Researchers have built a machine that sends messages using common chemicals. Among many potential applications, this system could relay secret messages or allow tiny devices to communicate inside the human body.
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Miniature Wi-Fi device could supply missing link for the IoT
For widespread deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT) to become reality, the IoT will require a new class of tiny, energy-efficient Wi-Fi radios to pass commands to and from the network to a myriad of devices.
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New method to dissipate heat in electronics
By modulating the flow of phonons through semiconductor nanowires, engineers can create smaller and faster devices.
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Making fuel out of sewage
Wastewater treatment plants across the United States may one day turn ordinary sewage into biocrude oil, thanks to new research at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
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Stanford team sets solar storage record
A team at Stanford has made significant strides toward solving the solar storage issue, demonstrating the most efficient means yet of storing electricity captured from sunlight in the form of chemical bonds.
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Spinach leaves transformed into bomb-detectors
By embedding leaves with carbon nanotubes, MIT engineers have transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives and wirelessly relay that information to a handheld device similar to a smartphone.
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More sensors not the answer to better autonomous vehicles
A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside has developed a reliable and accurate navigation system that exploits existing environmental signals such as cellular and Wi-Fi, rather than the Global Positioning System (GPS).
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Engineers reveal secret to revolutionary transparent sensors
In 2014, engineers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison announced their development of sensor technology for medical imaging that was (and is) ahead of anything else in the field. They have now revealed the composition of these revolutionary sensors.
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Record-breaking undersea internet cable from LA to Hong Kong
Facebook and Google (in partnership with Pacific Light Data Communication Co. and TE SubCom) have announced plans to build the longest and highest capacity undersea fiber-optic cable between North America and Asia.
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Aerospace engineer releases free aircraft design software
As interest in small autonomous aerial vehicles and their applications continues to expand, a Utah State University aerospace engineer is offering the public a free software tool that could revolutionise the drone industry.
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