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Consumer & Gadgets

Seven smart rings promise to break sign language barriers by turning hand movements into instant text

Researchers in South Korea have developed a new sign language translation system based on users wearing seven rings equipped with sensors. According to a new study published in the journal Science Advances, the technology ...

Electronics & Semiconductors

These optical sensors don't just see—they think fast enough to change surgery, space exploration and more

Imagine a surgical robot that could detect the boundary between a tumor and healthy tissue during an operation; not by sending images offsite for testing, but by quickly analyzing subtle differences fast enough to guide the ...

Energy & Green Tech

Electron transport emerges as new rule for lithium battery catalyst design

Conventional catalyst designs have largely focused on thermodynamic properties, such as adsorption energy, to optimize catalytic activity. Now, however, a research team from the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese ...

Engineering

End-of-life batteries yield next-generation cathode under mild conditions, with 95% reuse

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers, in collaboration with scientists at Argonne National Laboratory, have developed a new strategy to transform low-value battery waste into a next-generation cathode material ...

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Consumer & Gadgets

For most US drivers, EVs offer emissions benefits and cost savings

Despite regional variability in climate, electricity sources, congestion, and the wide variation in individual driving patterns, electric vehicles generate less greenhouse gas emissions and do not cost more than comparable ...

Robotics

Closing the gap between animal movement and robotic control

Animals move with a level of precision and adaptability that robots struggle to match. In Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, researchers are developing a new AI-driven approach to uncover how ...