13/05/2019
MIT researchers are using wireless signals to offer scientists and caregivers insight into human behaviour and health.
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22/03/2019
Kitronik, the electronics company that specialises in developing project kits for schools and the maker community, has launched the MeArm robot arm kit to inspire children and adults to enter the world of robotics engineering.
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22/03/2019
A textile-based wearable display module technology that is washable and does not require an external power source has been developed by a research team from KAIST.
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19/03/2019
A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have taken inspiration from underwater invertebrates like jellyfish to create an electronic skin with similar functionality.
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18/02/2019
Rugged connector and component manufacturer Bulgin has launched a smart connector which is designed for easy pairing of devices and connectors, real-time connection status sensing and electronic device serialisation.
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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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13/02/2019
u-blox, TransSiP and MATRIX Industries have unveiled PowerWatch 2, the world’s first GPS smartwatch that wont need to be recharged.
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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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09/04/2018
Scientists from the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a way to 3D print structures composed entirely of liquids. They envision their all-liquid material could be used to construct liquid electronics that power flexible, stretchable devices.
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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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21/03/2018
A system that is said to be capable of producing images of objects in fog so dense that human vision could penetrate only 36 centimeters, has been developed by MIT.
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23/02/2018
A team of researchers from the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus has created what is said to be a smart wearable device capable of sensing and understanding complex human motion.
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