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Dialog / Advancing semiconductor thermoelectrics via thickness doping
Thermoelectricity is capable of direct energy conversion between heat and electricity, promising low-grade heat harvesting and solid-state cooling for the transition to sustainable electronics. Currently, bulk Bi2Te3 polycrystalline ...
Tech Xplore / The MOTIF Hand: A tool advancing the capabilities of previous robot hand technology
Growing up, we learn to push just hard enough to move a box and to avoid touching a hot pan with our bare hands. Now, a robot hand has been developed that also has these instincts.
Tech Xplore / Color-changing strip enables affordable nanoplastic analysis using ordinary microscope
A joint team from the University of Stuttgart in Germany and the University of Melbourne in Australia has developed a new method for the straightforward analysis of tiny nanoplastic particles in environmental samples. One ...
Tech Xplore / Google's top AI scientist says 'learning how to learn' will be next generation's most needed skill
A top Google scientist and 2024 Nobel laureate said Friday that the most important skill for the next generation will be "learning how to learn" to keep pace with change as Artificial Intelligence transforms education and ...
Tech Xplore / Soft magnetoelastic sensor measures fatigue from eyeball movements in real-time
Over the past few decades, electronics engineers have developed increasingly sophisticated sensors that can reliably measure a wide range of physiological signals, including heart rate, blood pressure, respiration rate and ...
Tech Xplore / Silent deep bass: Wearable audio you can feel
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed a portable, silent subwoofer that combines electrical muscle stimulation with low-frequency vibrations. This device enables users to physically feel deep bass in virtual ...
Tech Xplore / DNA cassette tapes could solve global data storage problems
Our increasingly digitized world has a data storage problem. Hard drives and other storage media are reaching their limits, and we are creating data faster than we can store it. Fortunately, we don't have to look too far ...
Tech Xplore / Humans sense a collaborating robot as part of their 'extended' body
Researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa (Italy) and Brown University in Providence (U.S.) have discovered that people sense the hand of a humanoid robot as part of their body schema, particularly ...
Tech Xplore / Glass-like state leads to advancements in cryopreservation
Cryopreservation, or preserving biological tissue by cooling it to subzero temperatures, may bring to mind works of science fiction. Yet, researchers have been working on this technology for nearly 100 years. For most of ...
Tech Xplore / Self-tuning energy device turns vibrations into power
Researchers at National Taiwan University developed a new device that captures energy from vibrations more efficiently. Its self-adjusting mechanism enables resonance with environmental frequencies, resulting in higher power ...
Tech Xplore / Artificial intelligence enables exoskeletons to assist users more efficiently
Exoskeletons typically work by implementing motions programmed in advance and having the user call for them, making it difficult to use them for a wide range of motions in real-life environments.
Tech Xplore / Machine embroidery encodes skin-like tension lines in textiles, enabling mass-customizable wearables
A zigzag stitch enables fabric to stretch until the thread is straight. University of Tartu researchers report in Advanced Materials that thread packing can encode fabric stretchability, leading the way to tailoring wearables ...
