Stretchable e-skin could give robots human-level touch sensitivity (techxplore.com)
Stretchable e-skin could give robots human-level touch sensitivity (techxplore.com)
Stretchable e-skin could give robots human-level touch sensitivity (techxplore.com)
Stretchable e-skin could give robots human-level touch sensitivity (techxplore.com)
German researchers have developed a solar cell film, 1/20th the thickness of human hair, that allows small commercial drones coated with it to be fully self-charging. (techxplore.com)
Canada to start taxing tech giants in 2024 despite US complaints (techxplore.com)
Legislation to enact the digital services tax is currently before Canada’s Parliament. Once it passes, “the tax would begin to apply for calendar year 2024, with that first year covering taxable revenues earned since Jan. 1, 2022,” the Finance Department said in budget documents published Tuesday....
A US government body, the NERL, says new research shows the nation's logistics network can be 100% powered with renewable energy using today's technology. (techxplore.com)
Turbocharging organizations with AI may often make them worse, not improve them. (techxplore.com)
Korean Researchers develop artificial skin that can regenerate skin and transmit sensation at the same time (techxplore.com)
New method uses classical computers to check accuracy of complex quantum systems (techxplore.com)
New AI technology enables 3D capture and editing of real-life objects (techxplore.com)
Imagine performing a sweep around an object with your smartphone and getting a realistic, fully editable 3D model that you can view from any angle. This is fast becoming reality, thanks to advances in AI.
A type of cyberattack that could set your smartphone on fire using its wireless charger (techxplore.com)
Atlas of internet surveillance maps ownership of network infrastructures worldwide (techxplore.com)
The consequences of the PV boom: Study analyzes recycling strategies for solar modules (techxplore.com)
“Circular economy recycling in photovoltaics will be crucial to avoiding waste streams on a scale roughly equivalent to today’s global electronic waste,” explains physicist Dr. Marius Peters from the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energies (HI ERN), a branch of Forschungszentrum Jülich.
Sony to cut about 900 jobs in its PlayStation unit as layoffs in technology, gaming sector continue. (techxplore.com)
A scalable photoelectrochemical system for green hydrogen production (techxplore.com)
If realized using solar energy or other renewable energy, water splitting could be a promising way of sustainably producing hydrogen (H2) on a large-scale. Most photoelectrochemical water splitting systems proposed so far, however, have been found to be either inefficient, unstable, or difficult to implement on a large-scale.
Experts call for new economic modeling to meet energy transition ambition. Policymakers navigating the energy transition has surpassed the capacity of existing economic modeling for the first time. (techxplore.com)
A Russian researcher says not only has no one yet developed a means to control AI - it may be impossible to do so. (techxplore.com)
Using thermotropic liquid crystals to enhance the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar modules (techxplore.com)
Trade unions can contribute to productivity and technological development, study says (techxplore.com)
The Swedish trade union IF Metall is demanding that a collective agreement be established with Tesla, but the electric car manufacturer is refusing to collaborate. As a result, well over a hundred Swedish Tesla workers have been on strike since late October, with trade unions from several Nordic countries have recently supported...
Scientists announce breakthrough in hypersonic heat shield (techxplore.com)
Japanese researchers have tested bipedal robotic legs that use lab grown cultured skeletal muscles to power their locomotion (techxplore.com)
AI discovers that not every fingerprint is unique (techxplore.com)
'Gold' hydrogen: Natural deposits are turning up all over the world—but how useful is it? (techxplore.com)
Hydrogen will play a role in weaning us off fossil fuels. It can be used to power trains, planes and HGVs, as well as being a low-carbon alternative to coke in steelmaking and a way to warm our homes.