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Tech Xplore / AI tech breathes life into virtual companion animals

Researchers at UNIST have developed an innovative AI technology capable of reconstructing highly detailed three-dimensional (3D) models of companion animals from a single photograph, enabling realistic animations. This breakthrough ...

Aug 19, 2025 in Consumer & Gadgets
Tech Xplore / Wheel-legged robotic system moves more efficiently in a wide range of environments

Most existing robots designed to move on the ground rely on either wheels or legs, as opposed to a combination of the two. Yet robots that can seamlessly switch between wheeled and legged locomotion could be highly advantageous, ...

Aug 18, 2025 in Robotics
Tech Xplore / Unique fingerprints in 3D printing may foil adversaries

3D printing is a simple way to create custom tools, replacement pieces and other helpful objects, but it is also being used to create untraceable firearms, such as ghost guns, like the one implicated in the late 2024 killing ...

Aug 18, 2025 in Hi Tech & Innovation
Tech Xplore / Nuclear waste could be a source of fuel in future reactors

From electric cars to artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, the technologies people use every day require a growing need for electricity. In theory, nuclear fusion—a process that fuses atoms together, releasing heat ...

Aug 18, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / Robots with a collective brain: The revolution of shared intelligence

In a world where automation is advancing by leaps and bounds, collaboration between robots is no longer science fiction. Imagine a warehouse where dozens of machines transport goods without colliding, a restaurant where robots ...

Aug 18, 2025 in Robotics
Tech Xplore / Self-powered photodetector achieves 20-fold sensitivity boost using novel device structure

Silicon semiconductors used in existing photodetectors have low light responsivity, and the two-dimensional semiconductor MoS₂ (molybdenum disulfide) is so thin that doping processes to control its electrical properties ...

Tech Xplore / Engineers send a wireless curveball to deliver massive amounts of data

High frequency radio waves can wirelessly carry the vast amount of data demanded by emerging technology like virtual reality, but as engineers push into the upper reaches of the radio spectrum, they are hitting walls. Literally.

Aug 18, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Innovative adhesive film harvests electricity from peeling, enabling battery-free sensing and safety

A new ultra-thin, transparent film, developed by researchers at UNIST can generate electrical signals solely through mechanical peeling or pressing actions. This technology paves the way for smart sensors that operate without ...

Tech Xplore / Shape-changing antenna enables more versatile sensing and wide-range communication

MIT researchers have developed a reconfigurable antenna that dynamically adjusts its frequency range by changing its physical shape, making it more versatile for communications and sensing than static antennas.

Aug 18, 2025 in Telecom
Tech Xplore / Accelerated design framework makes it easier to create custom shock-absorbing materials

University of Wisconsin–Madison mechanical engineers have developed a comprehensive framework that accelerates improvements to shock-absorbing foam materials.

Aug 18, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Battery breakthrough could transform electric car performance and range

Researchers in China claim to have achieved a significant breakthrough in lithium battery technology, doubling the energy density (the amount of energy a battery can store relative to its size and weight) of Tesla's most ...

Aug 18, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / Self-propelled ice could be the green power of the future

Scientists from Virginia Tech have discovered a way to make ice move on its own. It's not a magic trick or a supernatural occurrence but a clever engineering feat. The team designed a flat metal surface that allows ice disks ...

Aug 17, 2025 in Engineering