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Touch Control with Feeling

A new technology promises to take human-device interactions to a new dimension, creating 3-D haptic feedback controls in mid-air.

Engineers Discover How to Make Sensors in Half the Time

The recent discovery now brings the mass production of sensors for monitoring vital signs and brain activity closer to reality since the process makes it possible to manufacture the sensors similar to the way newspapers are printed off the press.

Water-Washable Resin for 3-D Printing Released by Full Spectrum Laser

The resin eliminates the need for potentially harmful volatile organic chemicals.

Bidding War Erupts Over Who Will Acquire PMC-Sierra

Microsemi and Skyworks are one-upping each other with the price steadily increasing.

InvenSense Enters Automotive MEMS Market

The company has rolled out MEMS for navigation and is in development for safety sensors.

GE Unveils Sleep Cycle Lighting LED Bulbs

Through its first e-commerce business, the LEDs can be controlled without the use of a smart hub.

Autonomous Aircraft Will Monitor Railways

The launch of the Insitu’s unmanned aircraft marks a new series of efforts to enhance railway safety and infrastructure inspection.

DARPA Wants to Develop Technology Allowing for a New Level of Human-Computer Interaction

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has just awarded $2.1 million to Colorado State University researchers to develop gesture technology that would allow for humans to interact with computers in a different way than ever before.

Gesture Support Brings New Life to Embedded User Interfaces

The next evolution in user interfaces, using gesture support, may breathe new life into embedded functionality and is particularly attractive for factory automation, industrial and medical settings.

Intel Acquires Cognitive Computing Provider Saffron

The microprocessor giant will use the technology for big data, cybersecurity and the Internet of Things.

Open-Source Robotic Arm Exceeds 1200% of Initial Crowdfunding Goal

The Arduino-based, open-source robotic arm offers high repeat precision (up to 0.2mm) and comes equipped with a stepper motor.

Research Team Creates First Sonic Tractor Beam

The working tractor beam uses high-amplitude sound waves to generate an acoustic hologram that can pick up and move small objects.

Researchers Discover Thin Material that Could Pave the Way for Next-Gen Quantum Communications

A major breakthrough has been made by researchers at the University of Technology, Sydney that could pave the way for the next-generation of quantum communications.

Hearts and Brains are Being 3D-Printed Out of Biological Materials

Strides are being made in the 3D-printing industry. What this means is a future where patients may not need to wait for organ transplants to fix their damaged organs.

Lockheed Martin Will Build Ballistic Missile Defense Radar that Combat Threats at Extreme Distance

The Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) will support a layered ballistic missile defense strategy to protect the U.S. from ballistic missile attacks.

mCube Releases Tiny 3-Axis Accelerometer

The less than a cubic millimeter MEMS is targeted at mobile phones, surgical devices and consumer products.

Nanostructure Materials May Revolutionize Flexibility

Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, (KAUST) have demonstrated a reversibly bi-stable material to demonstrate flexible electronics.