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Researchers develop novel 3D printing strategy with controllable gradients porous structures
Material extrusion 3D printing technology is widely utilized in biofabrication/bioprinting, tissue engineering, flexible electronics, and soft robotics. However, the fixed printing parameters and constant filament diameter ...
Engineering
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Cutting-edge technology on show at Euro 2024 is changing the face of soccer
From smart-enabled match balls and artificial intelligence to cryogenic recovery chambers, soccer is being transformed by the cutting-edge technology available to players, coaches and officials.
Hi Tech & Innovation
9 hours ago
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Light-controlled artificial maple seeds could monitor the environment even in hard-to-reach locations
Researchers from Tampere University, Finland, and the University of Pittsburgh, U.S., have developed a tiny robot replicating the aerial dance of falling maple seeds. In the future, this robot could be used for real-time ...
Engineering
Jun 27, 2024
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Convolutional optical neural networks herald a new era for AI imaging
Convolutional neural networks (CNNs), with their exceptional image recognition capabilities, have performed outstandingly in the field of AI and notably within platforms like ChatGPT. Recently, a team of Chinese researchers ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 26, 2024
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Creating 3D shapes from a flat surface using LEDs
A team of South Korean researchers has developed an innovative haptic (tactile) display technology that is attracting global attention. This innovation allows users to physically experience 3D shapes and various textures, ...
Engineering
Jun 26, 2024
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Empowering navigation for the visually impaired through Augmented Reality
Vision loss and visual impairment have long been a significant concern for human well-being amid an increasingly aging population. In a collaborative effort by researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 25, 2024
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Engineered skin tissue grants robots special properties and abilities
Researchers have found a way to bind engineered skin tissue to the complex forms of humanoid robots. This brings with it potential benefits to robotic platforms such as increased mobility, self-healing abilities, embedded ...
Robotics
Jun 25, 2024
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Researchers develop dry transfer printing for flexible electronics
Researchers at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), South Korea, have developed an innovative dry transfer printing technique for flexible electronic devices. The study is published in Nature Materials.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jun 25, 2024
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Model combines physical parameters and machine learning to predict storm tides
Predicting extreme events is essential to the preparation and protection of vulnerable regions, especially at a time of climate change. The city of Santos on the coast of São Paulo state (Brazil) is Latin America's largest ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 21, 2024
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Virtual and mixed realities converge in new driving simulator
Portobello, a new driving simulator developed by researchers at Cornell Tech, blends virtual and mixed realities, enabling both drivers and passengers to see virtual objects overlaid in the real world.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 20, 2024
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Breaking benchmarks: Frontier supercomputer sets new standard in molecular simulation
When scientists pushed the world's fastest supercomputer to its limits, they found those limits stretched beyond even their biggest expectations.
Computer Sciences
Jun 20, 2024
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New soft robotic gripper designed with graphene and liquid crystals
Eindhoven researchers have developed a soft robotic "hand" made from liquid crystals and graphene that could be used to design future surgical robots. The new work has just been published in the journal ACS Applied Materials ...
Robotics
Jun 18, 2024
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Wirelessly-powered relay will help bring 5G technology to smart factories, say researchers
A recently-developed wirelessly-powered 5G relay could accelerate the development of smart factories, report scientists from Tokyo Tech. By adopting a lower operating frequency for wireless power transfer, the proposed relay ...
Telecom
Jun 17, 2024
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Using drones will advance the inspection of remote runways in Canada and beyond, research suggests
With weather, limited flights and long distances, gravel runways at remote airports—particularly in northern Canada—are difficult to get to, let alone to inspect for safety.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 14, 2024
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A fully edible robot could soon end up on our plate, say scientists
A fully edible robot could soon end up on our plate if we overcome some technical hurdles, say EPFL scientists involved in RoboFood—a project which aims to marry robots and food.
Robotics
Jun 14, 2024
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From wearables to swallowables: Engineers create GPS-like smart pills with AI
Imagine finding your location without GPS. Now apply this to tracking an item in the body. This has been the challenge with tracking "smart" pills—pills equipped with smart sensors–once swallowed. At the USC Viterbi School ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 14, 2024
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New fabric makes urban heat islands more bearable
This year has already seen massive heat waves around the globe, with cities in Mexico, India, Pakistan and Oman hitting temperatures near or past 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit).
Engineering
Jun 13, 2024
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Could a cockpit warning system prevent close calls between planes at US airports?
As a Delta Air Lines jet began roaring down a runway, an air traffic controller at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport suddenly blurted out an expletive, then ordered the pilots to stop their takeoff roll.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 13, 2024
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Incorporating 'touch' into social media interactions can increase feelings of support and approval, study suggests
Including "tactile emoticons" into social media communications can enhance communication, according to a study published June 12, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Alkistis Saramandi and Yee Ki Au from University ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 12, 2024
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New 3D printing technique integrates electronics into microchannels to create flexible, stretchable microfluidic devices
The transition from traditional 2D to 3D microfluidic structures is a significant advancement in microfluidics, offering benefits in scientific and industrial applications. These 3D systems improve throughput through parallel ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jun 12, 2024
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