Righthand Robotics combines machine vision with an intelligent gripper design to offer robots that are more adaptable. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers MIT alumnus-founded RightHand…
View More Giving Robots Better Moves: Combining Unique Gripper Designs With AI and Machine VisionCategory: Technologies
Unconventional Superconductor May Unlock New Ways To Build Quantum Computers
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. Scientists on the hunt…
View More Unconventional Superconductor May Unlock New Ways To Build Quantum ComputersSneak Peek Into Test Chamber for NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft
Credit: KBR, Brooks in San Antonio, Texas Safety is paramount for NASA’s quiet supersonic flight team who are making great strides in preparing for future flight testing…
View More Sneak Peek Into Test Chamber for NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology AircraftSweat-Proof Electronic “Smart Skin” Takes Reliable Vitals, Even During Workouts
Engineers have developed a sweat-proof “electronic skin” — a conformable, sensor-embedded sticky patch that reliably monitors a person’s health, even when a wearer is perspiring.…
View More Sweat-Proof Electronic “Smart Skin” Takes Reliable Vitals, Even During WorkoutsResearchers Enable AI To Use Its “Imagination” – Closer to Humans’ Understanding of the World
New AI system takes its inspiration from humans: when a human sees a color from one object, we can easily apply it to any other…
View More Researchers Enable AI To Use Its “Imagination” – Closer to Humans’ Understanding of the WorldLearning to Use Objects in Novel Ways to Solve Problems Like Humans Do
Credit: Kris Brewer, adapted from “Picker Robot” by RList Media/Flickr What’s SSUP? The Sample, Simulate, Update cognitive model developed by MIT researchers learns to use…
View More Learning to Use Objects in Novel Ways to Solve Problems Like Humans DoNew Holographic Light Collector Boosts Solar Panel Efficiency
A holographic light collector separates the colors of sunlight and directs them to the solar cells. Credit: R.K. Kostuk, University of Arizona Holograms Increase Solar…
View More New Holographic Light Collector Boosts Solar Panel EfficiencyNew Technology Opens the Gate to the Next Generation of Information Processing
New method for information processing: The coherent information exchange (black undulating lines) between magnons (shaded red area) and microwave photons (shaded blue area) is controlled…
View More New Technology Opens the Gate to the Next Generation of Information Processing5D Imaging of Ultrafast Phenomena With Spectral-Volumetric Compressed Ultrafast Photography
Snapshot of five-dimensional imaging with temporal-spatial-spectral resolutions. Credit: S. Zhang, East China Normal University Spectral-volumetric compressed ultrafast photography simultaneously captures 5D information in a single…
View More 5D Imaging of Ultrafast Phenomena With Spectral-Volumetric Compressed Ultrafast PhotographyFuture of High Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells Shines a Little Brighter
The researchers used a powder engineering method to create a high-quality version of FAPbI3. First, they mixed formamidinium acetate (FAAc) with hydroiodic acid (HI). PbI2…
View More Future of High Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells Shines a Little Brighter