Driverless taxis from Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car division, can now operate at speeds as fast as 65 miles per hour (105 kilometers per hour) in San Francisco and the tech…
Tag: Hi Tech & Innovation
Researchers develop breakthrough prototype of stretchable fabric-based lithium-ion battery
UH researchers stretching, testing and monitoring the stretchable fabric-based lithium-ion battery’s performance. The gray striated section is the battery prototype. Credit: University of Houston Most people already know and appreciate…
3D-printed bend-based frictionless gear mechanism for precise rotation
Credit: CSEM It might look like some bizarre alien artwork but this is actually a frictionless gear mechanism, 3D-printed all in one in high-performance stainless steel, designed to enable the…
What is a strike in baseball? Robots, rule book and umpires view it differently
A radar device is mounted on the roof behind home plate at PeoplesBank Park during the third inning of the Atlantic League All-Star minor league baseball game in York, Pa.,…
Displays controlled by flexible fins and liquid droplets more versatile, efficient than LED screens
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign engineers have developed a new breed of display screens that use flexible fins, varying temperatures and liquid droplets that can be arranged in various orientations to…
3D printing of glass without sintering
The new low-temperature process enables fabrication of a large variety of nanoscale quartz glass structures. (Figure: Dr. Jens Bauer, KIT). Credit: Dr. Jens Bauer, KIT Printing of micro- and nanometer-scaled…
Facebook owner wants preteens to step into virtual reality with its Quest headset
Oculus VR headsets sit on display at CES International on Jan. 8, 2019, in Las Vegas. The corporate parent of Facebook and Instagram plans to open a digital gateway for…
Breaking through the limits of stretchable semiconductors with molecular brakes that harness light
Research Image. Credit: POSTECH Like the brakes that stop cars, a molecular brake exists that can prevent semiconductor chains from slipping, enabling the creation of more groundbreaking devices. Recently, a…
