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Photonic Hearing Aid Boosts Speech Recognition
The photonic hearing aid stimulates the eardrum directly for better frequency response than conventional air-conduction hearing aids.
Self-Healing Conducting Polymer Gel
The self-healing properties could also work in applications like robotics, where failure in wiring systems can be difficult and costly to repair.
Vertical Charge Transport Achieved in Semiconducting Polymer
The researchers say the process is easy to replicate and inexpensive, opening the door to applications in organic opto-electronic devices and more.
Coming Soon: Computer Display on Contact Lenses
The film can be used for a range of applications, from sensors that measure glucose levels in the blood, to electronic displays that can be worn directly in the eye.
Army Tests Image-Based Airdrop System
Precision airdrops are expected to allow the U.S. military to rely less on truck convoys and helicopter resupply.
Sensors Counter Humidity-Caused Biofouling
Biofouling can impact the performance and service lifetimes of materials and devices that operate in high-humidity environments.
A Rising Call for Responsible Artificial Intelligence
As AI becomes more sophisticated and embedded in society, researchers, tech leaders and governmental agencies are laying the groundwork for its responsible design and use.
Technique Takes the Blur Out of Digital Microscopy
The wavelength scanning approach uses a device that captures a stack of digital images, each with a slightly different wavelength of light.
Removing Landing Gear Raises UAVs' Payload, Uses
Ultralight solar-powered aircraft can fly at altitudes in excess of 20 kilometers and stay airborne for several weeks; weight is crucial for long-duration flights.
DARPA Project Aims to Bridge the Bio-Electronic Divide
NESD aims to develop systems that can communicate with any of up to one million neurons in a given region of the brain.
Sensor System Finds the Quickest Checkout Line
The technology works over distances of up to several kilometers, making it possible to monitor waiting times at all the coffee shops within a particular radius from a town center.
Robotic Vessel Could Clean Trash from the Oceans
A UK company has designed a vessel that could patrol the seas for lengthy periods of time collecting the waste material like a seaborne vacuum cleaner.
Facial Comparison Technology Deployed at JFK Airport
The technology compares an image of the traveler taken during the inspection process to an image stored on the traveler’s ePassport, verifying that the traveler is the rightful document holder.
Electronic Sensors Monitor Brain Injury Then Melt Away
The sensors are built on sheets of silicon that are configured to function for a few weeks.
NREL Launches Sustainable Mobility Initiative
The laboratory’s initiative looks at transportation as an integrated system, where travelers and transportation resources are seen as a dynamic network.
Businesses Lose $700B a Year to IT Downtime
The cost of ICT downtime can range from $1 million a year for a typical mid-size company to over $60 million for a large enterprise.
3D Platform Releases SurePrint Upgrade Package
The upgrade package offers a higher print detail, faster printing speeds and higher print accuracy.
Smart Pill Sheds Light on Intestinal Ailments
The smart pills helped pinpoint where gases are produced and shed light on microbial activity in these areas.
LIDAR Gives Sight to Autonomous Vehicles
Laser-based imaging and ranging provides vision for autonomous vehicles, but their mechanical scanner is a throwback that many engineers would like to replace.
Google's Project Tango to Debut in Lenovo Smartphone
3D mapping gives Tango-enabled devices the ability to know where they are and how they move through space.