A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Minuscule, flexible compound lenses magnify large fields of…
Curved arrays of individual lenses allow small-scale sensors to perceive a broader picture. The cylindrical arrangement shown in the schematic allowed researchers to resolve a 170ofield of view.Photo Credit: Hongrui Jiang MADISON - Drawing inspiration…
Robotic Eyes to Assist Satellite Repairs in Orbit
[caption id="attachment_6571" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Image Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn[/caption] NASA is developing and demonstrating technologies to service and repair satellites in distant orbits. Robotic spacecraft — likely operated with joysticks by technicians on the ground — would…
Paradigm Shift to Mott device-based Power Interruption
Researchers in Korea have overcome a 100-year old technological limitation by fabricating the world's first Mott device that reduces the size and enhances the performance of traditional electromagnetic switches and circuit breakers. [caption id="attachment_6568" align="alignright"…
Moving fast to study Nirate in the Mississippi,…
[caption id="attachment_6562" align="alignnone" width="605"] Luke Loken, a graduate student in the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, drives a boat around Lake Mendota as he uses a stern-mounted sensor. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)[/caption]…