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Breathing easier thanks to ART: Engineers take unique approach to tackle indoor air quality
Chances are you've never considered the act of breathing. Our lungs' gentle rise and fall is autonomic, pulling air in and nourishing our body with oxygen before expelling wastes like carbon dioxide (CO2).
Engineering
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China's growing 'robotaxi' fleet sparks concern, wonder on streets
Turning heads as they cruise past office buildings and malls, driverless taxis are slowly spreading through Chinese cities, prompting both wariness and wonder.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 16, 2024
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From shrimp to steel: Introducing nature-inspired metalworking
Humans have long turned to nature for solutions, from deciphering the mysteries of flight to creating stronger materials. For Javier Fernandez, Associate Professor at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), ...
Engineering
Aug 15, 2024
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Researchers develop an implantable device to detect and respond to opioid overdose
In preclinical models, a subcutaneously implanted device was able to continuously monitor vital signs and deliver naloxone automatically and rapidly when it detected opioid overdose.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 14, 2024
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How air-powered computers can prevent blood clots
A new, air-powered computer sets off alarms when certain medical devices fail. The invention is a more reliable and lower-cost way to help prevent blood clots and strokes—all without electronic sensors.
Engineering
Aug 14, 2024
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MXene-based smart fabric shows potential for energy harvesting and health monitoring
Imagine a coat that captures solar energy to keep you cozy on a chilly winter walk, or a shirt that can monitor your heart rate and temperature. Picture clothing athletes can wear to track their performance without the need ...
Engineering
Aug 14, 2024
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Researchers invent intelligent soft robotic clothing for automatic thermal adaptation in extreme heat
As global warming intensifies, people increasingly suffer from extreme heat. For those working in a high-temperature environment indoors or outdoors, keeping thermally comfortable becomes particularly crucial.
Robotics
Aug 13, 2024
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Quantum sensing milestone draws closer to exquisitely accurate, GPS-free navigation
Peel apart a smartphone, fitness tracker or virtual reality headset, and inside you'll find a tiny motion sensor tracking its position and movement. Bigger, more expensive versions of the same technology, about the size of ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Aug 13, 2024
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Full-color fiber LEDs created with perovskite quantum wires pave way for advanced wearable displays
A research team led by the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed full-color fiber light-emitting diodes utilizing perovskite quantum wires (PeQWs), paving the way ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Aug 12, 2024
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A light-powered hydrogel launcher
An international team of mechanical engineers has developed what they call a fracture-driven, power-amplified hydrogel launcher. They have published their discovery in the journal Nature Materials.
Paris Olympics embrace accessibility technology for visually impaired fans
As Paris shines under the global spotlight of the Olympic Games, technological innovations are enabling people with visual impairments to take it in.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 11, 2024
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Engineers conduct first in-orbit test of 'swarm' satellite autonomous navigation
Someday, instead of large, expensive individual space satellites, teams of smaller satellites—known by scientists as a "swarm"—will work in collaboration, enabling greater accuracy, agility, and autonomy. Among the scientists ...
Robotics
Aug 8, 2024
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New living building material draws carbon out of the atmosphere
A new construction biomaterial that uses living microorganisms to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has been developed by a UCL graduate student and colleagues.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 8, 2024
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Generating and detecting graphene plasmon polaritons with terahertz electronics
Graphene plasmon polaritons are a class of hybrid quasi-particles with advantageous optoelectronic properties. These particles have proved promising for the development of miniaturized nanoscale circuits that operate in the ...
Layering stretchable and rigid materials and incorporating machine learning improves accuracy of wearables
Researchers at Yokohama National University have developed a stretchy, high-precision measurement wearable device that combines soft polymer materials and rigid electronic elements. This device can accurately measure inertial ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 7, 2024
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Fabric coated in conductive plastics will soon give your clothes extra muscles
Textile muscles is a young research field that originated in Sweden at Linköping University and the University of Borås. In the long run, the technology can be built into clothes that can give an extra boost during heavy ...
Engineering
Aug 7, 2024
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Flipping NASA tech and sticking the landing: Gecko grip for phone accessory
When it comes to innovative technologies, inventors often find inspiration in the most unexpected places. A former salesman, Akeem Shannon, was inspired by his uncle, who worked as an engineer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 7, 2024
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Japan's Nissan is developing 'cool paint' for cars to keep drivers cooler
Nissan showed Tuesday what it called a "cool paint" to keep people inside vehicles cooler, although the coating is six times thicker, making commercialization still a challenge.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 6, 2024
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Musk's superhuman vision promise is dangerous: Researchers
Researchers have criticized billionaire Elon Musk for promising that his brain implant technology could eventually provide patients with vision superior to normal human sight.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 30, 2024
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A strategy to design better materials for thermoelectric power generation
In recent years, engineers and scientists worldwide have been working on new technologies for generating electricity from renewable energy sources, including photovoltaics (PVs), wind turbines and hydro-power generators. ...
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