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Unlocking Mobile Data: A Global Supercomputer in Your Pocket

Connecting data from the world’s smartphones could put a global supercomputer into all of our pockets. Tapping into that processing power would improve the…

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Tactile Sensor Enhances Robot Capabilities at MIT CSAIL

Eight years ago, Ted Adelson's research group at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) unveiled a new sensor technology, called…

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Graphene-CMOS Device: Unveiling the Invisible in Electronics

However, to continue the path of progress in the electronics industry new technology must be developed and a key feature of this is the ability to integrate…

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New Millimeter-Wave Tech Enhances Vehicle Safety

The W-band covers the frequencies used by automotive radars. Sophisticated driver-assistance and selfdriving will require radars with millimeter-wave beam…

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Humans rely more on their subjective perception than on the reality – Surprising results

It is a well-established fact that our percepts do not always reflect reality. However, it seems that we don’t just accept this unconsciously, but,…

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Information integration and artificial intelligence for better diagnosis and therapy decisions

With their joint research alliance, Siemens Healthineers and the Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing MEVIS will support physicians in finding the…

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World's thinnest hologram paves path to new 3-D world

An Australian-Chinese research team has created the world's thinnest hologram, paving the way towards the integration of 3D holography into everyday…

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One Sensor Package Simplifies IoT Connectivity and Sensing

Ubiquitous sensors seem almost synonymous with the internet of things (IoT), but some Carnegie Mellon University researchers say ubiquitous sensing — with a…

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Indoor Rock Climbing Routes Enhanced by 3D Modeling Technology

The research will be presented on May 9 at the 35th Annual ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Denver, Colo., and will be published as…

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Camera Tech Enhances Workplace Ergonomics for Healthier Movements

Back pain, knee problems, tenosynovitis: Wrong movements at work may cause permanent illness. To protect workers, researchers from Hannover are currently…

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Dartmouth Team Unveils Smartwatch for Every Move

In an effort to make digital smartwatches more convenient for their users, researchers at Dartmouth College and the University of Waterloo have produced a…

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3-D Printed Metamaterials Transform Wireless Device Design

Researchers at Duke University have 3-D printed potent electromagnetic metamaterials, using an electrically conductive material compatible with a standard 3-D…

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Holographic Wi-Fi Analysis Creates 3D Vicinity Images

Just like peering through a window, holograms project a seemingly three-dimensional image. While optical holograms require elaborate laser technology,…

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EU Robotics Innovation: ROSIN Project Launches Open-Source Software

ROSIN will create a step change in the availability of high-quality intelligent robot software components for the European industry. It will achieve such…

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CAPTIVE Device Enhances 3D Object Manipulation Experience

The device, called CAPTIVE, offers six degrees of freedom (6DoF) for users – with applications ranging from video gaming to medical diagnostics to design…

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The TU Ilmenau develops tomorrow’s chip technology today

In this 18 million euro project, led by Professor Ivo W. Rangelow in Ilmenau, 16 industrial and scientific partners explored the technological processes behind…

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