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Sensor Detects Cable Fire Before It Starts
The sensor could be used to improve the safety of cable ducts or to detect toxic mold gases during food control, explosive gases in fertilizer silos or leaks in gas pipelines.
Chaotic Motion Device Aims for Scalability, Portability
A UK firm developed a device to provide power from a few watts to hundreds of kilowatts depending on the scale of the motion source.
Infrared Laser Used to Cool Water
The cooling technology might be used to enable higher-power lasers for manufacturing, telecommunications or defense applications, as these lasers sometimes overheat and melt.
Ingestible Device That Monitors Vital Signs
Researchers at MIT have developed an ingestible sensor that measures heart and respiratory rates from within the gastrointestinal tract.
"PoWiFi" Could Power the Internet of Things
In their proof-of-concept experiments, the team demonstrated that the PoWiFi system could wirelessly power a grayscale, low-power Omnivision VGA camera from 17 feet away.
Smartphone Functionality for Eyeglasses?
The technology is based on lightguide optics, which enables the manufacture of displays on either glass or plastic in the form of light elements with a thickness of just one millimeter.
Printable Lightweight Thermal Sensor Developed
The sensor shows a change in electrical resistance up to 100,000 times over a range of 5 degrees centigrade.
Organic Electronics Integrated into Plants
Using organic electronics, it is possible to combine electric signals with a plant’s own.
Graphene Key to High-Density, Energy-Efficient Memory Chips
Graphene's electrical, thermal and atomically thin properties can be used to create more energy-efficient data storage.
Using Nanotechnology to Boost Capacitors' Energy Density
Key to the success of the capacitor is its interdigitated design, which decreases the distance between opposing electrodes and increases the capacitor's ability to store an electrical charge.
Pop-Up Sensor May Help Robotic Surgery
Inspired by origami, pop-up manufacturing fabricates micromachines by layering laser-cut materials into thin, flat plates that pop up into complete electromechanical devices.
Technology Could Make Aircraft and Ships Stealthier
Conventional radar absorbers are usually too thick or have too narrow an absorption bandwidth to cloak objects in the ultra-high-frequency regime.
Printer Generates PCB Prototypes
Voltera V-One uses rapid prototyping principles to turn design files into prototype boards.
NASA Robots Go to School for Reprogramming
Valkyrie is intended to be a semi-autonomous robot that can execute complex tasks in dangerous, degraded, human-engineered environments.
Kia to Include Autonomous Driving Tech by 2020
Automaker to invest $2 billion by 2018 to develop ADAS technologies.
Clear Solar Panels Could Offer Energetic Window Retrofit
Transparent panel allows visible light to shine through, making non-visible light generate the power.
Phone App Offers Alternative to Stethoscope
With the new device, doctors can control the volume, listen to and discuss sounds with patients and record them for future reference.
Body-Worn Video Surveillance in Law Enforcement
The use of body cameras is expected to reduce the time for investigation, court time and costs associated with criminal proceedings.
Silicon Anodes Boost Lithium Batteries' Energy, Researchers Claim
Silicon anode materials have a much higher capacity for lithium and are capable of producing batteries with almost 10 times more energy.
UN Reaches Agreement on Airliner-Tracking System
Extending airplane tracking from earth-based stations to satellites will allow reporting of airliners' locations over the 70% of the earth's surface that is covered by water.