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Integrating Novel Materials with Silicon Chips Makes New Devices Possible
Researchers developed a suite of thin films that serve as a buffer, connecting the silicon chip to the relevant novel materials.
Carbon Nanobrush May Boost Sensor Response, Battery Output, NEC Says
The material boasts high water and solvent dispersity, as well as high adsorptivity, and has more than 10 times the electrical conductivity of existing carbon nanohorns.
Carbon Foam Derived from Bread Ingredients
The researchers found the foam to be mechanically stiff, able to shield against electromagnetic interference and less flammable than current carbon foams.
Technique Advances Heat-to-Electricity Applications
Auto manufacturers and tech startups are trying to commercialize heat-to-electricity applications, but first they need efficient building blocks to make that happen.
Wearables Are Easy Prey for Hackers
Attackers can reproduce the trajectories of the user’s hand and recover secret key entries to ATM machines, electronic door locks and keypad-controlled enterprise servers.
Phenocart Acts as "Fitbit" for Plants
The Phenocart measures plant health vital signs like growth rate and color in the same way a Fitbit monitors human health signals such as blood pressure and physical activity.
"Smart" Prosthetic Limb Earns Top UK Engineering Award
The Linx uses a network of sensors across both the knee and foot that act like human nerves, continuously collecting data on the user, activity, environment and terrain.
Preventing a Cybersecurity Nightmare
Unmanaged user accounts in industrial environments present significant cybersecurity risks.
All-in-One Laptop Antenna Saves Space, Reduces Interference
In current laptops, the antennas for Wi-Fi or a mobile signal need to be separate so there is no interference of frequencies.
Just Like Real: Advances in Prosthetic Limbs
Wearers soon may control prosthetic limbs the way most everyone controls their natural arms and legs; without a thought.
"RedEye" Could Give Wearable Computers Continuous Vision
The concept is to allow computers to assist us by showing them what we see throughout the day.
FAA Finalizes First Operational Rules for Commercial Drones
One regulation states that pilots must keep an unmanned aircraft within visual line of sight and at a maximum groundspeed of 100 mph.
Sweden's "eHighway" to Test Viability of Electric Trucking
The core of the technology is an intelligent pantograph combined with a hybrid drive system.
Self-Driving Bus Taps Power of IBM Watson
Olli utilizes the computing capability of IBM Watson Internet of Things to analyze and learn from high volumes of transportation data produced by more than 30 embedded sensors.
Ultra-thin Solar Cells Could Power Wearable Electronics
Your next fitness tracker, smart glasses or other wearable device could be powered by the sun.
When Mom and Pop Met Big Defense: The Roots of Digital Music
North American Rockwell and Allen Organ Co. repurposed aerospace microelectronics to produce the first digital musical instrument.
Threading the Way to Touch-Sensitive Robots
The researchers have used their smart threads to build two- and three-dimensional arrays that accurately detect pressures similar to those that real people and robots might be exposed to.
U.S. Government Tests Tethered Drone for Surveillance Applications
Tether Eye is designed to provide continuous surveillance at up to 150 feet above its launch point.
Lens-Free Microscope Could Be Used for Point-of-Care Diagnosis
In recent years, research has focused on developing microscopes without optical lenses or objectives that could offer unprecedented field of view while maintaining fair sensitivity and resolution.
Ultrafast X-Ray Camera Helps Efforts to Achieve Controlled Fusion
The UXI camera's sensor consists of a radiation-hardened integrated circuit bonded to a silicon photodiode array.