The not-so-digital future of digital signal processing April 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Fungi processing audio signals. E. Coli storing images. DNA acting as logic circuits. It’s possible, and in some cases, it’s already happened. In any event, performing digital signal processing using organic and chemical ... | |
 Microorganisms act as tiny machines in future MEMS devices April 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 60 vote(s)
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The single-celled Spirostomum is a tiny brown worm that can contract its 500-micrometer-long body to 25% of its length in a millisecond, making this protozoan the fastest-contracting microorganism known. ... | |
 Future space devices inspired by spider legs September 07, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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Are spiders ideal space travelers? Not quite, but according to a new study, their legs may be. Scientists Carlo Menon and Cristian Lira have designed and built lightweight, bendable joints based on the micro-hydraulic ... | |
 Robot Suit May Help You Achieve a Perfect Golf Swing October 31, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Researchers have developed a vibrotactile feedback suit to help individuals learn new motor skills more quickly and accurately than by mimicking human teachers alone. Besides golf, dance and sports training, ... | |
 Wireless EEG system self-powered by body heat and light April 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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In the framework of Holst Centre, IMEC has developed a battery-free wireless 2-channel EEG (electroencephalography or monitoring of brain waves) system powered by a hybrid power supply using body heat and ... | |
Watch digital TV and films without disruptions thanks to mathematical model April 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Dutch researcher Alina Weffers-Albu has developed a method to calculate how a device can provide maximum functionality with a minimum quantity of processor and memory capacity. TVs, DVD players and mobile phones can malfunction ... | |
 Soldiers to get 3-D maps in near-real-time March 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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In the near future, soldiers may be using maps that are more akin to long-range but highly accurate security cameras: the maps will enable troops to see both the exterior and interior of buildings, as well ... | |
 Elastic circuit connectors designed for rubber-band-like circuits July 10, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 59 vote(s)
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Researchers from Belgium have devised a plan for making headway into the area of flexible, washable electronics. These integrated electronics, which could be incorporated into clothing and biomedical applications, ... | |
 Tactile sensor acts as a human finger in minimally invasive surgery June 27, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Researchers have designed a millimeter-sized sensor that has many of the tactile abilities of a human finger: it can sense the magnitude and the position of an applied force, slippage of a grasping tool, and ... | |
 Smart brake light system would provide more information to drivers March 26, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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You are driving in heavy traffic. The brake lights on the car in front of you come on. Is the car slowing or is it going to stop? It slows to 25 mph and the lights go off. You drop back. The car in front of ... | |
 Vehicles That Talk to Each Other Know What Lanes They're In December 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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A standard GPS receiver has an average 2D-positioning accuracy of about 13 meters. While this precision is high enough to direct you to your hotel, it’s quite a bit lower than the accuracy required to determine ... | |
 Autonomous lenses may bring microworld into focus August 02, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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When Hongrui Jiang looked into a fly's eye, he saw a way to make a tiny lens so "smart" that it can adapt its focal length from minus infinity to plus infinity-without external control. | |
 Research Could Cut Aircraft Development Costs, Improve Safety April 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A distressing fact for aeronautical engineers: Scale model airplanes don't fly anything like their full-sized counterparts. And that makes aircraft design a lot more difficult. | |
 Luxim's tiny plasma lightbulb outshines LEDs March 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 63 vote(s)
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A Tic-Tac-sized lightbulb that gives off as much light as a streetlamp may offer a peek at the ultra-efficient lighting of the future. The bulb, developed by Luxim of Sunnyvale, California, uses plasma technology ... | |
 Independent tests validate BMW Hydrogen 7 emissions well-below SULEV March 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Independent tests conducted by engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory on a BMW Hydrogen 7 Mono-Fuel demonstration vehicle have found that the car's hydrogen-powered ... | |
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