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Tech Xplore / How to head into VR without wearing a headset
A person wearing bulky goggles, turning awkwardly in circles and reaching out to grab something that isn't there—that is the image many of us have of virtual reality, and one that researchers at Kyushu University want to ...
Tech Xplore / Out-of-sync sleep schedules may steer people toward AI for dating and job assessments
Life often gets in the way of going to bed in sync with our circadian rhythm and getting enough sleep. Work, school and other social commitments can pull our schedules out of step, and scientists call this mismatch social ...
Tech Xplore / Agentic AI turns simple language into self-guided X-ray scans of microelectronics
Science has increasingly used artificial intelligence (AI) as a kind of microscope—sorting data, analyzing images and revealing hidden patterns. Now a new shift is underway: AI that not only breaks down data but also helps ...
Tech Xplore / Wave-shaped wall and roof designs can protect against hurricane-force winds
Florida State University faculty are helping build stronger structures by examining how wave-shaped patterns on exterior walls and roofs reduce wind loads on low-rise buildings by up to 60%.
Tech Xplore / Solar cells gain efficiency by emitting light in fewer directions
Solar cells absorb sunlight and convert it into electricity. This process, however, is not perfect, and a large part of the solar energy is simply lost along the way. Some of it is lost as heat, while photons with insufficient ...
Tech Xplore / Laser-sculpted bumps that guide light around obstacles could make fiber-optic communications faster and more reliable
University of Maryland (UMD) assistant professor Avik Dutt and research colleagues have demonstrated a new way to control light precisely by using microscopic structures created on the surface of hair-thin glass fibers.
Tech Xplore / In rain and darkness, how should self-driving cars trust their sensors?
Many of today's self-driving cars "see" the road through two senses at once. Cameras capture color, texture and the outline of a pedestrian, while light detection and ranging (LiDAR) fires laser pulses to measure exactly ...
Tech Xplore / New sensor system tracks coughs in a room—without knowing who's coughing
A team of Binghamton University researchers has developed a sensor system aimed at helping medical professionals more efficiently monitor how many people are coughing—and potentially spreading a disease—within a given area.
Tech Xplore / Bone meets tendon: 3D-printed structures mimic body's compact link between stiff and flexible tissues
Nature has spent millions of years optimizing the connection between bone and tendon. Over a very short distance, the body transitions from stiff bone to flexible tendon while maintaining strength and durability. Reproducing ...
Tech Xplore / Atom-thin material could overcome key transistor bottleneck for next-generation computer chips
If computer chips could be built from semiconductors just one atom thick, they could pack far more transistors into a smaller space while using less power. So far, however, the technology has been held back by the weakness ...
Tech Xplore / 'Wireless energy internet' roadmap charts path to light, heat and motion without batteries
Wireless charging has already transformed how people power phones, wearables and even electric vehicles. The next leap is to advance wireless technologies beyond delivering electrical energy to directly producing nonelectrical ...
Tech Xplore / Rubber ducks and screwdrivers put dexterous new soft robotic gripper to the test
Professors at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA) have developed a soft robotic gripper capable not only of picking up and holding objects but also of manipulating and ...
