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MIT Engineers Rev Up 3D Printing
To make 3D printing a more realistic solution, a team of engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a 3D printer capable of creating builds up to 10 times faster than their consumer counterparts.
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Solar Power Puts the Petal to the Metal
Looking at solar energy as an alternative energy source but solar panels are just too ugly? The ultra-cute SmartFlower has 12 solar panel petals, and it’s plug-and-play.
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Dutch Gyroplane Company Takes Flight
This week, PAL-V was awarded the Innovation Leadership Award in the personal flying mobility market by research firm Frost & Sullivan.
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Ultra-low Power Biometric Sensors Introduced for Healthcare Wearables
Silicon Labs has introduced a new family of sensors with advanced heart rate monitoring and electrocardiogram capabilities
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Two Internet of Things Development Boards Feature Bluetooth Low Energy Technology
ON Semiconductor’s new boards help designers with smart home, smart city, industrial automation and health applications
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Avnet’s Artificial Intelligence Agent Now Available in Americas
“Ask Avnet” offers new ways for makers and professionals to receive information regarding parts from the distributor.
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Soaring Price May Define Bitcoin as an Investment Instead of a Currency
As the cryptocurrency bitcoin breaks the $10,000 mark, the answer to the question that has surrounded this technology from the start is still a bit unclear: Is bitcoin a currency or an investment vehicle?
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Researchers find Magnetoelectric Material Can Boost Electronic's Memory
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison discover new material can create stronger electronics.
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Scientists Make Transparent Materials Absorb Light
A group of physicists from Russia, Sweden and the U.S. have demonstrated a highly unusual optical effect. They managed to “virtually” absorb light using a material that has no light-absorbing capacity.
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New Technique Developed to Model Transplantation of the Human Liver
A team of scientists, physicians and engineers from the Center for Engineering in Medicine (CEM) and the Transplant Center of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA have reported the development of a new technology that will enable researchers to better study liver transplantation in a pre-clinical setting.
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New Microscopy and Labelling Method Maps DNA Mutations
A new nanomapping microscopy technique could transform the way disease-causing genetic mutations are diagnosed and detected.
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Will 2017 Be Bitcoin’s Year?
Mainstream sources believe it to be a scam at worst or a bubble at best. But by all indicators, 2017 might be the year bitcoin grows up and at least flirts with mainstream acceptance.
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New Defense Against Hackers is Only a Few Atoms Thick
Researchers at New York University Tandon School of Engineering have introduced a new class of unclonable cybersecurity security primitives made of a low-cost nanomaterial with the highest possible level of structural randomness.
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App Lets Owners Do Errands Without Getting Into Cars
Hyundai Motor America and Smartcar are working together, connecting businesses to owners’ vehicles to help car owners do errands without leaving their parking spots.
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Los Alamos Labs Appoints Director
Terry Wallace, Ph.D., a native of Los Alamos, New Mexico and a high-ranking official of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, has been appointed director of the lab, effective January 1.
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Accenture Gears Up for Quantum Computing Analytics
The consultancy's venture capital arm, Accenture Ventures, has made a minority investment in 1QBit, a quantum computing firm.
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Viettel Peru Extends its LTE Network To Connect Challenging Terrains
Not only will the connectivity increase Viettel Peru's subscriber base, but it also lets the company lease capacity in Iquitos to other service providers.
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Double-digit Growth for North American Hosted IP Telephony, UCaaS Markets
The market recorded 32.1 percent growth in users during 2016, and double-digit growth is forecast through 2033, according to the recent Frost & Sullivan report North American Hosted IP Telephony and UCaaS Market.
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Quintech Electronics Awarded Patent for Symmetric/Asymmetric Modular RF Matrix Switch
The matrix switch modular design allows its switch chassis to be configured with either a symmetric or asymmetric number of inputs and outputs.
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New 3D Printers are 10 Times Faster Than Commercial Counterparts
MIT engineers have developed a new desktop 3D printer that performs up to 10 times faster than existing commercial counterparts. Most common printers may fabricate a few Lego-sized bricks in one hour but the new design can print similarly sized objects in just a few minutes.
