HEADLINES ARCHIVE
Graphene Textiles Could Enable Wearable Electronics
Researchers have devised a method for depositing graphene-based inks onto cotton to produce a conductive textile.
New Mic Could Bolster SONAR Applications
Many existing underwater microphones are made from ceramics, which generally absorb and register only about 20% of the low-frequency acoustic waves traveling through water.
IEEE and FERC to Address Energy Infrastructure and Market Challenges
The MOU helps align the two organizations' efforts to address the nation's energy challenges due to the growth in renewable generation resources, distributed energy resources, electric vehicles, energy storage, and more.
Satellites Measure Earth Movement Down to the Millimeter
The new automatic radar service monitoring Europe’s seismic regions covers an area of three million square kilometers in 200-meter blocks.
Insight: Interconnecting the IoT with Cloud Computing
As a rising number of devices are identified and connected to the world wide web, the concept of big data is forecast to grow exponentially. So are the pitfalls of traditional LANs.
Rock Star: LEDs Electrify Energy Management Efforts
LED technology can beat almost every other lighting technology and opens the door to new levels of energy use and control that can have grid-scale impacts.
Smart Sensors Could Reduce Rail Delays
Wet leaves pose a safety challenge for train operators, potentially doubling the breaking distance and causing signaling issues or "disappearing trains" on the rail control systems.
Weak Control Laser Beam Could Boost Computer Chips
Researchers have developed an asymmetric metawaveguide that enables a weak control laser beam to manipulate a much more intense laser signal.
First Citywide Test of Radioactivity
A key element of SIGMA, which began in 2014, has been to develop and test low-cost, high-efficiency radiation sensors that detect gamma and neutron radiation.
Process to Improve Data Storage Efficiency
Researchers developed a process that may reduce the energy required for big data and cloud memory storage.
NHTSA Seeks to Block Device Functions While Driving
Device manufacturers are encouraged to ensure that certain activities that inherently interfere with the driver’s ability to safely control the vehicle would be "locked out" while driving.
Smart Window Offers Privacy, Light Control on Demand
The researchers have created a smart window by sandwiching a polymer matrix containing microdroplets of liquid crystal materials and an amorphous silicon layer between two glass panes.
Flexible Graphene Antennas for Near-Field Communication
Graphene Flagship’s Italian partner CNR-ISOF’s has demonstrated the use of graphene to produce fully flexible near-field communication antennas.
Researchers Generate 3-D Virtual Reality Models of Unborn Babies
Parents may soon be able to watch their unborn babies grow, thanks to technology that transforms MRI and ultrasound data into a 3-D virtual reality model of a fetus.
Hybrid and Electric Vehicles to Be Required to Emit Audible Sound
Officials estimates that the sound requirement will help prevent approximately 2,400 pedestrian injuries each year in the U.S. once all hybrid and electric vehicles are properly equipped.
Turning the Living Room into a Wireless Charging Station
The proposed system would operate at microwave frequencies, at which the power transfer distance could extend well beyond the confines of a room.
Spinach Plants Engineered to Detect Explosives
This is one of the first demonstrations of the engineering of electronic systems into plants.
Smart bridge sensors
The project is designed to showcase the future of smart, sustainable, user-centered transportation infrastructure that helps to monitor structural and environmental health.
Sensor Technology Could Prevent Infant Deaths
The system involves a pressure sensor installed under the lining of a car seat. An Arduino circuit board connected to the sensor synchronizes with an app on a parent’s mobile phone.
Smartphone "Laboratory" Detects Cancer Biomarker
Although smartphone spectrometers exist, they monitor or measure only a single sample at a time, making them inefficient for many real-world applications.