https://techxplore.com/hi-tech-news/ en-us The latest news on hi-tech, innovation and new inventions technology, computer news and information EU manufacturers are increasingly embracing digital technologies to improve agility. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-europe-virtual-factories-industrial-revolution.html Electronics & Semiconductors Fri, 14 Jul 2023 01:55:02 EDT news608518494 Artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage lately in the public eye. How AI is being incorporated to the advantage of our everyday life despite its rapid development, however, remains an elusive topic that deserves the attention of many scientists. While in theory, AI can replace, or even displace, human beings from their positions, the challenge remains on how different industries and institutions can take advantage of this technological advancement and not drown in it. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-displacement-complement-reveal-mixed-bag-responses.html Hi Tech & Innovation Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:17:00 EDT news608476613 Researchers have demonstrated a continuous roller printing process that can pick up and transfer over 75,000 micrometer-scale semiconductor devices in a single roll with very high accuracy. The new method paves the way to creating large-scale arrays of optical components and could be used to rapidly manufacture micro-LED displays. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-approach-enable-inexpensive-mass-micro-led.html Electronics & Semiconductors Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:26:46 EDT news608462802 Scientists at the Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have developed a super flexible, composite semiconductor material that may have applications in next-generation flexible or curved displays, foldable phones and wearable electronics. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-super-flexible-composite-semiconductors-next-gen.html Electronics & Semiconductors Thu, 13 Jul 2023 08:58:27 EDT news608457503 Green screen technology has been around nearly a century. Some 45 million moviegoers were mesmerized by the special effects of "The Wizard of Oz" when it hit theaters in 1939. The magical scenes in Emerald City were the first to film actors in front of a green screen that later would be replaced with footage of fantastical scenes recorded at a different time and place. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-netflix-magenta-approach-green-screen.html Computer Sciences Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:30:01 EDT news608210848 The education of robot umpires has been complicated by an open secret in baseball for the past 150 years: The strike zone called on the field doesn't match the one mapped out in the rule book. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-baseball-robots-umpires-view-differently.html Robotics Mon, 10 Jul 2023 07:01:40 EDT news608191294 Maintenance of modern aircraft is a complex process. The use of AR smart glasses with 3D information visualization should make repair and maintenance work easier for aircraft mechanics. Virtual elements such as instructions, displays and technical tools can be operated by way of gesture, voice and gaze control. With the help of augmented reality systems, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics FKIE have developed concepts and solutions for maintaining the Airbus A400M. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-maintenance-aircraft-augmented-reality.html Hi Tech & Innovation Mon, 03 Jul 2023 14:24:03 EDT news607613041 A Stanford team has developed Sophia, a new way to optimize the pretraining of large language models that's twice as fast as current approaches. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-team-faster-cheaper-large-language.html Hi Tech & Innovation Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:57:42 EDT news607604257 Flexible displays that can change color, convey information and even send veiled messages via infrared radiation are now possible, thanks to new research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Engineers inspired by the morphing skins of animals like chameleons and octopuses have developed capillary-controlled robotic flapping fins to create switchable optical and infrared light multipixel displays that are 1,000 times more energy efficient than light-emitting devices. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-displays-flexible-fins-liquid-droplets.html Engineering Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:00:01 EDT news607335001 A new virtual reality (VR) app which takes users on a journey back in time to ancient Greece where they are able to experience first-hand what it was like to consult with the Greek god Zeus at the Oracle of Dodona has been developed by a team of academics led by the University of Bristol. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-ancient-greece-virtual-reality.html Consumer & Gadgets Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:11:46 EDT news607338700 Imagine strapping on a virtual reality headset and "walking" through a long-gone neighborhood in your city—seeing the streets and buildings as they appeared decades ago. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-3d-digital-lost-neighborhoods.html Hi Tech & Innovation Wed, 28 Jun 2023 14:00:03 EDT news607166220 Vision depends on light entering the eyes through the transparent tissues of the cornea, pupil and lens. When the light reaches the retina, photoreceptors produce signals and transmit them via the optical nerve to the brain, where an image is formed. Some of that light entering the eye is reflected back into the world by a highly reflective thin film of fluid covering the cornea. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-three-dimensional-images-eye-nerf.html Hi Tech & Innovation Tue, 27 Jun 2023 11:00:05 EDT news607081507 Engineers have been trying to devise increasingly efficient and low-cost methods to fabricate electronic components and devices on a large-scale. Recently, some studies explored the possibilities of creating electronics using solution processing techniques, which involve the deposition of materials with electrical properties from a solution onto a surface. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-wafer-scale-transistor-arrays-slot-die.html Electronics & Semiconductors Tue, 27 Jun 2023 09:30:02 EDT news606990229 When we perceive the world around us, parts of it come into and out of focus. While this visual cue is a natural one for humans, it can be hard for technology to imitate, especially in 3D displays. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new method for generating natural focal blur in a virtual reality headset, called the Split-Lohmann multifocal display. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-method-generating-natural-focal-blur.html Engineering Thu, 22 Jun 2023 16:40:03 EDT news606670801 Barely making a buzz, a two-seat helicopter powered by an electric battery landed softly on the tarmac at the Paris Air Show after a 15-minute flight. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-flying-taxis-star-paris-air.html Hi Tech & Innovation Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:19:43 EDT news606482319 Every day, tens of thousands of songs are released. This constant stream of options makes it difficult for streaming services and radio stations to choose which songs to add to playlists. To find the ones that will resonate with a large audience, these services have used human listeners and artificial intelligence. This approach, however, lingering at a 50% accuracy rate, does not reliably predict if songs will become hits. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-machine-songs-accuracy.html Hi Tech & Innovation Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:01 EDT news606383626 Printing of micro- and nanometer-scaled quartz glass structures from pure silicon dioxide opens up many new applications in optics, photonics, and semiconductor technologies. So far, processes have been based on conventional sintering. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-nanomaterials-3d-glass-sintering.html Electronics & Semiconductors Sun, 18 Jun 2023 07:50:02 EDT news606141718 The corporate parent of Facebook and Instagram plans to open a digital gateway for kids as young as 10 years old to enter virtual reality through the Meta Quest headset, despite rising concerns about children spending too much time on social media. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-facebook-owner-preteens-virtual-reality.html Business Sat, 17 Jun 2023 03:09:59 EDT news606190191 More than 55 years after Israel destroyed the Moroccan quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, it has been rebuilt in 3D with the help of a mobile phone application launched Thursday. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-3d-app-uncovers-lost-mughrabi.html Hi Tech & Innovation Fri, 16 Jun 2023 03:33:29 EDT news606105204 Superfast, subatomic-sized particles called muons have been used to wirelessly navigate underground for the first time. By using muon-detecting ground stations synchronized with an underground muon-detecting receiver, researchers at the University of Tokyo were able to calculate the receiver's position in the basement of a six-story building. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-underground-cosmic-ray-muons.html Telecom Thu, 15 Jun 2023 11:00:01 EDT news606041385 There are many ways to map New York City, including street maps of Manhattan's famous grid, the brightly colored subway map, and souvenir maps of skyscrapers. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-cities-motion-dynamic-urban.html Engineering Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:46:43 EDT news605976398 The performance and realism of virtual reality (VR) technology has significantly improved over the past decade, allowing users to immerse themselves in digital content in ways that were previously inaccessible. The technology will most likely continue to evolve over the next few years, introducing additional features and components that further engage the five senses. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-origami-based-haptic-device-virtual-reality.html Electronics & Semiconductors Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:16:37 EDT news605956590 A study, published in PNAS Nexus, describes a fabric that can be modulated between two different states to stabilize radiative heat loss and keep the wearer comfortable across a range of temperatures. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-fabric-temperature-flip.html Electronics & Semiconductors Wed, 14 Jun 2023 09:00:02 EDT news605952001 Researchers at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague have made progress in the field of assistive technology with the development of a novel auditory human–machine interface using black phosphorus–based tactile sensors. Research led by Prof. Martin Pumera and Dr. Jan Vyskočil has the potential to revolutionize communication for visually or speech-disabled individuals by providing an intuitive and efficient means of conveying information. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-black-phosphorusbased-humanmachine-communication-interface.html Engineering Tue, 13 Jun 2023 10:23:37 EDT news605870613 Like the brakes that stop cars, a molecular brake exists that can prevent semiconductor chains from slipping, enabling the creation of more groundbreaking devices. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-limits-stretchable-semiconductors-molecular-harness.html Electronics & Semiconductors Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:55:49 EDT news605537743 A team of material scientists and electronic engineers at MIT, has developed a way to create magnetic soft robots by combining fiber-based fabrication systems with mechanical and magnetic programming methods to provide locomotion under unidirectional magnetic fields. In their paper published in the journal Advanced Materials, the group describes how they overcame problems faced by others attempting to create magnetically controlled soft robots and outline the design of the robots they created. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-magnetic-soft-robots-fiber-based-unidirectional.html Robotics Fri, 09 Jun 2023 11:17:57 EDT news605528270 Like something out of a spy movie, thermal cameras make it possible to "see" heat by converting infrared radiation into an image. They can detect infrared light given off by animals, vehicles, electrical equipment and even people—leading to specialized applications in a number of industries. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-weve-lens-thermal-cameras-spy.html Engineering Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:11:20 EDT news605448673 What an international team of researchers actually set out to do was to detect a mysterious chemical object: a dielectron in solution. A dielectron is made up of two electrons, but unlike an atom, it has no nucleus. Up to now, scientists have been unable to directly detect such an object. While the researchers led by ETH Zurich Professor Ruth Signorell were experimenting with dielectrons, they accidentally discovered a new process for producing slow electrons. These can be used to initiate certain chemical reactions. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-electrons-efficient-reactions.html Electronics & Semiconductors Mon, 05 Jun 2023 13:29:57 EDT news605190594 Stanford scientists have developed a soft and stretchable electronic skin that can directly talk to the brain, imitating the sensory feedback of real skin using a strategy that, if improved, could offer hope to millions of people with prosthetic limbs. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-team-electronic-skin.html Robotics Sat, 03 Jun 2023 09:20:02 EDT news604761364 Developing an audio device that offers optimum sound experience to all people is not easy. The great challenge is that each person has their own listening preferences. For this reason, the Oldenburg Branch for Hearing, Speech and Audio Technology HSA of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT has developed adaptive algorithms as well as intuitive methods for adjusting personal sound. Together with a customer, this technology has now been successfully integrated in headphones as well. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-first-rate-algorithms.html Consumer & Gadgets Fri, 02 Jun 2023 12:42:24 EDT news604928542