14/02/2019
Researchers have reported a new method to convert plastic bags into carbon chips that could be used as anodes for lithium-ion batteries.
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14/02/2019
The labs of Rice University chemist James Tour and Christopher Arnusch, a professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, introduced a batch of laser-induced graphene? (LIG) composites in the American Chemical Society journal ACS Nano that put the material's capabilities into more robust packages.
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07/02/2019
Taewoong Lee of Aalborg University has created a unique sound algorithm that produces isolated ‘bubbles’ of sound so that multiple people can listen to different sound tracks in the same room without disturbing each other.
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05/02/2019
MIT has developed a Jenga-playing robot that demonstrates machine-learning through not just visual cues, but tactile physical interactions – something which previous systems have had found challenging.
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28/11/2018
Human skin contains sensitive nerve cells that detect pressure, temperature and other sensations that allow tactile interactions with the environment. To help robots and prosthetic devices attain these abilities, scientists are trying to develop electronic skins, a topic which New Electronics has been following and reporting.
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18/07/2018
The cause of performance-reducing “voltage fade” of cathode materials called Lithium-rich NMC (nickel magnesium cobalt) layered oxides has been identified by a team of researchers.
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29/06/2018
A 5G solution developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has been designed to bring real-time 3D views to inter-vehicle communication.
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28/06/2018
Global sales of industrial robots rose by 29% between 2016 and 17, reaching a new record of 380,550 units, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).
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21/06/2018
Engineers at Johns Hopkins University have created an electronic skin that when layered on top of prosthetic hands, brings back a real sense of touch through the fingertips.
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14/06/2018
Most electronic textiles have poor air permeability, can't be laundered, or are too costly or complex to mass-produce.
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04/06/2018
MIT researchers have built an ingestible sensor equipped with genetically engineered bacteria that can diagnose bleeding in the stomach or other gastrointestinal problems.
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22/05/2018
A virtual reality (VR) training system for drones that enables a vehicle to “see” a rich, virtual environment while flying in an empty physical space has been developed by MIT.
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11/05/2018
Rubber duckies could soon be at the forefront of an electronic revolution.
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11/05/2018
Purdue engineers claim to have devised a way to tackle plastic landfills, while also improving batteries.
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23/04/2018
A new class of soft robot, composed of ultrathin sensing, actuating electronics and temperature-sensitive artificial muscle that can adapt to the environment and crawl, has been announced by researchers at the University of Houston.
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22/03/2018
Using gold nanomaterials combined with a hybrid glass material, scientists from from RMIT University and the Wuhan Institute of Technology say they have demonstrated a new type of high-capacity optical disk that can hold data securely for more than 600 years.
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30/01/2018
A technology has been designed with a view to keep athletes warm and dry by using electrical textiles.
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18/08/2017
An international research team has developed black phosphorus inks that are compatible with conventional inkjet printing techniques and says the approach could be used to make optoelectronic and photonic devices.
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06/04/2017
Elastic, touch-sensitive fibres that can interface with electronic devices have been created by researchers from North Carolina State University.
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17/03/2017
A sensor developed at the University of British Columbia (UBC) could help make advanced transparent and stretchable devices a reality.
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30/01/2017
Nearly a century after it was theorised, Harvard scientists have succeeded in creating atomic metallic hydrogen. In addition to helping scientists answer fundamental questions about the nature of matter, the material could have a range of applications, including as a room temperature superconductor.
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30/01/2017
A Rice University team that simulated one-dimensional forms of boron is said to have found they possess unique properties. If the metallic ribbons of boron are stretched, they morph into antiferromagnetic semiconducting chains, and when released they fold back into ribbons.
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03/01/2017
A plasmonic nanolaser that operates at visible light frequencies and uses dark lattice modes has been made by researchers at Aalto University, Finland. The results are said to open new prospects for on chip coherent light sources.
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03/01/2017
A transparent, self-healing, stretchable, conductive material has been developed by scientists at the University of California, Riverside and the University of Colorado, Boulder. The material can be activated electrically to power artificial muscles and could be used to improve batteries, electronic devices and robots.
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16/12/2016
Optical fibre sensing shows promise for monitoring the condition of structures. By embedding long optical fibres into a structure, strain and temperature distributions along the fibres can be detected. Until now, however, time of distributed measurement took from several tens of seconds to several minutes.
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