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Stretchable piezoelectric fibre can be woven into cloth to generate power
Stretchable piezoelectric fibre can be woven into cloth to generate power
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Researchers at the KAIST institute in South Korea have developed a stretchable fibre that can be used for energy harvesting…
Imec shrinks Raman spectrometer to chip level
Imec shrinks Raman spectrometer to chip level
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imec in Belgium has developed a chip-level system for Raman spectroscopy that can be used to create handheld testers or…
Raman-on-a-chip boost for handheld, smartphone test
Raman-on-a-chip boost for handheld, smartphone test
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imec in Belgium has developed a chip-level system for Raman spectroscopy that can be used to create handheld testers or…
Self-learning robot a step closer to machine self-awareness
Self-learning robot a step closer to machine self-awareness
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Engineers at Columbia University (New York, NY) have created a robot that, they say, learns what it is from scratch,…

Sodium-ion batteries get closer to competing with lithium-ion
Sodium-ion batteries get closer to competing with lithium-ion
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Researchers at the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech) in Japan have demonstrated that a specific material can act as an efficient battery component for sodium-ion batteries that will compete with…
2D ‘rectenna’ converts Wi-Fi signals into electricity
2D ‘rectenna’ converts Wi-Fi signals into electricity
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Researchers in Spain and the US have used a 2D material for a flexible device that can convert energy from Wi-Fi signals into electricity that could power electronics.
Material boost for sodium-ion batteries
Material boost for sodium-ion batteries
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Researchers at the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech) in Japan have demonstrated that a specific material can act as an efficient battery component for sodium-ion batteries that will compete with…
Researchers boost sodium-ion battery performance
Researchers boost sodium-ion battery performance
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Lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous in devices such as laptops and cell phones as well as in hybrid and fully electric cars. One downside to lithium is the fact that it…
2D materials convert WiFi energy to electricity
2D materials convert WiFi energy to electricity
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Researchers in Spain and the US have used a 2D material for a flexible device that can convert energy from Wi-Fi signals into electricity that could power electronics.
Flexible thermoelectric sheets grown by bacteria
Flexible thermoelectric sheets grown by bacteria
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Researchers at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) have created a new type of sustainable thermoelectric material that turn waste heat into electricity using cellulose, produced in the…
2D materials enable flexible WiFi energy harvesting
2D materials enable flexible WiFi energy harvesting
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Researchers in Spain and the US have used a 2D material for a flexible device that can convert energy from Wi-Fi signals into electricity that could power electronics.
Blue OLED and phosphorescence sensor integrated onchip
Blue OLED and phosphorescence sensor integrated onchip
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Combining their OLED and light sensors expertise, researchers at Fraunhofer FEP have developed a miniaturized phosphorescence sensor that combines a marker and sensor on very small chip surface, integrated with…
Audi commits to EEBUS for car-grid communications
Audi commits to EEBUS for car-grid communications
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Battery-driven vehicles will interact and communicate more strongly with the power grid in the future. For example, the optimal time for charging can be negotiated, and if required, the vehicle…
Atoms-thick MoS2 rectenna converts Wi-Fi signals into electricity
Atoms-thick MoS2 rectenna converts Wi-Fi signals into electricity
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Using 2-D molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) wonder material, researchers from MIT designed an ultra-low capacitance and ultra-low resistance Schottky diode capable of switching at GHz frequencies.
Laser photoacoustics beam audio directly to people’s ears
Laser photoacoustics beam audio directly to people’s ears
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Researchers at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory (Lexington, MA) have demonstrated that a laser can be used to transmit an audible message to a specific person without requiring any type of receiver…
Samsung unveils 1TB embedded universal flash storage
Samsung unveils 1TB embedded universal flash storage
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Samsung Electronics has begun producing a one-terabyte embedded universal flash storage (eUFS v2.1) for use in smartphones.
Samsung makes 1Tbyte memory
Samsung makes 1Tbyte memory
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has begun producing a one-terabyte embedded universal flash storage (eUFS v2.1) for use in smartphones.
Project boosts silicon anode performance
Project boosts silicon anode performance
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In theory, silicon anodes could store ten times more lithium ions than graphite anodes, which have been used in commercial lithium batteries for many years. However, the capacity of silicon…
Cooperation with industrial robots becomes intuitive
Cooperation with industrial robots becomes intuitive
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Improved algorithms and sensor technology enable direct collaboration between humans and robots in industrial production environments.
AI-driven digital twin speeds up cyber-defense for control systems
AI-driven digital twin speeds up cyber-defense for control systems
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GE Research (Niskayuna, NY), the research and development division of General Electric, has announced a new real-time, active cyber-defense system for industrial control systems.
ESA and VTT to develop 5G network in space
ESA and VTT to develop 5G network in space
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VTT and the European Space Agency (ESA) have agreed on a strategic partnership to develop 5G communications networks for the needs of the space industry. The three-year agreement will further…
US startup promises affordable lidars
US startup promises affordable lidars
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The lidar technology is of essential importance for all forms of autonomous driving. But affordable sensors are still rare. Now the US start-up Cepton has founded a subsidiary in Europe…
Daimler lets autonomous vehicles communicate with pedestrians
Daimler lets autonomous vehicles communicate with pedestrians
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The acceptance of autonomous automobility depends on many factors - for non-motorized road users, trust in the self-controlling vehicle is high on the list. For people to have confidence in…
Research findings open door for better silicon anode batteries
Research findings open door for better silicon anode batteries
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In theory, silicon anodes could store ten times more lithium ions than graphite anodes, which have been used in commercial lithium batteries for many years. However, the capacity of silicon…
Exoskeleton makes paralyzed hand functional again
Exoskeleton makes paralyzed hand functional again
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With a newly developed hand exoskeleton, patients can move their paralyzed hand again. Compared to existing hand exoskeletons, the model developed at the University of Stuttgart (Germany) has advantages such…
A magnetically levitated hammer for customizable haptics
A magnetically levitated hammer for customizable haptics
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Santa Clara-based startup Nanoport announced it is now ready for the commercialization of a novel type of haptic actuators, whose feel and characteristics can be fully customized, both through software…
Copper-iodide thin-film makes better p-type transistor
Copper-iodide thin-film makes better p-type transistor
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Researchers at Dongguk University in Seoul, South Korea, have developed a method for laying down transparent copper-iodide p-channel thin film transistors (TFTs) at room temperature.
Artificial skin sensor promises ‘superhuman’ perception
Artificial skin sensor promises ‘superhuman’ perception
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Researchers at the University of Connecticut and University of Toronto have created a sensor that they say not only mimics the sensing properties of skin, but also offers additional smart…


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