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Tech Xplore / Computational model mimics humans' ability to predict emotions
When interacting with another person, you likely spend part of your time trying to anticipate how they will feel about what you're saying or doing. This task requires a cognitive skill called theory of mind, which helps us ...
Tech Xplore / Apple is expected to unveil a sleek, pricey headset. Is it the device VR has been looking for?
Apple appears poised to unveil a long-rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world, while also testing the technology trendsetter's ability to popularize new-fangled devices after others failed ...
Tech Xplore / An organic electrochemical transistor that serves as a sensor and processor
In recent years, electronics engineers have been trying to develop new brain-inspired hardware that can run artificial intelligence (AI) models more efficiently. While most existing hardware is specialized in either sensing, ...
Tech Xplore / A new approach to realize parallel in-memory wireless computing
Advanced communication technologies, such as the fifth generation (5G) mobile network and the internet of things (IoT) can greatly benefit from devices that can support wireless communications while consuming a minimum amount ...
Tech Xplore / Scientists design artificial synapses for neuromorphic computing
The human brain has been called the most complicated object in the universe. Trying to replicate that still-unmatched capability for computing, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have made a new interface-type memristive ...
Tech Xplore / Researchers developing smart ring for health care and extended reality
A team of researchers in the Penn State School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science aims to enable health care and extended reality—which encompasses virtual, augmented and mixed reality—with their smart sensing ...
Tech Xplore / Layers of self-healing electronic skin realign autonomously when cut
Human skin is amazing. It senses temperature, pressure, and texture. It's able to stretch and spring back, time and again. And it provides a barrier between the body and external threats—bacteria, viruses, toxins, ultraviolet ...
Tech Xplore / Kirigami-inspired formula provides blueprint for designing shape-shifting materials and devices
Kirigami takes pop-up books to a whole new level. The Japanese paper craft involves cutting patterns in paper to transform a two-dimensional sheet into an intricate, three-dimensional structure when partially folded. In the ...
Tech Xplore / Barkour benchmark measures quadruped robot agility
The accelerated pace of robotics development has given us a veritable zoo filled with creatures sometimes indistinguishable from the real deal.
Tech Xplore / New method improves efficiency of vision transformer AI systems
Vision transformers (ViTs) are powerful artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that can identify or categorize objects in images—however, there are significant challenges related to both computing power requirements ...
Tech Xplore / Researchers improve the solubility of redox molecules for enhanced energy storage systems
Dominant battery technologies using flammable, toxic, unsustainable, and expensive energy sources are a major contributor to climate change. Switching from fossil fuels to cleaner and environmentally friendly energy sources ...
Tech Xplore / Newborn baby inspires sensor design that simulates human touch
As we move into a world where human-machine interactions are becoming more prominent, pressure sensors that are able to analyze and simulate human touch are likely to grow in demand.