An ORNL model using air taxis on the heavily traveled route between downtown Los Angeles and Los Angeles International Airport revealed that fuel consumption is…
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Shadow Robot: AI Algorithms Bring Robot Hands One Step Closer to Human
Shadow Dexterous Hand. Credit: Shadow Robot Company The Shadow Robot Dexterous Hand is comparable to a human hand, reproducing all of its degrees of freedom…
View More Shadow Robot: AI Algorithms Bring Robot Hands One Step Closer to HumanGalileo Satellites Help Rescue Sailor in Solo Round-the-World Yacht Race After Raging Waves Pounded His Vessel Apart
Vendée Globe race skipper Kevin Escoffier’s PRB yacht was broken up in rough seas on Monday, November 30. The solo yachtsman took to his life…
View More Galileo Satellites Help Rescue Sailor in Solo Round-the-World Yacht Race After Raging Waves Pounded His Vessel ApartMajor Breakthrough for the Power Industry: New System Measures Solar Performance Over the Long Term
New solar performance monitoring system has potential to become IoT of photovoltaics. Suns Voc current-voltage testing adapted for system-wide use. A new system for measuring…
View More Major Breakthrough for the Power Industry: New System Measures Solar Performance Over the Long TermA Microscope for Everyone: Open-Source Optical Toolbox Delivers High-Resolution Images for Tiny Fraction of the Price
The open-source 3D-printed cube can host self-designed inserts, electrical and optical components. The resulting modules can be combined to form complex optical instruments. This allows…
View More A Microscope for Everyone: Open-Source Optical Toolbox Delivers High-Resolution Images for Tiny Fraction of the PriceApp and infrastructure alert users about data collection around them
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Billions of IoT devices—smart cameras, microphones, location trackers, and the like—are hidden in plain sight, and they’re tracking everything from our…
View More App and infrastructure alert users about data collection around themIconic PlayStation character comes to Fortnite, but at a cost to players
PlayStation smash hit God of War is set to shake up Fornite with Kratos as the latest playable character, but it comes at a price. …
View More Iconic PlayStation character comes to Fortnite, but at a cost to playersCamouflage Skin Developed That Provides On-Demand Cloaking in Both Daylight and Night
Cephalopods’ exceptional ability to hide into any background has inspired researchers to replicate their fascinating ability to camouflage in the infrared (IR) and visible spectrum.…
View More Camouflage Skin Developed That Provides On-Demand Cloaking in Both Daylight and NightMagnetism Does the Twist: Skyrmions 10,000 Times Thinner Than a Human Hair Could Advance High-Density Data Storage
The layering of crystals into a superlattice yields a nanoscale magnetic structure of twisting, swirling spin orientations, shown from red to blue, that deflect electrons,…
View More Magnetism Does the Twist: Skyrmions 10,000 Times Thinner Than a Human Hair Could Advance High-Density Data StorageQualcomm’s ‘lucky 888’ processor offers integrated 5G, superior photo capabilities
Credit: Qualcomm Qualcomm has made significant leaps in technology to produce its new 888 system on a chip, unveiled at the virtual Snapdragon Tech Summit…
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