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Flashover is a very dangerous phenomenon, in which all of the exposed combustible materials in an enclosed area near-simultaneously ignite. Thanks to a new AI-based system, however, firefighters may soon receive warnings when flashover is imminent.Cont… Continue reading Artificially intelligent system could warn firefighters of flashovers
According to Pennsylvania State University’s Asst. Prof. Long He, the mushroom-farming industry is currently experiencing a labor shortage. His team has thus set about addressing that problem, by developing a mushroom-picking robot.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Suction-cup-equipped robot designed to pick and trim farmed mushrooms
Discarded carpets inevitably take up a lot of space in landfills, or create a great deal of smoke when incinerated. Soon, however, it may be possible to recover high-grade polypropylene from synthetic carpets that would otherwise just end up in the dum… Continue reading Recycling process pulls “virgin-standard” polypropylene from carpets
Although the use of conventional pesticides is harmful to the environment, farmers still need a way of keeping crop-damaging organisms at bay. According to a new study, an eco-friendly combination of agricultural and beer brewing waste products may be … Continue reading Beer brewing waste shown to help kill crop-harming parasites
Most conventional light microscopes have a resolution of 200 nanometers – this means that imaged objects which are any closer to one another won’t be seen as separate items. A new high-tech microscope slide, however, boosts that figure to 40 nanometers… Continue reading “Light-shrinking” slide boosts the resolution of existing microscopes
When someone has a problematic skin condition, the affected skin is typically either stiffer or softer than normal. A new sensor has been shown to detect such differences, potentially allowing doctors to diagnose problems more quickly and easily.Contin… Continue reading Skin-buzzing sensor detects psoriasis, and potentially other disorders
Everyone responds to general anesthetics differently, which can make administering the correct dose tricky. A new device is designed to help, by continuously monitoring anesthetic levels in patients’ bloodstreams during surgical procedures.Continue Rea… Continue reading “Smart pen” could monitor patients’ anesthetic levels during surgery
If you smiled at someone and they didn’t smile back, you’d probably find it off-putting. Well, that’s what usually happens if you smile at a humanoid robot … but not in the case of the expression-mirroring EVA.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, Techno… Continue reading EVA robot identifies and copies people’s facial expressions
Although many people enjoy tracking which types of birds come through their backyards, they can’t be watching their yards all the time. Terra is designed to help, by continuously identifying birds via their songs.Continue ReadingCategory: Around The Ho… Continue reading Terra identifies backyard bird visitors by analyzing their songs
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about how every person hosts their own unique population of viruses and bacteria, known as their microbiome. Well, according to a new international study, the same thing is true of cities.Continue ReadingCategory: Scienc… Continue reading Study determines that each city has its own microbial signature