Cool Tech And Gadgets
Cheap AI Chips Used to Boost Hypersonic Weapons Range
Researchers from the Beijing Power Machinery Research Institute and the Dalian University of Technology integrated a cheap AI chip module (the NVIDIA Jetson TX2i)...
Rescue Missions to Benefit from Computer-Mounted Cyborg Roach Swarms
Scientists introduce cyborg insects as a solution to the limitations of traditional robots in swarm navigation.
New research integrates living insects with miniature electronic controllers...
Smart Textiles Powered by The Human Body
Researchers have created fiber-based electronics that harness electromagnetic energy in the atmosphere, using the human body as part of the circuit.
This fiber electronic technology...
Miniature Robot ‘Smart Swarms’ Inspired by Nature Could Soon Flow Through Our Bodies
Researchers developed “smart swarms” of miniature robots after drawing inspiration from nature, observing ant colonies, fish schools, and beehives. These mini-bot swarms collaborate through engineered...
Quantum Computers Just Turned 800 Times More Reliable
Quantum computing company Quantinuum and tech giant Microsoft claim they reached an “unprecedented” breakthrough in quantum computing reliability, drastically reducing error rates and physical...
Global Strategies to Accelerate AI in Science and Research
The International Science Council's Center for Science Futures published the report "Preparing National Research Ecosystems for AI: Strategies and Progress in 2024" to address...
New Body-Safe Battery Implants Are Sustained by Body Oxygen
Researchers developed a new type of battery that runs on oxygen in the body and never runs out of power, which can be implanted...
Two Revolutionary AI Chips Can Control Robots Through Thought
These two chips might be the key to developing sophisticated brain-computer interfacing.
Scientists from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China claim to...
Wireless Health Monitoring with Tiny Magnetic Implants
This new healthcare monitoring system utilizes millimeter-scale, chip-less, and battery-less magnetic implants, that communicate like any other wireless device. These findings by researchers from...
The Future of Swarms – Splittable Drones
A new and revolutionary modular splittable drone can separate mid-flight into smaller, independent drones. This new alleged development by Chinese scientists could swarm enemy...
Apple Faces Lawsuit for Developing a Weapon of Stalkers
Apple recently failed its bid to dismiss a lawsuit alleging its AirTag devices help stalkers track their victims.
San Francisco District Judge Vince Chhabria ruled...
Automated Fake News Detection
Under the looming threat of fake news, misinformation, and disinformation online, many scientists have worked to develop an automated "fake news" detection system that...
Alumor – Clean, Available Water Wherever You Need It
Alumor is a graduate of the INNOFENSE Innovation Center operated by iHLS in collaboration with IMoD.
For life to occur, it needs safe drinking water,...
Solar Panels in Your Eyes?
Researchers at The University of New South Wales in Australia are working on a device to be implanted in the eye’s retina and restore...
The Future of Urban Warfare is Machine Gun-Wielding Robot Dogs
A Chinese team of researchers released a study that claims robot dogs equipped with machine guns can rival human accuracy and marksmanship, which could...
Light-Based Solutions Revolutionize Computing
There is a recent explosion in demand for computer processing power worldwide following the AI boom, and the traditional methods of fitting ever-smaller transistors...
Same Hardware – Double the Speed?
A new approach developed by researchers at the University of California can double the processing power of existing devices without any addition of hardware,...
The Navy’s New Lizard-Like Robots
The new tools of the US Navy are AI-powered lizard-like robots developed by Gecko Robotics.
The company explains that these wall climbing robots are used...
New Tamper-Proof ID Tag Developed by MIT
MIT developers invent new tamper-proof ID tag that provides cheap and secure authentication – a cryptographic chip that is smaller and cheaper than RFID...
Soft Electronics Revolutionizing Medical Technology
Researchers at Singapore’s NTU are revolutionizing the world of innovative soft and stretchable electronics.
While most electronic products are hard and rigid, this rigidity becomes...
New Worm-Inspired Robot Revolutionizes World of Robotics
Snakelike, limbless robots would be extremely useful in search-and-rescue situations where they could navigate collapsed buildings to find and assist survivors, easily moving through...
Ultrasound Sticker for Unintrusive Internal Organ Checkup
MIT has developed a new stamp-sized ultrasound sticker that can monitor internal organs for signs of disease (like organ failure) or the progression of...
