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Engineers develop smart material that changes stiffness when twisted or bent

AMES, Iowa – A new smart and responsive material can stiffen up like a worked-out muscle, say the Iowa State…

7 years ago

Add-on clip turns smartphone into fully operational microscope

Australian researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP) have developed a 3D printable ‘clip-on’ that can…

7 years ago

Cutting-edge FRAMOS 3D System Supports Visually Impaired in Daily Life

In cooperation with the CDTM institute of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), FRAMOS® has developed an innovative wearable using…

7 years ago

Intel Drone Light Show Breaks Guinness World Records Title at Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018

1,218 Intel® Shooting Star™ drones made history for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony with the Winter Olympics’ first-ever…

7 years ago

Giving everyone a window into the human body

Startup’s low-cost, portable scanner generates clinical-quality ultrasounds on a smartphone. utterfly Network, a startup co-founded by an MIT alumnus, aims…

7 years ago

WORLD FIRST US-AUSTRALIA BIOFUEL FLIGHT TAKES OFF

The world’s first dedicated biofuel flight between the United States and Australia, QF96 from Los Angeles to Melbourne, is set…

7 years ago

Making lighter vehicles with magnesium alloys

EPFL researchers have developed models of magnesium alloys to understand how to make the metal more pliable. Magnesium is the…

7 years ago

Engineers design artificial synapse for “brain-on-a-chip” hardware

When it comes to processing power, the human brain just can’t be beat. Packed within the squishy, football-sized organ are…

7 years ago

2018 CES: New Smart and Connected Home Devices Start with Intel Inside

Among the areas where data has the power to transform our daily lives the most: the rise of the smart home. During…

7 years ago

Drone Use Case: Intel’s Falcon 8+ Drone Helps Preserve 15th Century German Cathedral

The 15th century Halberstadt Cathedral in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, is getting help from 21st century technology: the Intel® Falcon™ 8+ drone. In…

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