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Praying mantises equipped with tiny 3D eyeglasses revealed that the insects have a form of stereo vision not previously discovered in any animal. Researchers see potential future applications in robot vision.

Digi-Key Applications Engineers update lanterns and a lion with NeoPixel LEDs, Arduinos and servo motors.

DC/DC buck regulators from Texas Instruments simplify the process of achieving EMI compliance and high reliability for rugged industrial and automotive applications.

Wearable sensors are designed to be worn on the throat to measure speech patterns and swallowing ability.

A new phosphor material that creates stronger and clearer LEDs has been developed by engineers from the University of California San Diego.

The CSM Series Capacitive Touch Sensor Displays measure only 15.0 by 15.0 by 3.2 millimeters and can be surface-mounted or even reverse-mounted.

Earlier this week, the Ski Robot Challenge pitted eight robotics teams from South Korean schools and a company against each other. On the line: $10,000 and bragging rights as the first company to build a self-skiing robot.

Ultrasound machines, used in hospitals and doctors' offices, cost up to $100,000. They are bulky and stationary. An MIT spinoff – Butterfly Network – created a small scanner that can convert a smartphone into a high-resolution ultrasound machine that is portable and costs less than $2,000.

Snow Business uses Ultimaker 3D printers in-house to prototype, test, and create final parts for snow machines operated in the film and TV industry.

An inventive system that combines drone technology with Lego bricks holds educational promise as an experiential learning method.

Good for preppers, campers, hikers and more, the BioLite SunLight is a durable, portable and compact device that uses the power of the sun.

The system collects captions and alt text associated with other instances of the same photo elsewhere online, associating human-authored descriptions with every website where it appears.

MIT CSAIL’s NanoMap technology allows drones to consistently fly at 20 mph through forests and warehouses.

An MIT research team found that three facial-analysis programs from three major technology companies have skin-type and gender biases.

Researchers have found that national parks around the world are not taking full advantage of the technology available that could help conserve and keep the parks updated.