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Optical fibers woven into fabric makes phototherapy treatment comfy and portable

Planting inexpensive MEMS devices in hands-free “keys” could prevent car theft

A new terahertz detector could bring more bandwidth to wearable sensors or intelligent cars—and it bends, too

Engineers at CERN use multiphysics simulation to improve the understanding of transient effects in superconducting magnets and magnet circuits of the Large Hadron Collider.

Lockheed will tackle the next big challenge in laser weapons—putting one in a top-gun fighter jet

Mere copper wire can now shunt masses of high-def data over a long distance

Bitmain built the majority of the computing power on the Bitcoin network. Now it wants to expand into deep learning and other AI

Cash from Qualcomm and a German pharmaceutical firm brings VC investment to $19 million in its first year

Engineers at Nokia Bell Labs use multiphysics simulation to capture the interplay between an oscillating piezoelectric fan and the surrounding airflow in the pursuit of a quiet, reliable, and low-energy cooling solution.

With this DIY design, you can take your own temperature-controlled soldering iron out into the field

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A debugging method for deep learning AI pits neural networks against each other to find errors

3D laser fabrication technique makes "in-chip" photonic devices inside of silicon

Rutgers engineers invent cheap biometric access control that works on any solid surface

Researchers train algorithms to identify people with suicidal thoughts based on fMRI brain scans

It would be the first new chamber discovered since the 19th century, but not everyone is convinced

A new exhibit by experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats challenges participants to think about the future of work

Zunum Aero plans to make regional flight service cheaper, faster, and greener with its 12-seater hyrid jet

Sony revives its dead canine and gives it more lifelike movements

Created by a small team at Willow Garage in Silicon Valley, ROS went on to become the world's most influential robotics software platform

Here’s the surprising story behind the software that conquered the world, one slide at a time

Here’s the surprising story behind the software that conquered the world, one slide at a time

But no one really knows how lasers affect bird vision

Alphabet’s self-driving car company showcases minivans operating without human oversight

The Wine Country fires destroyed an irreplaceable piece of Silicon Valley history

This robot has no sensors, no controller, and weak actuators, but it can autonomously generate a variety of gaits

A supercomputer surpasses the proposed limit of using conventional machines to simulate quantum computers

Singapore and London have rolled out CCTVs, police body cameras, and new apps to assist law enforcement

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Entrepreneur and disruptor Jonathan Rothberg launches an ultrasound tool from his latest company, Butterfly Networks

Used in pioneering computer-graphics research, the Utah teapot has made cameos in Pixar’s Toy Story, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and “The Simpsons”

A photographer captures the last traces of a dying technology on the sidewalks of New York City

The point is not to win races, but to make motorcycles a lot safer

The potential for ferroelectric materials in next-generation electronics gets a boost

You can’t buy one, but you can build a DIY one for tinkering in the field

In a manifesto, ARM’s Simon Segars says tech companies must take lifetime responsibility for the security of every connected device they create

Visual prosthesis to be implanted in five patients with retinal disease

Mexico and its U.S. neighbors are planning expanded electrical trade even as President Trump continues pushing to build a border wall. New transmission links and greater use of existing connections could ease the integration of renewable energy by both countries.

The computing pioneer gave his computer the ability to play notes

Neural net modeled after human brain's visual system could aid computer preception

Move over, lithium ion: Vanadium flow batteries finally become competitive for grid-scale energy storage

China gets all the attention, but there’s another big Asian country that’s making gigantic strides

The team that built it hopes it will lead to portable graphene-based biochemical sensors

Sarcos CEO Ben Wolff argues that highly mobile, dexterous robots will transform industry and disaster response

The next step in wine production that will appeal to connoisseurs' palates and vintners' bottom lines: the art of noise