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Nanowires Hold Promise for Wearable Tech
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Nanowires Hold Promise for Wearable Tech

Researchers have found a way to have nanowires exhibit current-carrying capacity that exceeds the current density of most semiconducting nanowires.

Engineers Mix and Match Materials to Make New Stretchy Electronics
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Engineers Mix and Match Materials to Make New Stretchy Electronics

A process developed by a team from multiple universities may be the key to manufacturing flexible stacked and three-dimensional electronic structures with multiple...

Spider-Man-Style Robotic Graspers Defy Gravity
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Spider-Man-Style Robotic Graspers Defy Gravity

Scientists have developed a suction unit that can be used on rough surfaces and that has applications in the development of climbing robots and robotic arms with...

Reinventing the Computer With Brain-Inspired Neuromorphic Computing
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Reinventing the Computer With Brain-Inspired Neuromorphic Computing

Brain-inspired neuromorphic computing paves the way forward with new directions in computing hardware, algorithms, architectures, and materials.

UVM, Tufts Team Builds 'Living' Robots
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UVM, Tufts Team Builds 'Living' Robots

A team from the University of Vermont and Tufts University has repurposed living cells from frog embryos and assembled them into millimeter-wide life-forms called...

Drones Make Fruit Farmers More Efficient
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Drones Make Fruit Farmers More Efficient

Crop sensors and unmanned aerial vehicles are boosting farmers' productivity and saving them thousands of dollars a year by improving the efficiency of inputs such...

Meet the Man Behind Japan's Bid to Build the World's Greenest Supercomputer
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Meet the Man Behind Japan's Bid to Build the World's Greenest Supercomputer

Satoshi Matsuoka is leading Japan's Fugaku project, which aims to build one of the fastest and greenest supercomputers in the world.

Machine-Learning Tools Eye Quicker, Cheaper Solar Cell Designs
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Machine-Learning Tools Eye Quicker, Cheaper Solar Cell Designs

Researchers at Iowa State University are developing machine learning tools to help flip the design script and accelerate the development of better solar cells. ...

Team MAVLab Wins $1 Million as Autonomous Drone Racing Champions
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Team MAVLab Wins $1 Million as Autonomous Drone Racing Champions

Team MAVLab, the drone research lab of the Delft University of Technology, won a $1 million cash prize as the leading AlphaPilot team of the 2019 Artificial Intelligence...

Scientists See Useful Defects In Potential New Semiconductor
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Scientists See Useful Defects In Potential New Semiconductor

A research team has reported seeing atomic scale defects in beta gallium oxide that could be useful in the way the semiconductor is deployed and functions.

Should Santa Deliver by Drone?
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Should Santa Deliver by Drone?

A new routing algorithm anticipates the day trucks and drones cooperate to drop packages at your doorstep quickly and efficiently.

The Rise and Fall of the PlayStation Supercomputers
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The Rise and Fall of the PlayStation Supercomputers

One PlayStation can play a game, but 100 PlayStations can peer into the secrets of the universe.

Trash Talk From a Robot Can Distract Players, Study Says
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Trash Talk From a Robot Can Distract Players, Study Says

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated that critical comments from a robot can impair the performance of human game players.

Predicting People's Driving Personalities
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Predicting People's Driving Personalities

An algorithm developed by MIT CSAIL sizes up drivers as either selfish or selfless, which could help self-driving cars make better predictions and operate more...

Engineering Dean Gets Creative With His LEGO City
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Engineering Dean Gets Creative With His LEGO City

Dennis Livesay, dean of the College of Engineering at Wichita State University, has constructed a 75-square-foot LEGO city in his basement over the last six years...

Researchers to Develop New Robotics for Recycling Centers
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Researchers to Develop New Robotics for Recycling Centers

A team of researchers will use $2.5 million in NSF funding to develop robotics technology that helps recycling center workers sort waste in a safer, cleaner, and...

'Curiosity' Gets the Best of Computer Science Students
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'Curiosity' Gets the Best of Computer Science Students

Southern State Community College computer science students Mary Mundt and Jake Williams recently built a one-quarter scale replica of NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover...

Welcome to Robot University (Only Robots Need Apply)
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Welcome to Robot University (Only Robots Need Apply)

Roboticists are creating a data set of annotated video clips called RoboNet that could be used to train a robot's neural network to perform new tasks.

Armoring Satellites to Survive and Operate Through Attacks
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Armoring Satellites to Survive and Operate Through Attacks

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have launched a seven-year mission campaign to develop the science, technology, and architecture needed to protect satellite...

Handwashing Robot Helps Schoolkids Make a Clean Break with Bad Habits
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Handwashing Robot Helps Schoolkids Make a Clean Break with Bad Habits

A robot which encourages kids to wash their hands has helped pupils at a remote Indian primary school take a fresh approach to hygiene.
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