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Researchers create world's smallest 'computer'

IBM's announcement that they had produced the world's smallest computer back in March raised a few eyebrows at the University of Michigan, home of the previous champion of tiny computing.

Engineering

35 minutes ago
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Low-cost plastic sensors could monitor a range of health conditions

An international team of researchers have developed a low-cost sensor made from semiconducting plastic that can be used to diagnose or monitor a wide range of health conditions, such as surgical complications or neurodegenerative ...

Engineering

Jun 22, 2018
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Tracking cancer cell development with 'drinkable' electronic sensors

Thanks to an unorthodox approach being proposed by EPFL researchers, patients may soon be able to track their illness simply by drinking a solution containing millions of tiny electronic sensors disguised as bacteria.

Engineering

Jun 22, 2018
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Publication of Digital Key Release 1.0 specification is announced

O tempora o mores. Remember when a "phone" was perceived as a device for incoming and outgoing calls? Now the call function is so by-the-way.

Consumer & Gadgets

Jun 22, 2018
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Researchers solve major challenge in mass production of low-cost solar cells

An international team of university researchers today reports solving a major fabrication challenge for perovskite cells—the intriguing potential challengers to silicon-based solar cells.

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 21, 2018
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Ford, exoskeleton company address strain in overhead tasks

Ford workers are testing a wearable exoskeleton at an assembly plant and their shoulders, and backs, can benefit from the program.

Robotics

Jun 21, 2018
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What does midnight electricity use tell us about morning traffic congestion?

To predict when morning traffic is likely to grind to a halt, it may be more effective to examine how we use electricity in the middle of the night instead of travel-time data. By analyzing household electricity use in Austin, ...

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 21, 2018
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New 'e-dermis' brings sense of touch, pain to prosthetic hands

Amputees often experience the sensation of a "phantom limb"—a feeling that a missing body part is still there.

Robotics

Jun 20, 2018
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Soft robots utilize humidity gradient levels to generate signals

A team of researchers at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, has developed a type of soft robot that can generate signals without using electricity. In their paper published in Proceedings ...

Robotics

Jun 20, 2018
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Chip upgrade helps miniature drones navigate

Researchers at MIT, who last year designed a tiny computer chip tailored to help honeybee-sized drones navigate, have now shrunk their chip design even further, in both size and power consumption.

Engineering

Jun 20, 2018
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Controlling robots with brainwaves and hand gestures

Getting robots to do things isn't easy: usually scientists have to either explicitly program them or get them to understand how humans communicate via language.

Robotics

Jun 20, 2018
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Assessment of death risks: It's Google's turn

Realistic assessments of end of life may be more accurate because of AI and neural networks.

Computer Sciences

Jun 20, 2018
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Sodium- and potassium-based batteries could be key for smart grid of the future

From electric cars that travel hundreds of miles on a single charge to chainsaws as mighty as gas-powered versions, new products hit the market each year that take advantage of recent advances in battery technology.

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 19, 2018
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'Artificial blubber' protects divers in frigid water

When Navy SEALs carry out dives in Arctic waters, or when rescue teams are diving under ice-covered rivers or ponds, the survival time even in the best wetsuits is very limited—as little as tens of minutes, and the experience ...

Engineering

Jun 19, 2018
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Algorithm can predict debate winner

Ideally, debates are like fuel for the engine of democracy. But in their current form on social media, are they really getting us anywhere?

Computer Sciences

Jun 19, 2018
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IBM computer proves formidable against two human debaters

An argumentative computer proved formidable against two human debaters as IBM gave its first public demonstration of new artificial intelligence technology it's been working on for more than five years.

Computer Sciences

Jun 19, 2018
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A 5G standard nod wins confidence as essential step to primetime

A 3GPP TSG #80 Plenary Meeting has approved the completion of the standalone (SA) Release 15 (REL-15), 5G specifications. The 3GPP stands for 3rd Generation Partnership Project, which is a global organization supervising ...

Telecom

Jun 19, 2018
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Engineers build smart power outlet

Have you ever plugged in a vacuum cleaner, only to have it turn off without warning before the job is done? Or perhaps your desk lamp works fine, until you turn on the air conditioner that's plugged into the same power strip.

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 18, 2018
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Algorithm makes the process of comparing 3-D scans up to 1,000 times faster

Medical image registration is a common technique that involves overlaying two images, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, to compare and analyze anatomical differences in great detail. If a patient has a brain ...

Computer Sciences

Jun 18, 2018
165
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Optical scanning technology used to restore wax recordings of indigenous languages

A team of researchers at UC Berkeley has embarked on a project to save wax recordings made a century ago using modern technology—they are calling it the "Documenting Endangered Languages" initiative. As they describe in ...

Engineering

Jun 18, 2018
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