When David De Clercq traveled to San Francisco last year, he had a few musts on his itinerary: Go to Alcatraz. Try new restaurants. And ride in a self-driving car. Self-driving cars, also known as…
To advance automobile decarbonization, a research team at Osaka Metropolitan University analyzed how alloy elements like titanium improve steel’s performance by optimizing bonding processes, contributing to lighter, more durable electric motors. Calculations explore how twelve…
Photo of the “neuromorphic drone” flying over a flower pattern. It illustrates the visual inputs the drone receives from the neuromorphic camera in the corners. Red indicates pixels getting darker, green indicates pixels getting brighter….
Matt Eichenfield’s team at Sandia National Laboratories uses multiple microwave frequencies to characterize a nonlinear phononic mixing device they built on a silicon wafer. Credit: Bret Latter/Sandia National Laboratories What if your earbuds could do…
Stretchable microneedle electrode arrays. Credit: Zhao Research Group Highly stretchable and customizable microneedles that revolutionize the interface between human bodies and invasive monitoring devices have been developed through <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip=" USC <span class="st">Founded…
Every smartphone has an expiration date. That day arrives when the software updates stop coming and you start missing out on new apps and security protections. With most phones, this used to happen after about…
Researchers have developed a tiny implant with neuron-sized electrodes that can remain intact in the body, offering potential for future vision implants for the blind. This implant could stimulate the brain’s visual cortex, creating images…
Lithium tantalate photonic integrated circuits. Credit: Tobias Kippenberg (EPFL) New photonic integrated circuit technology based on lithium tantalate improves cost-efficiency and scalability, making significant advancements in optical communications and computing. Optical communications and computing systems…
Through holography and AI, these glasses can display full-color, 3D moving images over an otherwise direct view of the real world. Credit: Andrew Brodhead Engineers at Stanford claim to have made a significant advancement in…
Researchers have innovated a method to manipulate tiny magnetic states in 2D van der Waals magnets, potentially enabling the creation of advanced memory devices and new computer types. Their breakthrough allows for the control of…
