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Researchers Develop Fastest and Most Flexible Silicon Phototransistor Ever

06.11.2015 | UW-Madison | news.wisc.edu

Inspired by mammals' eyes, University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineers have created the fastest, most responsive flexible silicon phototransistor ever made.

Researchers Develop Fastest and Most Flexible Silicon Phototransistor Ever

GE - Alstom transaction

04.11.2015 | Alstom | www.alstom.com

Alstom secured a strategic deal with General Electric and in focuses comepletely on rail transport.

Autonomous car finishes record-setting trip in Mexico

02.11.2015 | University of Nevada, Reno | www.unr.edu

Professor Raul Rojas of the University of Nevada, Reno just drove 1,500 miles without hands - from the U.S. border at Nogales to Mexico City - in his autonomous car. It is the longest-ever autonomous…

Autonomous car finishes record-setting trip in Mexico

This Living Clothing Morphs When You Sweat

30.10.2015 | MIT Media Lab | tangible.media.mit.edu

bioLogic is growing living actuators and synthesizing responsive bio-skin in the era where bio is the new interface. We are imagining a world where actuators and sensors can be grown rather than…

This Living Clothing Morphs When You Sweat

Sonic tractor beam invented

28.10.2015 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

A team of researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Sussex in collaboration with Ultrahaptics have built the world's first sonic tractor beam that can lift and move objects using sound waves.

New Anchor Robotics facility opens to develop robots that help elderly to live independently

28.10.2015 | info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews/news.aspx?id=3171

Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) is launching its latest project – the Anchor Robotics Personalised Assisted Living (ARPAL) facility.

New Anchor Robotics facility opens to develop robots that help elderly to live independently

€278 Million Available for Manufacturing Innovation

27.10.2015 | www.effra.eu/

The European Commission has announced an ambitious investment in the latest ‘Factories of the Future’ call topics for 2016 and 2017. €278 million is being invested in these calls which will support…

€278 Million Available for Manufacturing Innovation

Industry 4.0 and the Consequences for the Labor Market and Economy

26.10.2015 | www.iab.de/de/iab-aktuell.aspx

This study conducted by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) and the Institute of Economic Structures Research (GWS) focuses…

Industry 4.0 and the Consequences for the Labor Market and Economy

Spider Silk Sensors Could Search for Life on Mars

26.10.2015 | IEEE Spectrum | spectrum.ieee.org

Optical sensors made with spider silk could be used to look for trace gases produced by biological processes, according to a researcher who showed how silk could be used in place of conventional…

Spider Silk Sensors Could Search for Life on Mars

Is the $ 11 Trillion of ‘’Internet of Things’’ the new business battleground?

25.10.2015 | Raj Kosaraju | www.theinternetofthings.eu

The Internet of Things and big data, can also impact society at a much higher level. By effecting better decision making through a better understanding of data, we can tackle socioeconomic issues…

Is the $ 11 Trillion of ‘’Internet of Things’’ the new business battleground?

World Robotics Survey: Service robots are conquering the world

24.10.2015 | www.worldrobotics.org

Frankfurt, 30 September 2015 - By 2018 global sales of privately used service robots will increase to around 35 million units. At 25 million units, domestic robots (vacuum cleaners, lawn mowers,…

World Robotics Survey: Service robots are conquering the world

Shining more light on solar panels

23.10.2015 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

Solar panels are the beacon of renewable energy, yet they are not getting as much light as they could be. Joshua Pearce from Michigan Technological University and a team from Queen's University in…

Researchers Take First Steps to Create Biodegradable Displays for Electronics

22.10.2015 | By Sheena Rice |

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Americans, on average, replace their mobile phones every 22 months, junking more than 150 million phones a year in the process. When it comes to recycling and processing all of this…

Researchers Take First Steps to Create Biodegradable Displays for Electronics

Exciting Breakthrough in 2D Lasers

21.10.2015 | Berkeley Lab | newscenter.lbl.gov

An important step towards next-generation ultra-compact photonic and optoelectronic devices has been taken with the realization of a two-dimensional excitonic laser.