Imagine you decide to write a short story about a protagonist who creates an artificial human and then falls in love with it. What gender is your protagonist? What about the artificial human? Would you […]
University of Oxford researchers have made a significant step towards realizing miniature, soft batteries for use in a variety of biomedical applications, including the defibrillation and pacing of heart tissues. The work has been published […]
The ideal material for interfacing electronics with living tissue is soft, stretchable, and just as water-loving as the tissue itself—in short, a hydrogel. Semiconductors, the key materials for bioelectronics such as pacemakers, biosensors, and drug […]
Researchers at Tampere University have developed the world’s first soft touchpad that can sense the force, area and location of contact without electricity. The device utilizes pneumatic channels, enabling its use in environments such as […]
Today’s 3D printers make it fairly easy to conjure, say, a chess set into existence. But these printers are largely fixed in place. So if someone wants to add 3D-printed elements to a room—a footrest […]
The ever-advancing technologies of our digital age have transformed many industries, including—and perhaps especially—music. One of the most significant shifts has been the rise of DIY artists. These independent musicians take on roles traditionally held […]
What does sustainable fashion design have in common with Tetris? For both, an intriguing puzzle awaits, where you must configure unique shapes in a way that fills up the available space.This article was originally published […]
Two experts with the OpenAI team have developed a new kind of continuous-time consistency model (sCM) that they claim can generate video media 50 times faster than models currently in use. Cheng Lu and Yang […]
Recent technological advances have opened new valuable opportunities for assisting senior adults and individuals with physical disabilities. For instance, they have enabled the development of new interactive systems designed that can assist users with everyday […]
If a phone or other electronic device were made of soft materials, how would that change its use? Would it be more durable? If hospital health monitoring equipment were made of less rigid components, would […]
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