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Using AI to turn everyday objects into proactive assistants
A stapler on top of a moveable platform that can anticipate when a person will need to use it. Credit: Carnegie Mellon University
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Prototype battery powered by glucose and vitamin B2 offers path to more affordable energy storage
A new riboflavin and glucose flow battery generates a greater power density from the sugar than previous designs. Credit: Nathan Johnson, Adapted from ACS Energy…
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Robot ‘backpack’ drone launches, drives and flies to tackle emergencies
Credit: California Institute of Technology
Introducing X1: The world's first multirobot system that integrates a humanoid robot with a…
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Laser-tuned polymer surface switches between cooling and heating modes without consuming electricity
(Left) Conceptual diagram of single-material-based processing technology using laser processing (Center) Schematic illustrating the radiative cooling or solar…
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It’s called automated officiating. The NBA is utilizing it to get even more calls right
Referee Scott Foster, wearing an earpiece, signals a call during the second half of a preseason NBA basketball game between the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks,…
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How a fabric patch uses static electricity in your clothes to let you chat with AI and control smart…
DL-empowered A-Textile. (B) Photographic image showing the A-T extile–integrated garment for voice perception. Scale bar, 4 cm. (C) Photographic image showing the…
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This digital hand enables hands-free virtual reality
Yuxuan Liu (left with headset), a doctoral student in computer science and engineering, and Chen Liang (right), another doctoral student of computer science and…
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Artificial muscle can switch from soft to rigid to support 4,000 times its own weight
Schematic image, illustrating the dual cross-linking strategy and thermomechanical actuation mechanism of the magnetic artificial muscles. Credit: Advanced…
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Self-healing layer improves the safety and lifespan of all-solid-state lithium batteries
Electric field-driven migration of iodide ions to form iodide-rich DAIs. Credit: Nature Sustainability (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01649-y…
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Textile nerves—a new thread in the future of wearable electronics
Different fiber arrangements attempted for observing the effects of the dynamical network after a passage in an oven under pressure from weight. Credit:…
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