Researchers have developed Smellicopter: an autonomous drone that uses a live antenna from a moth to navigate toward smells. One huge advantage of drones is that these little robots can go places…
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High-five or thumbs-up? New device detects which hand gesture you want to make
UC Berkeley researchers have created a new device that combines wearable biosensors with artificial intelligence software to help recognize what hand gesture a person intends to make based on electrical signal patterns…
AI-designed Serotonin Sensor may help scientists study sleep and mental health
NIH BRAIN Initiative scientists used machine learning to redesign a bacterial ‘Venus flytrap’ protein that can monitor brain serotonin levels in real time. Serotonin is a neurochemical that plays a critical role…
Tiny Quantum Computer solves real optimisation problem
Quantum computers have already managed to surpass ordinary computers in solving certain tasks – unfortunately, totally useless ones. The next milestone is to get them to do useful things. Researchers at Chalmers…
Researchers engineer a plant-based sensor to monitor arsenic levels in soil
Scientists from MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore have engineered a novel type of plant nanobionic optical sensor that can detect and monitor, in real time, levels of the highly toxic heavy metal…