Schematic diagram of polymer-based skin-attachable acoustic sensor. Attached on the skin. Comparative graph of sound detection. Credit: POSTECH "Hey, Siri,...

Volatolomics: Robot noses may one day be able to ‘smell’ disease on your breath

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June 30, 2022

Scientists develop diagnostic device for identifying compounds unique to particular diseases. Credit: Nano Research, Tsinghua University Press Scientists are working...

Crewless robotic Mayflower ship reaches Plymouth Rock

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June 30, 2022

Mayflower Autonomous Ship floats next to the replica of the original Mayflower, Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Plymouth, Mass. The...

Novel construction system uses acoustic levitation to assemble parts

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June 29, 2022

Assembly of segments using acoustic levitation. Credit: UPNA/NUP-Public University of Navarre LeviPrint is a system that uses acoustic manipulation for...

China’s Baidu races Waymo, GM to develop self-driving cars

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June 29, 2022

A technician monitors the self-driving taxi developed by tech giant Baidu Inc. on June 14, 2022, in Beijing. Baidu Inc....

Nanostructured surfaces for future quantum computer chips

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June 22, 2022

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Quantum computers are one of the key future technologies of the 21st century. Researchers at Paderborn...

Sniffing out your identity with breath biometrics

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June 22, 2022

Breath odor-based individual authentication using an artificial olfactory sensor could become possible in the near future as represented by this...

Creating a drag-friendly garment that changes in real time

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June 22, 2022

Nathan Straub, a rising senior in computer science, works on the "skeleton" for the project—a network of accelerometers connected to...

Levitating objects with sound could revolutionize virtual reality and 3D printing

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June 22, 2022

Performance of the proposed technique.(A) Schematical explanation of our two-step scattering model, adapting the BEM. (B) Correlation between trapping stiffness...

Newly developed optical microphone sees sound like never before

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June 22, 2022

Mark Sheinin (left) and Dorian Chan were part of a CMU research team that developed a camera system that can...

Seaweed and 3D printers: Chile’s innovative approach to feeding kids

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June 18, 2022

Food engineering student Alonso Vasquez cuts cochayuyo seaweed to process it before putting it into a 3D printer at the...

Colorful urban environments, even if just in virtual reality, promote well-being

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June 17, 2022

Even in virtual reality, colorful and vegetated urban landscapes improve well-being. Credit: A. Batistatou, F. Vandeville, and YN. Delevoye-Turrell Drab...