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  • Nasa’s Cone-Shaped Telescope to Unveil More About the Universe

    Catwell
    Catwell
    NASA’s SPHEREx telescope could give scientists a better understanding of the universe. (Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) We’re getting a better glimpse of the cosmos soon! The SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, E...
    • 28 Feb 2025
  • Canon Drops World’s First 410MP Image Sensor with 24K Resolution

    Catwell
    Catwell
    The CMOS sensor packs a staggering 24,592 x 16,704-pixel resolution, the largest ever achieved in a 35mm full-frame sensor. (Image credit: Canon) Canon recently unveiled the world’s first CMOS image sensor that packs 410MP, which is equivalent...
    • 19 Feb 2025
  • Upgrade Zigbee Devices and Turn Them into Motion Sensors with A Firmware Update

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Three or four Zigbee devices grouped within a room act as virtual sensors that detect human movement, turning the lights on/off. (Image Credit: Ivani) Zigbee bulbs and plugs have gotten a whole lot better. With a simple firmware update, these smart ...
    • 18 Feb 2025
  • China Develops Robot Inspired by Cats for Space Applications

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    Catwell
    The robot lands on its feet like a cat, adjusting its position in mid-air. (Image Credit: Journal of Astronautics) Researchers at the Harbin Institute of Technology developed a cat-like robot that twists and lands on its feet while falling. Powered ...
    • 6 Feb 2025
  • Landing Zones Canada Unveils Stealthy New Drone

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    Catwell
    The APDS can switch from supersonic to low loitering speeds. (Image Credit: Landing Zones Canada) Landing Zones Canada recently built an efficient, reliable payload delivery drone called the Eagle Advanced Payload Delivery System (APDS). This cuttin...
    • 5 Feb 2025
  • 10 Fun Innovations I liked at CES 2025

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    Catwell
    The robot vacuum has an arm and a claw to help homeowners with tedious cleanups. (Image Credit: Roborock) We get tired of seeing socks on the floor and going through all that back-breaking work to pick them up. Thankfully, the Roborock Saros Z70 ro...
    • 22 Jan 2025
  • Lab on a Chip: From Humble Beginnings to the Latest Innovations

    Catwell
    Catwell
    The microfluidic chip is a lab-on-a-chip device that can be used to detect diseases or check the patient’s compatibility with drugs. Image credit: Wikipedia) Lab on a Chip (LOC) is described as a microfluidic device that integrates one or mor...
    • 2 Jan 2025
  • Drones Take Advantage of Next-Gen MEMS Technology for Modern Agriculture

    Catwell
    Catwell
    (Image credit: Pixabay) Drones are fast becoming an invaluable tool in the agriculture industry, undertaking multiple roles to ensure healthy and maximum crop yields. According to a recent report from DJI, over 300,000 drones operate globally, treat...
    • 31 Dec 2024
  • Time-of-Flight Imaging: Low-cost sensing with ams/OSRAM TMF8828 and Pi Pico

    shabaz
    shabaz
    Table of Contents Introduction Quick Overview How Does it Work? I2C Registers Overview Reading and Writing Registers Application Mode Pages USB UART Interface Browser Based App Summary Introduction Time-of-Flight sensors are fascinating. They...
    • 11 Dec 2024
  • Researchers Extracted Ancient DNA to Bring Back the Iberian Lynx from Extinction

    Catwell
    Catwell
    (Image Credit: Miller_Estzer/pixabay) Welcome to… Holocene Epoch park. The Iberian lynx went nearly extinct, and now it’s making a comeback. Thanks to conservation efforts, its population grew from 25 in 2002 to over 400 reproductive fe...
    • 29 Oct 2024
  • MIT Researchers Capture Images of Atoms Flowing In an Edge State

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    Catwell
    A rending of the quantum fluid (gold) flowing along a laser light wall (green) and moving around obstacles. (Image Credit: Sampson Wilcox/MIT) MIT researchers recently observed edge states in a cloud of ultracold sodium atoms. They also captured ima...
    • 10 Oct 2024
  • Scientists Identify Unusual Signal that Reverberated Around the World for Nine Days

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    Catwell
    The seismic activity was the result of a massive landslide in Greenland's Dickson Fjord, which caused a 200-meter-high mega-tsunami that sloshed back and forth roughly 10,000 times in nine days. (Image credit: Wikipedia) On September 16, 2020, ...
    • 24 Sep 2024
  • Torch Sensors’ Detection System Can Help Humans Fight Wildfires

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    Catwell
    The solar-powered sensors detect wildfires before they spread. (Image Credit: Torch Sensors) Torch Sensors COO Vasya Tremsin saw a massive California wildfire in 2018 while driving from Lake Tahoe. He realized how monumental the wildfires became aft...
    • 13 Sep 2024
  • Scientists Develop Groundbreaking Imaging System That Captures Events at 250 Billion Frames Per Second

    Catwell
    Catwell
    The fsLS-CUP system rapidly captures image sequences of soot scattering, PAH fluorescence, and incandescence in flames. (Image Credit: Yogeshwar Nath Mishra, Peng Wang, Florian J. Bauer, Murthy S. Gudipati, and Lihong V. Wang) Researchers from the C...
    • 5 Sep 2024
  • Researchers Develop Smart Mask for Health Monitoring

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    Catwell
    The EBCare mask measures biomarkers in the wearer’s breath. (Image Credit: Caltech/Wei Gao and Wenzheng Heng) Scientists at the California Institute of Technology recently created a smart mask prototype that monitors exhaled breath condensate ...
    • 4 Sep 2024
  • Researchers Train Goo to Play Ping Pong

    Catwell
    Catwell
    (Image Credit: Perlinator/pixabay) In an attempt to better understand how biological neural networks (BNNs) work, the University of Reading researchers trained goo to play Pong. They achieved this by connecting the lump of ionic electro-active polym...
    • 26 Aug 2024
  • Building the impedance measurement circuit

    Zainii
    Zainii
    Dear Members, I hope you are all doing well. I am a PhD student and completely new to circuit design. I need a compact-sized circuit and prefer not to use an impedance analyzer due to its bulkiness. I am looking to build a circuit capable of automati...
    • 10 Aug 2024
  • Tech At the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics --- What to Expect

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Judges will rely on OMEGA’s SCAN’O’Vision ULTIMATE footage to help determine winners in close races. (Image Credit: OMEGA) I’m always a big fan of the Olympics when it rolls around. I’m particularly excited about this ...
    • 26 Jul 2024
  • Engineers Develop LED Device to Kill Cancer Cells

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    Catwell
    The LED device could help fight deep-seated cancers. (Image Credit: University of Notre Dame) Cancers near or on the skin can be effectively treated through specific light types. However, deep-seated cancers surrounded by blood, tissue, and bone are...
    • 17 Jul 2024
  • Paradromics, a Neuralink Competitor, Is Set To Start Testing Its Brain Implant Next Year

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    Catwell
    Paradromics' BCI, expected to launch in 2029, helps patients suffering from ALS, spinal injuries, and other conditions communicate and move. (Image Credit: Paradromics) Neuralink is facing some competition. Next year, neurotech start-up Paradrom...
    • 27 Jun 2024
  • Gel Sensor Generates Voltage from Slight Vibrations

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    Catwell
    Image a represents the alkyl–π liquid and an alkyl–π gel in vials. Meanwhile, image b shows the response of the alkyl–π gel vibration sensor to 17 Hz vibrations. (Image Credit: Takashi Nakanishi National Institute for Mate...
    • 25 Jun 2024
  • APS Scientists Develop Soft Robots Equipped with Electronic Skins to Provide Internal Medical Treatments

    Catwell
    Catwell
    The soft robots are outfitted with electronic skin and artificial muscle, allowing them to sense their surroundings and adapt their movements in real-time. (Image credit: University of North Carolina via Nature) Soft robotics have been transforming ...
    • 17 Jun 2024
  • Researchers Discover Ancient River Branch That Could Explain How the Pyramids Were Built

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    Catwell
    This map displays the ancient river branch along with the pyramids. (Image Credit: Eman Ghoneim et al.) Over 4,000 years ago, Egypt's 31 pyramids and the Giza complex were built, and how it happened has always remained a big mystery. But the Uni...
    • 29 May 2024
  • The Pitch Drop Experiment Is Still Going Strong

    Catwell
    Catwell
    The experiment has been running for nearly a century, slowly dropping viscous material along the way. (Image credit: Jsjsjs1111 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)) In 1927, Thomas Parnell started a laboratory experiment at the University...
    • 24 May 2024
  • Researchers Produce Highest Resolution Map of The Human Brain

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    Catwell
    Researchers captured this image of a sample obtained from the anterior temporal lobe. (Image Credit: Google Research & Lichtman Lab (Harvard University). Renderings by D. Berger (Harvard University)) Researchers from Harvard and Google Research ...
    • 21 May 2024
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