Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Japan’s first pilot project of a fully autonomous self-driving vehicle has been suspended after a minor accident with a parked bicycle, officials said Monday. It is…
Tag: Hi Tech & Innovation
Flexible sensors made of nanomaterials—and the metaverse—will redefine how people live in the future
The future metaverse system includes a neuro-triggered interface sensor (i). Reproduced with permission from WILEY. ©2019 by the Wiley Online Library. A magnetic sensor that can provide feedback based on…
Disinfection robot boosts sanitation at veterinary medical teaching hospital
The stationary robot, called Tru-D or “Trudy,” uses 28 bulbs and eight ultraviolet C (UVC) centers. Credit: Jason Nitsch/Texas A&M University Division of Marketing and Communications Robots are increasingly becoming…
Research team’s shape-changing smart speaker lets users mute different areas of a room
A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has developed a shape-changing smart speaker, which uses self-deploying microphones to divide rooms into speech zones and track the position…
Simplified optical neural network component saves space and energy
(a) Diagram of experimental setup. (b) Microscopic image of conventional mesh used to simulate simplified mesh. Credit: Bo Wu et al. As research into photonic computing progresses, scientists seek to…
entrepreneur seeks to improve S. Korea’s favorite food
Kang’s robot, composed of a simple, flexible mechanical arm, is capable of frying 100 chickens in two hours. In fried-chicken-obsessed South Korea, restaurants serving the nation’s favorite fast-food dish dot every…
Bioengineered E. coli generates electricity from wastewater
Flasks containing the electricity-producing E. coli. Credit: Jamani Caillet (EPFL) In a breakthrough for the field of bioelectronics, researchers at EPFL have enhanced the ability of E. coli bacteria to…
Researchers propose linear scan-based vat photopolymerization for 3D printing ultra-high viscosity resin
Illustration of LSVP. Credit: Nature Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39913-4 Additionally, the researchers evaluated the LSVP system to study how the viscosity affects the mechanical properties. They compared UV-curable resins with…
New detector paves the way to large-scale optical neural networks
Single detector. Credit: Farshid Ashtiani, Nokia Bell Labs For the first time, researchers have used a surface normal nonlinear photodetector (SNPD) to improve the speed and energy efficiency of a…
