Using magnetic properties of conductive thread, University of Washington researchers are able to store data in fabric. In this example, the code to unlock a door is stored in a fabric patch and read by an array of magnetometers.
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Chief scientist Mark Baumgartner secures a glider (with its wings removed) after it was recovered Dec. 4 from its three-week mission. The gliders are equipped with an underwater microphone and an iridium satellite antenna. The vehicle surfaces every few...
Technology that keeps track of how your smartphone is oriented can now give $50,000 ultrasound machines many of the 3-D imaging abilities of their $250,000 counterparts -- for the cost of a $10 microchip.
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The research participant with chronic motor complete spinal cord injury flexing his hip and knee without epidural stimulation. He previously received long-term activity-based training with spinal cord epidural stimulation.
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A research participant at the University of...
Left and center: Magnetite- and gold-based nanoparticles self-assemble into lattice-like structures. Right: Individual gold and magnetite based nanoparticles.
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A collaborative group of researchers including Petr Kral, professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago, describe...
New, hybrid RoboBee can fly, dive into water, swim, propel itself back out of water, and safely land. The RoboBee is retrofitted with four buoyant and a central gas collection chamber. Once the RoboBee swims to the surface, an...
Scan of the astrolabe artefact, revealing the etches.
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Details of the earliest known marine navigation tool, discovered in a shipwreck, have been revealed thanks to state-of-the-art scanning technology at WMG, University of Warwick.
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The 2.5-D RetroShape -- a smart watch with a shape-deforming back -- is among Dartmouth's offerings at UIST 2017.
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A watch that works in multiple dimensions and a smart ring that provides calendar alerts are among the...
Data center (stock image).
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Slow internet speeds and the Internet 'rush hour' -- the peak time when data speeds drop by up to 30% -- could be history with new hardware designed and demonstrated by UCL...
A view of light delivery through a citrate-based optical fiber.
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In Penn State's Materials Research Institute, an electrical engineer and a biomaterials engineer have joined their expertise to develop a flexible, biodegradable optical fiber to deliver...
Four-cell embryo (stock illustration).
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Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and their collaborators have created Expanded Potential Stem Cells (EPSCs) in mice, for the first time, that have a greater potential for development than current...
