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Tech Xplore / Fiber computer allows apparel to run apps and 'understand' the wearer

What if the clothes you wear could care for your health? MIT researchers have developed an autonomous programmable computer in the form of an elastic fiber, which could monitor health conditions and physical activity, alerting ...

Feb 26, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Self-driving cars learn to share road knowledge through digital word-of-mouth

An NYU Tandon-led research team has developed a way for self-driving vehicles to share their knowledge about road conditions indirectly, making it possible for each vehicle to learn from the experiences of others even when ...

Feb 26, 2025 in Automotive
Tech Xplore / A springtail-like jumping robot: Diminutive device can leap 23 times its body length

Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences ...

Feb 26, 2025 in Robotics
Tech Xplore / Two new ways to create bread-derived carbon electrodes with desired shapes

A trio of engineers from Saint Vincent College and the University of Pittsburgh has developed two unique ways to mold bread-derived carbon electrodes into desired shapes. In their study published in the journal Royal Society ...

Tech Xplore / One-step 3D microelectrode technology for neural interfaces developed

Microelectrode arrays (MEAs) are widely used for recording brain activity and stimulating neural tissues. However, conventional MEAs are typically flat, limiting their ability to conform to the natural curves of neural structures. ...

Tech Xplore / AI model mimics human goal-setting through game creation

While we are remarkably capable of generating our own goals, beginning with child's play and continuing into adulthood, we don't yet have computer models for understanding this human ability.

Feb 26, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / New AI-powered tool could enhance traumatic brain injury investigations in forensics and law enforcement

A team of researchers from the University of Oxford, in collaboration with Thames Valley Police, the National Crime Agency, the John Radcliffe Hospital, Lurtis Ltd. and Cardiff University, has developed an advanced physics-based ...

Feb 26, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Bioinspired lattice design offers new possibilities for construction and safety

Inspired by the humble deep-sea sponge, RMIT University engineers have developed a new material with remarkable compressive strength and stiffness that could improve architectural and product designs.

Feb 26, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Enhancing lithium-ion battery performance with roll-to-roll compatible flash process technology

A world-first technology has been developed by introducing a roll-to-roll compatible flash process into secondary battery electrode manufacturing, significantly suppressing the performance degradation of thick electrodes.

Feb 26, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / New conductive-bridge interlayer contacts could boost performance of 2D optoelectronics

Photodiodes are widely used devices based on semiconducting materials that can convert light into electrical current. These devices are central components of various contemporary technologies, including photovoltaics (PVs) ...

Tech Xplore / New study identifies differences between human and AI-generated text

A team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers set out to see how accurately large language models (LLMs) can match the style of text written by humans. Their findings were recently published in the Proceedings of the National ...

Feb 25, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / Simulating scientists: A new tool for AI-powered scientific discovery

In an article published in Nature Machine Intelligence, an Australian team led by Monash University researchers has developed a generative AI tool that mimics scientists to support and speed up the process of scientific discoveries.

Feb 25, 2025 in Machine learning & AI