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While seabed-located cameras are great for tasks such as monitoring wildlife, powering them and retrieving their photos can be challenging. That’s where a new MIT-designed camera comes in, as it requires no battery, plus it wirelessly transmits its pho… Continue reading Battery-free MIT underwater camera is powered by sound
One of the dangerous things about sports-related concussions is the fact that athletes may not realize they have one, so they don’t seek much-needed medical attention. A new sensor could let them (or their coaches) know, and it would go on their neck, … Continue reading Neck-worn “bandage” sensors could better warn of concussions
Engineers at MIT have developed an ultra-thin speaker that could be used to make entire surfaces produce sound. The unique design should be energy efficient and easy to produce at scale, the team says.Continue ReadingCategory: Electronics, ScienceTags:… Continue reading Ultra-thin speakers roll out like wallpaper for sound-blasting surfaces
Looking to get into fault injection for your reverse engineering projects, but don’t have the cash to lay out for the necessary hardware? Fear not, for the tools to glitch …read more Continue reading Blast Chips with This BBQ Lighter Fault Injection Tool
By stimulating cells to reproduce, electricity has already been shown to help heal soft tissue injuries. Now, an electricity-producing implantable material likewise appears to boost the regrowth of cartilage in compromised joints.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Piezoelectric material shown to help regrow knee-joint cartilage
Although we’ve seen several systems that use vehicle-integrated cameras to detect intoxicated drivers, a team of Japanese scientists claim that such technology isn’t always reliable. Their alternative? A drunk-driver-detecting car seat.Continue Reading… Continue reading Pressure-sensing seat may one day detect drunk drivers
Although hearing aids do make life easier for many people, their limited battery life can be problematic. Scientists have set about addressing that shortcoming, by designing a hearing aid that requires no batteries.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags… Continue reading Battery-free hearing aid generates its own electricity
We all know that light and sound are wave phenomena, but of very different kinds. Light is electromechanical in nature, while sound is mechanical. Light can travel through a vacuum, …read more Continue reading Acousto-Optic Filter Uses Sound to Bend Light
While implanted artificial teeth do offer a longer-term alternative to dentures, they may need to be surgically replaced if chronic gum infections occur. Scientists are thus working on a better implant, that would generate electricity via mouth movemen… Continue reading Dental implant could heal infected gums by generating electricity
Over the past few years, we’ve looked at a number of futuristic bandages and implants that accelerate healing in the human body by converting energy from movement into electrical currents that zap wounds, repair injured muscles and even heal broken bon… Continue reading Motion-powered mesh accelerates healing of damaged tendons