Engineering
A new type of smart fabric developed at the University of Washington could pave the way for jackets that store invisible passcodes and open the door to your apartment or office.
Oct 31, 2017
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) established a new world efficiency record for quantum dot solar cells, at 13.4 percent.
Oct 31, 2017
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Engineering
Technology that keeps track of how your smartphone is oriented can now give $50,000 ultrasound machines many of the 3-D imaging abilities of their $250,000 counterparts—for the cost of a $10 microchip.
Oct 31, 2017
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Software
The virtual reality industry is faced with a conundrum: Users must be tethered to a server or PC in order to play high-quality apps.
Oct 31, 2017
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Computer Sciences
(Tech Xplore)—Creepy and mesmerizing. That's how Gizmodo this week reacted to an NVIDIA paper that shows the way a neural network can now render photorealistic faces—of people who never existed.
