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Engineers invent vertical, full-color microscopic LEDs
MIT engineers have developed a new way to make sharper, defect-free displays. Instead of patterning red, green, and blue diodes side by side in a horizontal patchwork, the team has invented a way to stack the diodes to create vertical, multicolored pixels. It will be useful for small displays like smart watches and virtual reality devices to make lively, vivid images.
Targeting cancer with a multidrug nanoparticle
MIT chemists designed a bottlebrush-shaped nanoparticle that can be loaded with multiple drugs, in ratios that can be easily controlled. Using these particles, the researchers were able to calculate and then deliver the optimal ratio of three cancer drugs used to treat multiple myeloma.
New Tool uses Ultrasound ‘Tornado’ to break down Blood Clots
Researchers have developed a new tool and technique that uses “vortex ultrasound” – a sort of ultrasonic tornado – to break down blood clots in the brain. The new approach worked more quickly than existing techniques to eliminate clots formed in an in vitro model of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST).
AI Tool for detecting future lung cancer risk
MIT researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool, named “Sybil” for lung cancer risk assessment. Deep-learning model takes a personalized approach to assessing each patient’s risk of lung cancer based on CT scans.
‘Living medicine’ created to tackle drug-resistant lung infections
Researchers have designed the first ‘living medicine’ to treat lung infections. The treatment targets Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a type of bacteria which is naturally resistant to many types of antibiotics and is a common source of infections in hospitals.
Printable Sensors Glow when they detect Viruses or other Dangers
Researchers at Tufts School of Engineering have developed a way to detect bacteria, toxins, and dangerous chemicals in the environment using a biopolymer sensor that can be printed like ink on a wide range of materials, including wearable items such as gloves, masks, or everyday clothing.
Deflecting lightning with a laser lightning rod
A European consortium has managed to guide lightning using a high-power laser installed at the top of Mount Säntis in Switzerland.
Turning abandoned mines into batteries
A novel technique called Underground Gravity Energy Storage turns decommissioned mines into long-term energy storage solutions, thereby supporting the sustainable energy transition.
Spray-on smart skin uses AI to rapidly understand hand tasks
A new smart skin developed at Stanford University might foretell a day when people type on invisible keyboards, identify objects by touch alone, or allow users to communicate by hand gestures with apps in immersive environments.
An international study 13 years in the making demonstrates for the first time that degradation in the way DNA is organized and regulated — known as epigenetics — can drive aging in an organism, independently of changes to the genetic code itself. The work shows that a breakdown in epigenetic information causes mice to age and that restoring the integrity of the epigenome reverses those signs of aging.
Artificial nerve cells – almost like biological
Researchers at Linköping University (LiU), Sweden, have created an artificial organic neuron that closely mimics the characteristics of biological nerve cells. This artificial neuron can stimulate natural nerves, making it a promising technology for various medical treatments in the future.
AI Tool VALL-E can imitate anyone’s voice with just a three-second sample
Microsoft released an artificial intelligence tool named as VALL-E that can replicate people’s voices just by listening 3-seconds audio of their speech
Asus introduced glasses-free 3D tech with its ProArt Studio 16 laptop. We can switch smoothly between 2D and 3D visualization with one click. Asus is calling this technology spatial vision and it basically relies on eye tracking and lenticular lenses to deliver two separate images to our eye at the same time. We will be able to watch 3D models or even 3D movies without the need for any glasses.
Cheap, sustainable hydrogen through solar power
A new kind of solar panel, developed at the University of Michigan, has achieved 9% efficiency in converting water into hydrogen and oxygen—mimicking a crucial step in natural photosynthesis. Outdoors, it represents a major leap in the technology, nearly 10 times more efficient than solar water-splitting experiments of its kind.
Secret of durable Roman concrete
An unexpected ancient manufacturing strategy may hold the key to designing concrete that lasts for millennia. Researchers found that a calcium-rich lime clast is responsible for the unique self-healing properties of this ancient material.
Hands-free connected home urine labHealth Technology Company Withings released a new gadget “U-Scan” at CES 2023 in Las Vegas. The U-Scan is designed to be installed in the toilet bowl, which gives users hands-free access to urine analysis.
ASKA A5 is the first viable electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) vehicle where you can drive on the road like a car and take off vertically to fly in the air like an aircraft.
LG’s new MoodUP refrigerator lets you customize your space by changing the color of the doors via a few taps on the LG ThinQ app.
Wooden touch interface to improve your Sleep
Emma and mui Lab plan on developing a smart product within the sleep space featuring a wooden touch interface. The interface brings a calm sleep experience to the bedroom and enables people to leave their cellphone outside of a space meant for sleep.
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AI technology to upscale old blurry videos on web browser itself
Nvidia’s latest AI technology can upscale old blurry videos on web browser itself. Coming to GeForce RTX 40 and 30 Series GPUs next month, the RTX Video Super Resolution feature uses AI to improve the quality of any video watched in a browser by removing blocky compression artifacts and upscaling video resolution.
Morning exposure to deep red light improves declining eyesight
Just three minutes of exposure to deep red light once a week, when delivered in the morning, can significantly improve declining eyesight, finds a pioneering new study by University College London (UCL) researchers.
Green Light Therapy Shown to Reduce Migraine Frequency, Intensity
New research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences found that people who suffer from migraine may benefit from green light therapy, which was shown to reduce the frequency and intensity of headaches and improve patient quality of life
5-minute breathing workout lowers blood pressure as much as exercise, drugs
New research shows that working out just five minutes daily via a practice described as “strength training for your breathing muscles” lowers blood pressure and improves some measures of vascular health as well as, or even more than, aerobic exercise or medication.
Lanosterol Eye Drops can cure Cataract without Surgery
Researchers in the US have developed a new drug that can be delivered directly into the eye via an eye dropper to shrink down and dissolve cataracts.
Gel sheet to absorb liquid effectively“Gel sheet” developed by researchers at the University of Maryland can quickly absorb more water than a commercial cloth pad. The sheet swells and holds water without dripping. And, it can quickly soak up more blood without dripping.
Near-Field Ground Projections expand communication and safety features beyond the vehicle.
World’s First Truly Wireless TV
Displace TVs solve many of the common problems associated with flat-screen television, which are often unwieldy, tedious to mount to walls and cause damage, cluttered with wires and utilize antiquated remote controls.
Gold-based passive heating for eyewear
Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a new transparent gold nanocoating that harnesses sunlight to heat the lenses of glasses, thereby preventing them from fogging in humid conditions. This coating could potentially also be applied to car windshields.
‘Gelbots’ can crawl through human bodies to deliver medicine
A new gelatinous robot that crawls, powered by nothing more than temperature change and clever design, brings “a kind of intelligence” to the field of soft robotics.
Samsung has developed an innovative technology for improving Road Safety.
Wireless ‘Skin VR’ to provide a vivid, personalized touch experience in the virtual world
A team led by the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) researchers recently developed an advanced wireless haptic interface system, called WeTac, worn on the hand, which has soft, ultrathin features, and collects personalised tactile sensation data to provide a vivid touch experience in the metaverse. The system has application potential in gaming, sports and skills training, social activities, and remote robotic controls.
Producing ‘green’ energy — literally — from living plant ‘bio-solar cells’
Researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have, for the first time, used a succulent plant to create a living “bio-solar cell” that runs on photosynthesis
MIT engineers have developed a soft, robotic, and implantable ventilator that is designed to augment the diaphragm’s natural contractions.
MIT researchers have developed a scalable fabrication technique to produce ultrathin, lightweight solar cells that can be stuck onto any surface.
Low-cost battery built with four times the capacity of lithium
Researchers are hoping that a new, low-cost battery which holds four times the energy capacity of lithium-ion batteries and is far cheaper to produce will significantly reduce the cost of transitioning to a decarbonised economy.
Free online AI Tool to understand any research paper easily
The AI Assitant Tool SciSpace CoPilot is useful for reading and understanding research papers easily.
Soft robot detects damage and heals itself
Researchers installed SHeaLDS – self-healing light guides for dynamic sensing – in a soft robot resembling a four-legged starfish and equipped with feedback control. After the researchers punctured one of its legs, the robot was able to detect the damage and self-heal the cuts.
Fitness levels accurately predicted using wearable devices – no exercise required
Cambridge researchers have developed a method for measuring overall fitness accurately on wearable devices – and more robustly than current consumer smartwatches and fitness monitors – without the wearer needing to exercise.
In one of the first studies of its kind, several people with motor disabilities were able to operate a wheelchair that translates their thoughts into movement.
MIT engineers develop a low-cost terahertz camera that works at room temperature
Researchers at MIT, the University of Minnesota, and Samsung have developed a new kind of camera that can detect terahertz pulses rapidly, with high sensitivity, and at room temperature and pressure. What’s more, it can simultaneously capture information about the orientation, or “polarization,” of the waves in real-time, which existing devices cannot.
Can your phone tell if a bridge is in good shape?MIT researchers find data collected by mobile phones could be used to evaluate the structural integrity of bridges.
Clear window coating could cool buildings without using energy
Researchers report in ACS Energy Letters that they have used advanced computing technology and artificial intelligence to design a transparent window coating that could lower the temperature inside buildings, without expending a single watt of energy.
Battery-free, light-powered pacemaker may improve quality of life for heart disease patients
University of Arizona engineers lead a research team that is developing a new kind of pacemaker, which envelops the heart and uses precise targeting capabilities to bypass pain receptors and reduce patient discomfort.
Students are using AI Tool OpenAI Playground to write essays
Recently many people are getting interested to know about AI Tools like OpenAI Playground. Because recently a Reddit post about it became viral. In that post, a student was saying that he uses OpenAI’s playground tool for completing school homework, like writing essays.
Facemask can detect viral exposure from a 10-minute conversation with an infected person
Scientists have created a face mask that can detect common respiratory viruses, including influenza and the coronavirus, in the air in droplets or aerosols. The highly sensitive mask, presented in the journal Matter, can alert the wearers via their mobile devices within 10 minutes if targeted pathogens are present in the surrounding air.
Japanese researchers have designed a shared-laughter AI system that responds to human laughter in order to build a sense of empathy into dialogue.
Painless tattoos that can be self-administered
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed low-cost, painless, and bloodless tattoos that can be self-administered and have many applications, from medical alerts to tracking neutered animals to cosmetics.
Chinese astronauts have successfully grown rice onboard a space station
Chinese astronauts have successfully grown rice seedlings onboard the Tiangong space station and this experiment may yield key insights into how astronauts can cultivate food to support long-term space missions.
Eye Implant made from Pig Skin restores vision to 20 people with diseased corneas
Researchers and entrepreneurs from Sweden have developed an implant made of collagen protein from pig’s skin, which resembles the human cornea. In a pilot study, the implant restored vision to 20 people with diseased corneas, most of whom were blind prior to receiving the implant.
Researchers change donor kidney blood type using “molecular scissors”
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have successfully altered the blood type on three deceased donor kidneys in a ground-breaking discovery that could have major implications for kidney patients.
A more environmentally friendly air conditioner
Scientists report a prototype device that could someday replace existing “A/Cs.” It’s much more environmentally friendly and uses solid refrigerants to efficiently cool a space.
Engineers fabricate a chip-free, wireless electronic “skin”
Wearable sensors are ubiquitous thanks to wireless technology that enables a person’s glucose concentrations, blood pressure, heart rate, and activity levels to be transmitted seamlessly from sensor to smartphone for further analysis. Most wireless sensors today communicate via embedded Bluetooth chips that are themselves powered by small batteries. But these conventional chips and power sources will likely be too bulky for next-generation sensors, which are taking on smaller, thinner, more flexible forms. Now MIT engineers have devised a new kind of wearable sensor that communicates wirelessly without requiring onboard chips or batteries. Their design, detailed in the journal Science, opens a path toward chip-free wireless sensors.
The best way to take pills according to science
Researchers examining the mechanics of drug dissolution and the natural anatomy of the stomach found that taking a pill while lying on your right side shortens the time it takes for medicine to be absorbed.
MIT’s WalkWise helps older adults stay safe and independent
MIT alumni-founded WalkWise uses a motion-detecting device for walkers to allow family members and care professionals to monitor adults with mobility challenges.
Scientists restore cell, organ function in pigs after death
A team of Yale researchers has developed a technology that can delay the cellular degradation of transplantable organs including the heart, liver, and kidneys for hours after death.
Engineered mattress and pillow system uses heating and cooling to fall asleep faster
Bioengineers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a unique mattress and pillow system that uses heating and cooling to tell the body it is time to go to sleep.
MIT’s stamp-sized ultrasound stickers can see inside the body
MIT engineers designed an adhesive patch that produces ultrasound images of the body. The stamp-sized device sticks to skin and can provide continuous ultrasound imaging of internal organs for 48 hours.
Scientists turn dead spiders into robots
Rice University mechanical engineers are showing how to repurpose deceased spiders as mechanical grippers that can blend into natural environments while picking up objects, like other insects, that outweigh them. An open-access study in the journal Advanced Science outlines the process by which the researchers Preston and Faye Yap harnessed a spider’s physiology in a first step toward a novel area of research they call “necrobotics”.
Earthgrid’s Plasma Boring Robot can dig tunnels 100x faster and up to 98% cheap
U.S startup Earthgrid is developing a plasma boring robot that can dig underground tunnels 100x faster and up to 98% cheaper than existing tech.
Robot dog learns to walk in one hour
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Stuttgart conducted a research study to find out how animals learn to walk and learn from stumbling. They built a four-legged, dog-sized robot, that helped them figure out the details. After learning to walk in just one hour, the researcher Felix Ruppert ‘s robot makes good use of its complex leg mechanics. A Bayesian optimization algorithm guides the learning.
The world’s first fully working “sand battery” is installed in Finland, to store green power for months at a time.
MIT proposes ‘space bubbles’ to reverse climate change
Building on the work of Roger Angel, who first proposed using thin reflective films in outer space, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Senseable City Lab (SCL) produced an innovative solution ‘space bubbles’ that is easily deployable and fully reversible.
Smart textiles sense how their users are moving
Using a novel fabrication process, MIT researchers have produced smart textiles that snugly conform to the body so they can sense the wearer’s posture and motions. By incorporating a special type of plastic yarn and using heat to slightly melt it — a process called thermoforming — the researchers were able to greatly improve the precision of pressure sensors woven into multilayered knit textiles, which they call 3DKnITS.
Giant Swiss ‘water battery’ can store electricity equivalent to 400,000 electric car batteries
A water battery capable of storing electricity equivalent to 400,000 electric car batteries will begin operating in Switzerland. With the ability to store and generate vast quantities of hydroelectric energy, the battery will play an important role in stabilising power supplies in Switzerland and Europe. A water battery or pumped storage power plant is a type of hydroelectric energy storage. The battery is made from two large pools of water located at different heights.
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a wearable textile exomuscle that serves as an extra layer of muscles. They aim to use it to increase the upper body strength and endurance of people with restricted mobility.
This Robot paints like a Human
Graduate students at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built the first graffiti-painting robot system that mimics the fluidity of human movement. Aptly named GTGraffiti, the system uses motion capture technology to record human painting motions and then composes and processes the gestures to program a cable-driven robot that spray paints graffiti artwork.
Blood Pressure E-Tattoo Promises Continuous, Mobile Monitoring
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University have developed an electronic tattoo that can be worn comfortably on the wrist for hours and deliver continuous blood pressure measurements at an accuracy level exceeding nearly all available options on the market today.
LEGO-like artificial intelligence chip
MIT engineers have created a reconfigurable AI chip that comprises alternating layers of sensing and processing elements that can communicate with each other.
Injectable gel to repair damage after a heart attack
New gel technology could form a new type of treatment to help hearts regenerate after injury. University of Manchester researchers have developed a new biodegradable gel that can help to improve the delivery of cells directly into the living heart and could form a new generation of treatments to repair damage caused by a heart attack.
Most 3D printing methods currently in use rely either on photo (light)- or thermo (heat)-activated reactions to achieve precise manipulation of polymers. The development of a new platform technology called direct sound printing (DSP), which uses soundwaves to produce new objects, may offer a third option.
Tracking sleep with a self-powering smart pillow
People who struggle for shut-eye could benefit from monitoring their sleep, but they have limited options for doing so. In a new study in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, one team describes a potential solution: a self-powering smart pillow that tracks the position of the head.
Northwestern University engineers have developed the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot — and it comes in the form of a tiny, adorable peekytoe crab.
Brain death could be reversible, as scientists bring dead eyes back to life
Dead eyes from organ donors have been “brought back to life” in a breakthrough which hints that brain death may be reversible.
Plastic-eating Enzyme could eliminate Billions of Tons of Landfill Waste
An enzyme variant created by engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin can break down environment-throttling plastics that typically take centuries to degrade in just a matter of hours to days.
From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button
MIT researchers have developed a portable desalination unit, weighing less than 10 kilograms, that can remove particles and salts to generate drinking water. It generates clear, clean drinking water without the need for filters or high-pressure pumps.
In collaboration with researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Meta researchers have developed a new AI model that optimizes concrete mixtures for sustainability as well as strength. In early field testing, carbon emission was reduced by 40 percent, while strength requirements were exceeded. Cement in concrete accounts for approximately 8 percent of carbon emissions globally. If successful, the impact of this work could reach well beyond data center construction, as it applies more broadly to the general construction industry.
MIT researchers have developed an ultrathin loudspeaker that can turn any rigid surface into a high-quality, active audio source. The straightforward fabrication process they introduced can enable the thin-film devices to be produced at scale.
Scientists created Crispier Chocolate using 3D Printers
In research that was published in the journal Soft Matter, researchers from the University of Amsterdam, Delft University, and Unilever, demonstrate that the mouthfeel of an edible substance can be designed, just like properties of many other materials can.
A new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine
Engineers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have designed a heat engine with no moving parts. Their new demonstrations show that it converts heat to electricity with over 40 percent efficiency — a performance better than that of traditional steam turbines. The heat engine is a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell, similar to a solar panel’s photovoltaic cells, that passively captures high-energy photons from a white-hot heat source and converts them into electricity.
AI predicts if and when someone will experience cardiac arrest
A new artificial intelligence-based approach can predict if and when a patient could die of cardiac arrest.
World’s first LED lights developed from rice husks
Scientists from Hiroshima university created world’s first LED light by using rice husks and chemically obtained products.
A wearable device for enhancing deep sleep
Researchers have developed a wearable device that plays specific sounds to enhance deep sleep. The first clinical study has now shown that the device is effective, but not at the same level of effectiveness for everyone.
Deep learning to enable color vision in the dark
Scientists from the University of Irvine have developed a new system that combines artificial intelligence (AI) with an infrared camera to capture full-color photos even in complete darkness.
A Solar Panel That Generates Electricity At Night
Scientists have developed a new solar panel that can generate electricity at night. Researchers from Stanford University construct a device, which incorporates a thermoelectric generator that harvests electricity from the temperature difference between the PV cell and the ambient surrounding. They achieve 50 mW/m2 nighttime power generation with a clear night sky, with an open-circuit voltage of 100 mV, which is orders of magnitude higher as compared with previous demonstrations.
System helps severely motor-impaired individuals type more quickly and accurately
Researchers at MIT and elsewhere are developing a system that enables severely motor-impaired individuals who communicate using a single switch to do so faster and with more accuracy. Their system is more flexible than many common interfaces, enabling it to be used for tasks like drawing, gaming, or surfing the web.
Reversing hearing loss with regenerative therapy
The biotechnology company Frequency Therapeutics is seeking to reverse hearing loss — not with hearing aids or implants, but with a new kind of regenerative therapy.
Using sound waves to break up kidney stones
An innovative technique called burst wave lithotripsy (BWL) may provide an effective, more accessible alternative for noninvasive treatment of kidney stones, according to initial human studies reported in The Journal of Urology.
World’s first distortion-free stretchable micro-LED meta-display technology
For the first time in the world, the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) research team successfully developed a 3-inch micro-LED meta-display that does not distort the displayed image, even when the display is pulled in a given direction. This was achieved by using the design and manufacturing technology of metamaterials with unique mechanical properties that do not exist in nature.
These solar panels pull in water vapor to grow crops in the desert
Using a unique hydrogel, scientists in Saudi Arabia created a solar-driven system that successfully grows spinach by using water drawn from the air while producing electricity.
New lightweight material is stronger than steel
Using a novel polymerization process, MIT chemical engineers have created a new material that is stronger than steel and as light as plastic, and can be easily manufactured in large quantities. The new material is a two-dimensional polymer that self-assembles into sheets. Such a material could be used as a lightweight, durable coating for car parts or cell phones, or as a building material for bridges or other structures.
Northwestern University engineers have developed a new smart sensor platform for face masks that they are calling a “Fitbit for the face.” Dubbed “FaceBit,” the lightweight, quarter-sized sensor uses a tiny magnet to attach to any N95, cloth or surgical face mask. Not only can it sense the user’s real-time respiration rate, heart rate and mask wear time, it also may be able to replace cumbersome tests by measuring mask fit.
‘Super jelly’ can survive being run over by a car
Researchers have developed a jelly-like material that can withstand the equivalent of an elephant standing on it, and completely recover to its original shape, even though it’s 80% water. The soft-yet-strong material, developed by a team at the University of Cambridge, looks and feels like a squishy jelly, but acts like an ultra-hard, shatterproof glass when compressed, despite its high water content.
Needle-free device for collecting blood samples
Loop Medical’s innovative technology offers a needle-free, painless and easy-to-use method for collecting blood samples.
High-speed laser writing method could pack 500 terabytes of data into CD-sized glass disc
Researchers have developed a fast and energy-efficient laser-writing method for producing high-density nanostructures in silica glass. These tiny structures can be used for long-term five-dimensional (5D) optical data storage that is more than 10,000 times denser than Blue-Ray optical disc storage technology.
This Robot can find lost items (e.g Keys, TV remote) even if they are buried under a pile
Researchers at MIT have developed a fully-integrated robotic arm that fuses visual data from a camera and radio frequency (RF) information from an antenna to find and retrieve objects like keys, even when they are buried under a pile and fully out of view. The researchers named it as RFusion. The RFusion prototype relies on RFID tags, which are cheap, battery-less tags that can be stuck to an item and reflect signals sent by an antenna.
When walked on, these wooden floors harvest enough energy to turn on a lightbulb
Researchers from Switzerland are tapping into an unexpected energy source right under our feet: wooden floorings. Their nanogenerator, presented in the journal Matter, enables wood to generate energy from our footfalls. They also improved the wood used in the their nanogenerator with a combination of a silicone coating and embedded nanocrystals, resulting in a device that was 80 times more efficient—enough to power LED lightbulbs and small electronics.
Food generator turns plastic waste and inedible biomass into edible protein
Michigan Technological University’s research team aims to convert plastic waste and inedible biomass into edible protein. This groundbreaking research has been awarded the 2021 Future Insight Prize by Merck, a leading science and technology company in Germany.
For the First Time, Optogenetic Therapy Partially Restores Patient’s Vision
Using a protein found in algae, a new technology partially restored the sight of a completely blind man. He can now locate, identify and count objects using the treated eye while wearing specialized goggles. Optogenetic therapy, or manipulating proteins and cells with light, is an advanced technology developed in the early 2000s that drove major discoveries about the inner workings of our brains. Yet, while actively researched in experimental animals, functional improvement using this method was never reported in humans—until now. In a paper published in the journal Nature Medicine, scientists from Paris, Pittsburgh and Basel, Switzerland, reported the first-ever case of partial vision recovery in a blind patient after optogenetic therapy. The pioneering study describes the first time a patient has achieved partial functional recovery in any neurodegenerative disease by using optogenetic tools.
The whitest paint will help to fight Climate Change by cooling Homes without AC
In an effort to curb global warming, Purdue University engineers have created the whitest paint yet. Coating buildings with this paint may one day cool them off enough to reduce the need for air conditioning.
Using artificial intelligence to generate 3D holograms in real-time
MIT researchers have developed a way to produce holograms almost instantly. They say the deep learning-based method is so efficient that it could run on a smartphone. The new method called tensor holography could enable the creation of holograms for virtual reality, 3D printing, medical imaging, and more.
Materials move without Motors or Hands
Imagine a rubber band that was capable of snapping itself many times over, or a small robot that could jump up a set of stairs propelled by nothing more than its own energy. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered how to make materials that snap and reset themselves, only relying upon energy flow from their environment. The discovery may prove useful for various industries that want to source movement sustainably, from toys to robotics, and is expected to further inform our understanding of how the natural world fuels some types of movement.
Smart Tablecloth Can Find Fruit and Help With Watering the Plants
Researchers have designed a smart fabric that can detect non-metallic objects ranging from avocadoes to credit cards, according to a study from Dartmouth College and Microsoft Research. The fabric, named Capacitivo, senses shifts in electrical charges to identify items of varying shapes and sizes. According to the Researchers, this research has the potential to change the way people interact with computing through everyday soft objects made of fabrics.
Researchers create a robotic camera backpack for insects
In the movie “Ant-Man,” the title character can shrink in size and travel by soaring on the back of an insect. Now researchers at the University of Washington have developed a tiny wireless steerable camera that can also ride aboard an insect, giving everyone a chance to see an Ant-Man view of the world. The camera, which streams video to a smartphone at 1 to 5 frames per second, sits on a mechanical arm that can pivot 60 degrees. This allows a viewer to capture a high-resolution, panoramic shot or track a moving object while expending a minimal amount of energy. To demonstrate the versatility of this system, which weighs about 250 milligrams — about one-tenth the weight of a playing card — the team mounted it on top of live beetles and insect-sized robots.
Now metal surfaces can be instant bacteria killers
Bacterial pathogens can live on surfaces for days. What if frequently touched surfaces such as doorknobs could instantly kill them off? Purdue University engineers have created a laser treatment method that could potentially turn any metal surface into a rapid bacteria killer – just by giving the metal’s surface a different texture. In a study published in the journal Advanced Materials Interfaces, the researchers demonstrated that this technique allows the surface of copper to immediately kill off superbugs such as MRSA.
Umeå researchers show how activated graphene, activated carbons and other hydrophobic carbons can be dispersed in water in a form of micrometer-sized particles. The key agent that helps to make these dispersions last for days is the oxidized form of graphene named graphene oxide. The authors have applied for patent for the method to prepare dispersions.
Innovative mechanical system makes it easy to turn bedridden patients
A mechanical system developed at EPFL’s Instant-Lab halves the number of hospital staff needed to turn coma patients and makes the task less physically demanding. It has won the approval of the doctors and nurses who tested the system on dummies.
Physiotherapy could be done at home using virtual reality
Virtual reality could help physiotherapy patients complete their exercises at home successfully thanks to researchers at WMG, University of Warwick, who managed to combine VR technology with 3D motion capture.
Toothpaste tablet to eliminate plastic tubes
Two canadian Entrepreurs have developed innovative toothpaste tablets that remove the need for a tube altogether. This tablet form toothpaste is named as “Change Toothpaste”.
Using AI to predict where and when lightning will strike
EPFL researchers have developed a simple and inexpensive system that can predict when lightning will strike to the nearest 10 to 30 minutes, within a 30-kilometer radius. The system uses a combination of standard meteorological data and artificial intelligence.
Scientists successfully use a gel to regrow tooth enamel. It may end Dental Fillings
A Chinese research team has developed a gel that can induce the growth of tooth enamel with a precise maintenance of the original structural complexity within 48 hours. So, the Temporary Dental fillings may soon be a thing of the past.
Nanotechnology turns clothing into self-powered remotes
Purdue University researchers have developed a new fabric innovation that allows wearers to control electronic devices through clothing. This waterproof, breathable and antibacterial self-powered clothing is based on omniphobic triboelectric nanogenerators (RF-TENGs) – which use simple embroidery and fluorinated molecules to embed small electronic components and turn a piece of clothing into a mechanism for powering devices.
MIT’s fiber-based artificial muscles can lift 650 times their own weight
MIT researchers have developed Artificial “muscles” which can lift 650 times their own weight, and might be used to control robotic or prosthetic limbs. They were able to produce contracting fibers by imitating the coiling-and-pulling mechanism of plants like cucumber.
Samsung’s Deepfake AI can create animated talking head from single image
Machine Learning Reseachers from Samsung in Russia have developed a new Deepfake AI system which will be able to create animated talking Head using very few input photos, even with single photo.
China’s CRISPR Twins Lulu and Nana might be Smarter than Others
China’s CRISPR Twins might have had their Brains unintentionally enhanced.
This Fabric will automatically Cool or Warm as needed
Researcher from University of Maryland have created a Fabric that can automatically regulate the heat passage so that it can keep the wearer at comfortable temperature at all times irrespective of whether the surrounding is Cool or Hot.
Emirates Airline has unveiled a new aircraft that features virtual windows. And, it paves the way for removing all windows from future planes, making them lighter and faster.
For many years Scientists have been working on to use the Signals from the Brain to control the Prothestic limbs. Usually this BMI i-e Brain-machine interface Systems have been developed to allow people with motor paralysis conditions to control assistive robotic devices that replace or recover lost function but not to extend the capabilities of healthy users. Now Researchers in Japan report an experiment in which healthy participants were able to extend their capabilities by using a noninvasive BMI to control a human-like robotic arm and achieve multitasking. Experimental results demonstrate that participants were able to reliably control the robotic arm with the BMI to perform a goal-oriented task while simultaneously using their own arms to do a different task.
Bangalore-based startup Mechanical Chef has created a Compact Cooking Robot that is more suitable for Indian Homes.
This ‘Cold Tube’ can beat the summer heat without relying on air conditioning
The Cold Tube works by absorbing the heat directly emitted by radiation from a person without having to cool the air passing over their skin. This achieves a significant amount of energy savings.
Vertical Walking – Manually powered Elevator uses 10% as much Energy as climbing Stairs
“Vertical Walking” is an experimental prototype designed by a Netherlands company “Rombout Frieling Lab”. It uses human power to allow movement between floors of a building with only ten percent of the effort needed to climb stairs and without the need for any external power.
MIT’s Computer system transcribes words users “speak silently”
MIT researchers have developed a computer interface that can transcribe words that the user concentrates on verbalizing but does not actually speak aloud.
MIT’s Invisible “Second Skin” XPL Cream Makes Wrinkles Disappear
Scientists at MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, Living Proof, and Olivo Labs have developed a new material that can temporarily protect and tighten skin, and smooth wrinkles. With further development, it could also be used to deliver drugs to help treat skin conditions such as eczema and other types of dermatitis.
Using the ‘shadow-effect’ to generate electricity
Shadows are often associated with darkness and uncertainty. Now, researchers from National University of Singapore (NUS) are giving shadows a positive spin by demonstrating a way to harness this common but often overlooked optical effect to generate electricity. This novel concept opens up new approaches in generating green energy under indoor lighting conditions to power electronics.
Charging cellphones with Wi-Fi signals using Graphene
Any device that sends out a Wi-Fi signal also emits terahertz waves. Physicists at MIT have come up with a blueprint for a device they believe would be able to convert ambient terahertz waves into a direct current, a form of electricity that powers many household electronics. Their design takes advantage of the quantum mechanical, or atomic behavior of the carbon material graphene.
Bendable Graphene-Based Supercapacitor charges quickly
Researchers have developed a new bendable supercapacitor made from graphene, which charges quickly and safely stores a record-high level of energy for use over a long period. While at the proof-of-concept stage, it shows enormous potential as a portable power supply in several practical applications including electric vehicles, phones and wearable technology.
Graphene smart textiles developed for heat adaptive clothing
New research on the two-dimensional (2D) material graphene has allowed researchers to create smart adaptive clothing which can lower the body temperature of the wearer in hot climates. A team of scientists from The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute have created a prototype garment to demonstrate dynamic thermal radiation control within a piece of clothing by utilising the remarkable thermal properties and flexibility of graphene. The development also opens the door to new applications such as, interactive infrared displays and secret infrared communication on textiles.
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