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Duke Researchers Create ‘Superman’ Vision Technology
Researchers at Duke University have invented a device to see through walls constructed from practical building materials by using a narrow band of microwave frequencies. This method could be used for security purposes and for the development of inexpensive devices to help construction workers find conduits, pipes, wires, and other building materials inside of walls.… Read More
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Japanese Art of Kirigami Inspires Ultrastretchable Device
A research team from the Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan has developed an ultrastretchable and deformable bioprobe using Kirigami designs. Kirigami, like Origami, is a Japanese form of paper art, but differs from Origami in that it involves cutting of the paper in addition to folding. Credit: Toyohashi University of Technology With this, lead… Read More
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MIT’s Glow-in-the-Dark Plants Could Be Our Light Source Someday
MIT researchers have successfully engineered plants that glow in the dark by embedding the leaves with specialized nanoparticles. This new technology, the researchers believe, could be optimized and lead to plants being our sources of light. So, one day we won’t be needing a desk lamp or streetlights. Instead, we could be reading by the… Read More
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Tri-C Students Create 3D-Printed Devices to Help Disabled Veterans
A group of students at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) in Ohio is using 3D printing techniques to create affordable assistive devices for disabled veterans. In doing so, the students are applying the knowledge they gain from their 3D Digital Design & Manufacturing Program, a one-year program constructed to prepare students in the field of 3D… Read More
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Bradley University Sponsors NASA’s Challenge to Create 3D-Printed Sustainable Housing for Mars
Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, has partnered with NASA to host a competition to create sustainable housing, using 3D printing technology, that can stand on Earth, Mars, the moon, and more. As part of the NASA Centennial Challenge, this recent competition marks the third phase of the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge. Competing teams are required to… Read More
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Connecting the Human Brain to the Internet in Real Time
A team of researchers at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has successfully connected a human brain to the internet in real time for the first time in history. The “brainternet” is the creation of Adam Pantanowitz, a lecturer in the university’s School of Electrical & Information Engineering. “I wanted to become the… Read More
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Binghamton University Researchers Develop Stretchable Battery From Fabric
A team of researchers from Binghamton University — State University of New York has created a new battery that is both flexible and stretchable. Made entirely from fabric, this new battery is powered by bacteria and so is environmentally friendly. This new biobattery could potentially be used in wearable electronics one day. The research is… Read More
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Netherlands Has World’s First 3D-Printed Concrete Bridge Thanks to Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has printed the world’s first 3D-printed concrete bridge, which was recently installed as a part of a new road around the village of Gemert in the Netherlands. The bridge is primarily meant for bicyclists. Since there are more bikes than people in the Netherlands, it is expected that hundreds of… Read More
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New Form of Journalism Uses Virtual Reality to Tell Story
Inspired by the progression of immersive storytelling, a professor at University of Southern California (USC) in Annenberg is using cutting-edge technology to prepare a new generation of journalists. With The New York Times (NYT), National Public Radio (NPR) and other media giants beginning to use Virtual Reality (VR) and 360 degree video, it is apparent… Read More
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How Movie and Game Techniques Are Advancing Neuroscience Research
Scientists across the U.S. are adopting computer generated imagery and virtual reality (VR) techniques from the film and gaming industries to advance research in neuroscience. Two projects presented by the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and by the University of Utah at the 2017 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Washington, D.C. gave… Read More
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University of Waterloo: Artificial Intelligence Without Internet Now Possible
Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada have made a breakthrough in artificial intelligence (AI). New machine learning algorithms, along with compact computer chips small enough to fit on a mobile phone, have allowed for an AI to run independent of the internet. Typical neural networks (known as “tethered” neural networks) require an internet… Read More
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Apple Expands ‘Everyone Can Code’ Initiative Globally
Apple recently disclosed its plan to expand its Everyone Can Code initiative to more than 20 universities across the globe, including RMIT in Australia, Mercantec in Denmark, Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen in the Netherlands, Unitec Institute of Technology in New Zealand, and Plymouth University in the UK. Apple launched the Everyone Can Code initiative… Read More
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UB’s Virtual Reality Method for Teacher Training Acts as ‘Flight Simulator for Teachers’
Generally, teachers learn to cope with real classroom dynamics through experience, which leaves new, inexperienced teachers at a disadvantage. But that won’t be the case for those with access to the virtual reality training method developed by two University at Buffalo education researchers, which simulates a real classroom setting showcasing difficult student behaviors. Virtual reality… Read More
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Rice University’s ‘Compressed Sensing’ Technology Could Reduce MRI Scan Time
Two Rice University researchers have developed a new ‘compressed sensing’ technology that will benefit patients who are required to undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for diagnosis of their medical conditions. MRI is a noninvasive test that uses a powerful magnetic field, radio frequency pulses and a computer to produce detailed pictures of the internal body,… Read More
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No More Need to Turn Off Hearing Aid to Tune Out Background Noise with MSU’s New Technology
A team of researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) is developing a revolutionary hearing aid technology that would eliminate background noise heard through devices currently used by people who have need of a hearing aid. While hearable technologies have improved many people’s ability to hear, there are some situations where the devices have been proven… Read More
