everyday physics of the macroscopic universe, can exist in two states at once even if ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 17, 2024
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Intruder alert: 'Smart Dew' will find you!
A remarkable new invention from Tel Aviv University — a network of tiny sensors as small as dewdrops called "Smart Dew" — will foil even the most determined intruder. Scattered outdoors on rocks, fence posts and doorways, ...
Engineering
Mar 26, 2009
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Single-pixel power: Scientists make 3-D images without a camera
Their system uses simple, cheap detectors which have just a single pixel to sense light instead of the millions of pixels used in the imaging sensors of digital cameras.
Engineering
May 17, 2013
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