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Tech Xplore / Innovative robot navigation inspired by brain function boosts efficiency and accuracy
A QUT research team has taken inspiration from the brains of insects and animals for more energy-efficient robotic navigation.
Tech Xplore / Strain engineering approach enhances performance of 2D semiconductor-based transistors
The manipulation of mechanical strain in materials, also known as strain engineering, has allowed engineers to advance electronics over the past decades, for instance enhancing the mobility of charge carriers in devices. ...
Tech Xplore / Balloon system can produce localized solar electricity for the ground below
A team of engineers and environmental scientists from Mälardalen University, in Sweden, Southwest Jiaotong University, in China and Guizhou University, also in China, has developed a balloon system for producing and delivering ...
Tech Xplore / Novel framework can create egocentric human demonstrations for imitation learning
One of the most promising approaches to teaching robots how to complete manual tasks such as cleaning dishes or preparing food is known as imitation learning. End-to-end imitation learning typically entails training a deep ...
Tech Xplore / New hydrovoltaic cell continuously generates electricity with little water and no sunlight
A team of engineers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has modified the approach used to generate electricity with a hydrovoltaic cell, building one that uses little water and no sunlight. Their study is published in the ...
Tech Xplore / Scientists synthesize color-changing semiconductor materials
Semiconductor materials known as 2D halide perovskites can be used in devices such as solar cells and light-emitting diodes. Scientists led by Assoc Prof Nripan Mathews of NTU's School of Materials Science and Engineering ...
Tech Xplore / Super-adhesive patches can adapt to different motions for enhanced skin interaction
A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled an ultra-strong adhesive patch platform that adheres effectively to rough skin surfaces and shows remarkable motion adaptiveness during dynamic body movements, all while ...
Tech Xplore / Engineering ultrafast exciton dynamics to boost organic photovoltaic performance
A team of researchers led by Professor Philip C.Y. Chow from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has revealed how the structure of organic photovoltaic (OPV) materials affects their ...
Tech Xplore / Shrinking AI for personal devices: An efficient small language model that could perform better on smartphones
Large language models (LLMs), such as Open AI's renowned conversational platform ChatGPT, have recently become increasingly widespread, with many internet users relying on them to find information quickly and produce texts ...
Tech Xplore / When asked to build web pages, LLMs found to include manipulative design practices
A team of computer scientists at Technical University of Darmstadt, working with a colleague from the University of Glasgow, and another from Humbold University of Berlin, has found evidence via experiments they ran, that ...
Tech Xplore / AI can create a reasonable facsimile of a person's personality after two-hour interview
A small team of computer scientists and sociologists, working with Google DeepMind, has developed an AI application that can generate a simulation of a person's personality after interviewing them for just two hours. The ...
Tech Xplore / Engineers knit a 'blanket' of sophisticated radio-frequency antennas
Imagine taking the radio frequency properties of the dish antennas you see on rooftops and knitting them into a wearable garment—a sweater or a blanket that is ultralight, portable, easy to fold up and stow away.