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Earlier this year, San Francisco’s Saildrone joined forces with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to launch five sensor-packed unmanned surface vehicles into paths of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean to gather data. Now one of … Continue reading Saildrone releases dramatic video from inside Hurricane Sam
Engineers at Northwestern University have given microchips a new ability – the power of flight. Inspired by wind-dispersed seeds, these “microfliers” are shaped like tiny propellers to catch the wind, and may be the smallest flying structures ever made… Continue reading Helicopter-shaped microchip is smallest flying structure ever built
Though you can make objects smarter by adding sensors to them, a team of MIT engineers has managed to 3D print metamaterial structures with electrodes directly integrated into them to allow objects to sense user interaction.Continue ReadingCategory: Ma… Continue reading Engineers 3D print force-sensing metamaterial structures
We’re already seeing smartphone cameras that break the 100-megapixel barrier, but now Samsung is aiming to double that with the launch of the ISOCELL HP1 – a 200-MP image sensor destined for the flagship handsets of tomorrow.Continue ReadingCategory: M… Continue reading Samsung aims for ultra-high-def smartphone photography with 200-MP sensor
Thin, wearable films packed with discreet sensors promise to change the game when it comes to health monitoring, with the potential to track everything from vitamin C levels, to blood sugar, to signs of cardiovascular trouble. A new design for these so… Continue reading Artificial sweat pores allow electronic skin to breathe during exercise
Researchers from MIT and Harvard have demonstrated a cutting-edge biosensor technology by developing a face mask that can detect SARS-CoV-2 in a wearer’s breath within just 90 minutes. The sensor technology can be programmed to detect any kind of virus… Continue reading MIT and Harvard engineers develop face mask that detects COVID-19
Engineers at MIT’s CSAIL have developed a smart carpet that can accurately estimate a person’s movements or body pose without needing cameras. The system could be useful for exercise feedback, monitoring falls, or tracking for VR and gaming.Continue Re… Continue reading Smart carpet tracks your movements for better exercise or gaming
Intelligent sensing technology company Teledyne FLIR has been awarded US$4 million in initial funding by the Pentagon to develop the “first mass-wearable chemical detector for U.S. troops.”Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Chemical We… Continue reading US Army to get first personal wearable chemical detector
Researchers from the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology have developed a wearable health-monitoring system that’s attached to a user’s wrist, and can stretch by as much as 30 percent without adversely affecting display or monitoring performance.C… Continue reading Samsung develops stretchable OLED health-monitoring wearable
Though some folks chase storms for the thrill, and others out of curiosity, there are also those who pursue severe weather events for scientific purposes. And it’s the lattermost pursuit that will see a small fleet of unmanned surface vehicles delibera… Continue reading Saildrone goes chasing hurricanes in the Caribbean