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Robotics researchers have Watch-Bot to tell you if a task needs attention

(Tech Xplore)—At the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, researchers presented their work in creating Watch-Bot. Andrew Dalton in Engadget called it "a sort of robo-sentry."

Robotics

4 hours ago
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Users' perceptions of password security do not always match reality

Think your password is secure? You may need to think again. People's perceptions of password strength may not always match reality, according to a recent study by CyLab, Carnegie Mellon's Security and Privacy Institute.

Security

4 hours ago
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Chem-Phys patch: Engineers take first step toward flexible, wearable, tricoder-like device

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed the first flexible wearable device capable of monitoring both biochemical and electric signals in the human body. The Chem-Phys patch records electrocardiogram ...

Engineering

15 hours ago
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Hide your location on Twitter? We can still find you and that's not a bad thing in an emergency

Of the millions of Twitter users, there are about 98% who want to hide their location. So they switch off the function that publicly displays the location of any tweet.

Internet

12 hours ago
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Increasing the efficiency of fuel cells could lead to more widespread use of zero-emissions vehicles

On an average weekday, the air in Beijing can be so choked with smog that entire buildings disappear from view. Emissions from heavy industry and coal power plants are largely to blame, but so too are the nearly 5 million ...

Energy & Green Tech

May 20, 2016
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Now imagine your smartphone as a digital microscope

Here is a delightful thought, that you can look at the world of tiny things in nature and all surroundings using just your smartphone camera and nothing else.

Consumer & Gadgets

May 22, 2016
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New technology allows smartphones and wearable devices to share power (w/ Video)

(Tech Xplore)—A team of researchers working at the University of Bristol in the U.K. has developed a new type of technology that could allow smartphones to trade power with wearable and other mobile devices. As noted in ...

Hi Tech & Innovation

May 20, 2016
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Using static electricity, RoboBees can land and stick to surfaces (w/ video)

Call them the RoboBats. In a recent article in Science, Harvard roboticists demonstrate that their flying microrobots, nicknamed the RoboBees, can now perch during flight to save energy - like bats, birds or butterflies.

Robotics

May 19, 2016
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3-D printing hair structures opens up fascinating design space

(Tech Xplore)—Scientific research into stuff—what things are made of, what they could be made of, what everyday applications could expand into groundbreaking applications with everyday materials—is very much alive and ...

Engineering

May 20, 2016
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Stretchable batteries that can be applied to the skin like a band-aid (w/ video)

(Tech Xplore)—An international team of researchers has developed a means for applying a stretchable battery to human skin that not only carries enough charge to power a portable device, but can be applied like a band-aid. ...

Energy & Green Tech

May 17, 2016
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Printing metal in midair: 3-D printing and laser annealing of conductive metallic inks without supports

"Flat" and "rigid" are terms typically used to describe electronic devices. But the increasing demand for flexible, wearable electronics, sensors, antennas and biomedical devices has led a team at Harvard's John A. Paulson ...

Engineering

May 17, 2016
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Google patent talk: How a sticky situation may protect a pedestrian

What if? That is the nagging question surrounding self-driving cars which may be caught up in an accident and which may even take a pedestrian's life.

Hi Tech & Innovation

May 20, 2016
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New world record in 5G wireless spectrum efficiency

A team of 5G engineers from the Universities of Bristol and Lund has once again set a new world record for wireless spectrum efficiency, less than two months after setting the first one.

Telecom

May 18, 2016
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Thanks, Google: Camera system reveals rich details for art viewing

(Tech Xplore)—Art appreciation can mean many things. For the museum goer who passes by a canvas without a guide, taped audio and textbook knowledge, the person's preferred mode of appreciation relies on instant impact of ...

Hi Tech & Innovation

May 19, 2016
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Hand strap makes use of taps to get the message out

(Tech Xplore)—We need to send information including words and numbers across the wires but researchers are thinking about alternatives as to how we do so, and are pondering the future of the keyboard and mouse.

Consumer & Gadgets

May 18, 2016
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A soft actuator using electrically controllable membranes could pave the way for machines that are no danger to humans

In interacting with humans, robots must first and foremost be safe. If a household robot, for example, encounters a human, it should not continue its movements regardless, but rather give way in case of doubt. Researchers ...

Robotics

May 16, 2016
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Water-based reconfigurable robot could offer new solutions to underground pipe network inspection

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have created an aquatic robot which could be used during underwater search and rescue operations.

Robotics

May 17, 2016
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Holoflex—World's first holographic flexible smartphone (w/ Video)

Researchers at the Human Media Lab at Queen's University have developed the world's first holographic flexible smartphone. The device, dubbed HoloFlex, is capable of rendering 3D images with motion parallax and stereoscopy ...

Hi Tech & Innovation

May 07, 2016
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Scientists convert harmful algal blooms into high-performance battery electrodes

Last August, the seasonal harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Erie grew so extreme that they poisoned the water system in Toledo, Ohio, leaving nearly half a million residents without drinking water. But a few researchers ...

Energy & Green Tech

Oct 09, 2015
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The Roll helps to find the right photo shots

(Phys.org)—There you are passing time on a subway with a stalled train in the middle of a tunnel and no comforting announcement saying why.

Software

May 16, 2016
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SWIFT banking system frauds shows that even trusted financial institutions are vulnerable to attack

A series of bank frauds using the SWIFT banking messaging service has revealed how even supposedly highly-secure financial institutions are vulnerable to attack through their computerised systems. An attack through SWIFT ...

Security

May 20, 2016
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Smartwatch display on your arm? Samsung has a vision

(Tech Xplore)—Ouch. The question that some consumers pose when looking at smartwatch ads is, Why? Market research indicates that those who stay back from buying these wearables have various reasons, one of which is that ...

Consumer & Gadgets

May 15, 2016
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Researchers reveal inconsistent borders in online maps

We all look at the world subjectively, from our own point of view. Mapmakers, we assume, do the opposite: They portray the world objectively, as it actually is.

Internet

May 20, 2016
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Australia project turns vehicles into emergency network

(Tech Xplore)—We are quite accustomed to hearing about the wonders of enjoying a global experience in a connected universe where communications ignores limitations of borders, arrival gates and physical walls. Not everyone ...

Telecom

May 16, 2016
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Neural networks allow classic painting styles to be applied to modern video

(Tech Xplore)—A trio of researchers at the University of Freiburg has taken the science of using neural networks to understand the style of paintings done by human hands and applying it to modern photographs, one step further, ...

Computer Sciences

May 13, 2016
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