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Team Develops a Plasma-Free Method to Create Semiconductors
The method could allow manufacturers to produce large sheets of thin-film silicon semiconductors at low temperature in simple reactors.
Roadside Sensors Could Cut Salting Costs
The sensors utilize WiFi networks to transmit data on road-surface temperatures to local authorities and highways agencies that use it to target precisely where salt is needed.
Smart Shoes Guide Sightseers
The smart shoes are connected via Bluetooth to a smartphone app that uses the phone’s GPS to direct the wearer in the direction to walk by triggering small vibrating sensors within the shoe.
NASA, FAA Demonstrate Wireless Communication with Aircraft
The prototype AeroMACS hardware, developed by Hitachi Ltd., is based on WiMAX wireless communication standards but uses different frequencies to enable connectivity on the ground.
Silver Nanowires in Smartphones?
Silver nanowire films consist of wires over a thousand times thinner than a human hair that form an interconnected conductive network.
Trams to Carry Collision Avoidance, Auto-Braking Tech
The system combines radar and video sensor technologies derived from Bosch's automotive division together with a rail control unit.
Supervised Autonomous Robotic Soft-Tissue Surgery Demonstrated
Supervised autonomous robotic procedures using STAR were superior to surgery performed by experienced surgeons and RAS techniques, whether on static porcine tissues or living specimens.
Airbus to Build Craft for ESA's Biomass-Measuring Mission
The spacecraft will carry P-band synthetic aperture radar to deliver highly accurate maps of tropical, temperate and boreal forest biomass not obtainable by ground measurement techniques.
A Better Way to Boil Water
One of the key limitations for electronic devices is the heat they generate, and something that helps dissipate that heat will help them operate at faster speeds and prevent failure.
Technology Turns Arm into Smartwatch Touchpad
A new wearable technology developed at Carnegie Mellon University suggests turning the entire lower arm into a touchpad.
"Kidney on a Chip" Could Lead to Safer Drug Dosing
Determining safe medication dosage for ICU patients can be surprisingly difficult. Currently, doctors and drug developers rely mainly on animal testing to measure the toxicity of drugs.
Humanoid Robot Diver Recovers Undersea Treasures in Maiden Voyage
Every aspect of the robot’s design is meant to allow it to take on tasks that are either dangerous or simply beyond the physical limits of human divers.
Cooling Graphene-Based Film Nears Pilot-Scale Production
Researchers believe they have found "a golden key" with which to achieve efficient heat transport in electronics and other power devices by using graphene nanoflake-based film.
RFID Tags Made Smaller, Less Expensive
Engineers have developed a form of RFID tag that is 25% smaller and less expensive, as the tag no longer needs to convert AC to DC to work.
Volvo to Begin UK's Largest Autonomous Driving Test in 2017
The company is positioning its Drive Me London test as part of a commitment to ensuring "no one will be seriously injured or killed in a new Volvo by the year 2020."
Turning Military Vehicles into Radio Transmitters
High-frequency military signals use radio waves ranging from roughly a football field in length down to 10 yards. Even at the small end, the ideal size for an antenna is taller than an average adult.
Easy-Setup Industrial Robot Is Geared for Industry 4.0 Applications
According to KBee, a key objective of the robot is to allow customers without any programming skills to be able to teach it to perform complex tasks within a couple of minutes.
Compact, Single Photon Source Operates at Room Temperature
Scientists create a photon source without the need for refrigeration.
Nanoantennas for Ultradense Data Recording
Ultradense data recording could be the achieved with hybrid nanoantennas developed in Russia.
Researchers Develop Low-Cost, Disposable Lasers
Lasing capsules were created using inkjet printing method.