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Stars on Mars and Extraordinary Cave-Exploring Robots

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The RADDOG robot accompanies the cast of the Stars on Mars reality TV series. (Image Credit: Twitter/RADDOGAITX) On June 5th, Fox started airing Stars on Mars, a reality TV series featuring twelve celebrities and former athletes competing in a Mars ...
- 8 Aug 2023
MIT Graduate Student Develops a Mind-Reading Device

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Arnav Kapur's AlterEgo device enables people to communicate without speaking. (Image Credit: MIT Media Lab) MIT graduate student Arnav Kapur developed AlterEgo, an AI-powered headset that reads the wearer's mind, allowing them to commu...
- 3 Aug 2023
Mbari Scientists Produce an Incredibly High-Resolution Map of the Monterey Canyon Floor

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The MBARI team conducted high-res surveys of the Monterey Canyon floor, 50km from the canyon head. They also deployed a Seafloor Instrument Node to observe currents and how they affect the site. (Image Credit: Monica Wolfson-Schwehr © 2023 MBAR...
- 31 Jul 2023
Solid-State Quantum Microscope Controls the Atomic Qubits’ Wave Functions in Silicon

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Image showing the wave function of a phosphorous qubit in silicon. (Image Credit: Voisin et al.) Engineers and physicists have worked on varying technologies like quantum microscopes to leverage quantum mechanical effects. Generally, these microscop...
- 24 Jul 2023
Japan's Fugaku Supercomputer Simulates Clear Air Turbulence

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The red and blue regions indicate the wind speed differences with the turbulence due to the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. (Image Credit: Ryoichi Yoshimura) Nagoya University researchers recently stimulated clear air turbulence (CAT) around Tokyo by ...
- 20 Jul 2023
Researchers Deploy 150 Temperature Sensors Underground in Chicago – And What They Found

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Geological layers underneath the Chicago Loop. (Image Credit: Alessandro Rotta Loria/Northwestern University) According to a study by Northwestern University researchers, underground climate change has been linked to the shifting ground beneath majo...
- 14 Jul 2023
IR sensor: all that glitters is not gold

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"All that glitters is not gold" is a concise statement stating that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. I can say that about IR sensor only from experience. I pride myself on due-diligence before using a technolog...
- 12 Jul 2023
Researchers Develop A New Unmanned Surface Vessel To Map Inland Waters

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The team's vessel surveys above and below water surfaces and generates 3D maps. (Image Credit: Fraunhofer IOSB) Authorities and port operators must produce updated maps of port facilities and riverbeds. Such a task typically involves using mappi...
- 5 Jul 2023
New Water Pollutant Sensor and 3D Printing Discovery

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The team developed a sensor that detects small concentrations of pollutants in water. (Image Credit: University of Glasgow) Worldwide agriculture sectors use pesticides to help keep crops safe from insects. At the same time, these must be carefully ...
- 22 Jun 2023
MIT Develops New AI-Assisted Technique for Jet Aircraft

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MIT has developed a new technique for auto-flying jet aircraft using deep reinforcement learning. (Image Credit: MIT) MIT researchers recently created a machine-learning technique that solves complex stable-avoid problems with more stability and saf...
- 21 Jun 2023
New CubeSat to Work Alongside The JWST

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The MANTIS CubeSat is expected to measure UV and EUV light emitting from stars. (Image Credit: Dana Chafetz) The James Webb telescope's lonely time in space is finally coming to an end. And don't worry. This doesn't mean NASA will...
- 20 Jun 2023
Plastics in the Oceans and a Floating Ocean City!

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(Image Credit: Sebastian Pena Lambarri/Unsplash) According to data by American Oceans, the world's oceans are littered with approximately 363.8 billion pounds of plastic. The plastic pollution floating in worldwide oceans has become a major prob...
- 15 Jun 2023
Apple Announces Its Vision Pro Spatial Computer Headset to Release Next Year

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The Vision Pro is an MR (Mixed Reality) computer that masquerades as a headset and allows users to control the device via eye contact, hand gestures and voice commands. (Image credit: Apple) Apple recently unveiled its MR (Mixed Reality) headset at ...
- 8 Jun 2023
Researchers Develop Textile Fabric That Uses Body Movement to Generate Electricity

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The team's textile fabric can generate energy and store it for later use. (Image Credit: Nano Research Energy (2023). DOI: 10.26599/NRE.2023.9120079) Nanoscientists created fiber-TENG, a three-layered flexible, wearable textile that converts bo...
- 8 Jun 2023
Scientists Put Rodents in Hibernation, Which Could Be Applied to Humans for Deep Space Travel

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(Image Credit: Papafox/pixabay) Scientists at Washington University have successfully put rodents in topor, a hibernation-like state, by applying ultrasonic pulses to their heads. The team's approach is noteworthy because rats can't nat...
- 1 Jun 2023
AI and Implants Help Paralyzed Man Walk Again

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Thanks to AI and two implants, Gert-Jan Oskam has walked again after being paralyzed for the past 12 years from a cycling accident. (Image Credit: CHUV/Gilles Weber) Gert-Jan Oskam, a 40-year-old man who got in a cycling accident that injured his sp...
- 31 May 2023
Sony Provides An Update On Its Access Controller

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The Access controller provides a more comfortable, longer, and accessible game-playing experience for those with disabilities. (Image Credit: Sony) During CES 2023, Sony unveiled Project Leonardo, its new accessible controller for gamers with motor ...
- 25 May 2023
Researchers Map All of Africa’s Trees

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University of Copenhagen, Denmark, researchers mapped every tree across Africa. (Image Credit: lesjbohlen/pixabay) University of Copenhagen, Denmark, researcher Florian Reiner and his team used high-res satellite imagery and machine-learning models ...
- 22 May 2023
Harvard Researchers Simulate 44 Million Atoms Using a Supercomputer and AI

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Harvard University researchers simulated 44 million atoms using AI and a supercomputer. (Image Credit: geralt/pixabay) Today’s simulations require a huge amount of computational power to demonstrate how atoms interact, behave, and evolve. Howe...
- 19 May 2023
Researchers develop a sensing-storage-processing node

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This schematic shows the human visual-visual perception process. (Image Credit: Kumar, D., Joharji, L., Li, H. et al.) Sensory nodes that generate huge amounts of analog data that converts into digital data before being sent to other devices to perf...
- 16 May 2023
Korean Researchers Develop Injectable Bioelectrodes

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(Image Credit: Professor Jae Young Lee from GIST, Korea) Implantable bioelectrodes require the correct material for performance and biocompatibility due to their contact and interactions with living tissues. Conductive hydrogels have been proposed a...
- 12 May 2023
Space-Madness Machine: NASA Unveils Mars Alpha Dune, a Mars-like Environment

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The sandbox outside NASA's Mars Dune Alpha structure contains red sand. (Image Credit: NASA) NASA has built Mars Dune Alpha, a 1,700 sq. foot structure designed for four participants to see how they manage in Mars-like conditions. In June, these...
- 1 May 2023
Seeed Xiao ESP32S3 Sense

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The Seeed Xiao is my favorite small form factor development board. I have quite a few of the original SAMD21 boards. They're great for prototyping sensors and the family has expanded to use many of the common MCU types - SAMD21, RP2040, n...
- 30 Apr 2023
MouthPad Is A Tongue-Driven Interface Providing Control Over Bluetooth-Enabled Devices

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The tongue-driven interface by Augmental allows users to control their Bluetooth-enabled electronics with their tongue. (Image Credit: Augmental) Augmental, an MIT Media Lab spin-off based in San Francisco, California, is introducing MouthPad, a cus...
- 28 Apr 2023
Scientists Refine MRI to Generate the Sharpest Image of a Brain

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The researchers produced a colorful scan of a mouse's brain, allowing them to view neural network connections. (Image Credit: Duke Center for In Vivo Microscopy) MRI imaging is useful for providing visualizations of soft tissue. However, MRI ima...
- 26 Apr 2023