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Temperature sensor for artificial skin

30.01.2017 | ETH Zurich | www.ethz.ch

The capacity to detect temperature changes is an important function of the human skin. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now developed a highly sensitive and, at the same time, flexible temperature…

Smart glasses that automatically focus on what wearer sees

27.01.2017 | University of Utah | unews.utah.edu

A team led by University of Utah electrical and computer engineering professor Carlos Mastrangelo and doctoral student Nazmul Hasan has created “smart glasses” with liquid-based lenses that can…

Smart glasses that automatically focus on what wearer sees

New metamaterial can switch from hard to soft

25.01.2017 | University of Michigan | ns.umich.edu

When a material is made, you typically cannot change whether that material is hard or soft. But a group of University of Michigan researchers have developed a new way to design a “metamaterial” that…

New metamaterial can switch from hard to soft

These robots are about to start delivering food in the US

23.01.2017 | The Verge | www.theverge.com

A small number of Americans will soon be able to have food and other goods delivered to them by an adorable semi-autonomous robot. Starship Technologies announced the first two commercial…

These robots are about to start delivering food in the US

Graphene’s sleeping superconductivity awakens

20.01.2017 | University of Cambridge | www.cam.ac.uk

Since its discovery in 2004, scientists have believed that graphene may have the innate ability to superconduct. Now Cambridge researchers have found a way to activate that previously dormant…

Graphene’s sleeping superconductivity awakens

Self-assembling particles brighten future of LED lighting

18.01.2017 | Phys.org | phys.org

Princeton engineering researchers have illuminated a path forward for LED technologies by refining the manufacturing of light sources made with crystalline substances known as perovskites, a more…

Self-assembling particles brighten future of LED lighting

Tablet for the blind and visually impaired

16.01.2017 | TechXplore | techxplore.com

Blitab, a tablet with a Braille interface, looks like a promising step up for blind and low vision people who want to be part of the educational, working and entertainment worlds of digital life.

Tablet for the blind and visually impaired

Adaptable 3-D printing

14.01.2017 | MIT News | news.mit.edu

Three-dimensional printing technology makes it possible to rapidly manufacture objects by depositing layer upon layer of polymers in a precisely determined pattern. Once these objects are completed,…

Dutch trains now all powered by wind energy

11.01.2017 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

All Dutch trains are now 100 percent powered by electricity generated by wind energy, said the national railway company NS, calling it a world first.

Dutch trains now all powered by wind energy

Researchers design one of the strongest, lightest materials known

09.01.2017 | MIT | news.mit.edu

A team of researchers at MIT has designed one of the strongest lightweight materials known, by compressing and fusing flakes of graphene, a two-dimensional form of carbon. The new material, a sponge…

Researchers design one of the strongest, lightest materials known

CES 2017: Panasonic Revealed A Bendable Lithium-ion Battery

06.01.2017 | IEEE Spectrum | spectrum.ieee.org

This year at CES in Las Vegas, Panasonic is showing off a new type of lithium-ion battery . The razor-thin silver wafer can be twisted or bent 1,000 times and still maintain 80 percent of its…

CES 2017: Panasonic Revealed A Bendable Lithium-ion Battery

Mayfield Robotics Announces Kuri, a $700 Mobile Home Robot

03.01.2017 | IEEE Spectrum | spectrum.ieee.org

For about two years now, Mayfield Robotics has been working on something and today, they are introducing Kuri, “an intelligent robot for the home.‚ Kuri is half a meter tall, weighs just over 6…

Mayfield Robotics Announces Kuri, a $700 Mobile Home Robot

TPU to Launch World’s First 3D-printed Satellite

02.01.2017 | Tomsk Polytechnic University | tpu.ru

A 3D-printed satellite assembled at Tomsk Polytechnic University is scheduled to launch from the International Space Station (ISS) to the 120th anniversary of the school. TPU handled the satellite to…

TPU to Launch World’s First 3D-printed Satellite

Mystery that was holding back development of next-generation solar cells solved

30.12.2016 | Imperial College London | www.imperial.ac.uk

Scientists have identified an unexpected cause of poor performance in a new class of flexible and cheap solar cells, bringing them closer to market.

Mystery that was holding back development of next-generation solar cells solved

Carbon dioxide conversion process may be adapted for biofuel synthesis

28.12.2016 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

Using a novel approach involving a key enzyme that helps regulate global nitrogen, University of California, Irvine molecular biologists have discovered an effective way to convert carbon dioxide …

Carbon dioxide conversion process may be adapted for biofuel synthesis

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Temperature sensor for artificial skin

Smart glasses that automatically focus on what wearer sees

New metamaterial can switch from hard to soft

These robots are about to start delivering food in the US

Graphene’s sleeping superconductivity awakens

Self-assembling particles brighten future of LED lighting

Tablet for the blind and visually impaired

Adaptable 3-D printing

Dutch trains now all powered by wind energy

Researchers design one of the strongest, lightest materials known

CES 2017: Panasonic Revealed A Bendable Lithium-ion Battery

Mayfield Robotics Announces Kuri, a $700 Mobile Home Robot

TPU to Launch World’s First 3D-printed Satellite

Mystery that was holding back development of next-generation solar cells solved

Carbon dioxide conversion process may be adapted for biofuel synthesis