AI trained to read electric vehicle charging station reviews to find infrastructure gaps
Credit: Ha et al./Patterns Although electric vehicles that reduce greenhouse gas emissions attract many drivers, the lack of confidence in ...
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Smooth touchdown: novel camera-based system for automated landing of drone on a fixed spot
Researchers demonstrate automated drone landing using 2D camera-based symbol detection, with potential applications in rescue missionsCredit: Malik Demirhan and Chinthaka ...
Lasers create miniature robots from bubbles (video)
Credit: Video credit belongs to the American Chemical Society. Robots are widely used to build cars, paint airplanes and sew ...
Inexpensive battery charges rapidly for electric vehicles, reduces range anxiety
Credit: Chao-Yang Wang's lab, Penn State Range anxiety, the fear of running out of power before being able to recharge ...
Fast decisions of flying insects
Ten times more skilled at 'life or death' reactionsCredit: Flinders Foundation, Jonathan Barge photographer Scientists are homing in on the ...
Super surfaces
Terahertz waves to help bounce wireless communication into the next generationCredit: Princeton University Assembling tiny chips into unique programmable surfaces, ...
Scientists suggested a method to improve performance of methanol fuel cells
Credit: FEFU press office Fuel cells based on methanol oxidation have a huge potential in the motor and technical industries. ...
UArizona researcher wins $1 million NSF C-Accel Grant
University of Arizona researcher Zheshen Zhang leads a team to create sensor systems for navigation, health care and communications -- ...
Speeding toward improved hydrogen fuel production
A new nanomaterial helps obtain hydrogen from a liquid energy carrier, in a key step toward a stable and clean ...
NASA’s Webb sunshield successfully unfolds and tensions in final tests
Credit: Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn Lengthened to the size of a tennis court, the five-layer sunshield of NASA's fully assembled James ...
Invention may get Army quadcopters to move faster
Credit: U.S. Army graphic ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Researchers believe a new hinge is the key to get load-bearing, ...
Increasing safety for electric cars and pedestrians
Credit: Michael Roan for Virginia Tech An interdisciplinary research group at Virginia Tech is using an award of $550,000 to ...
Algorithms and automation: Making new technology faster and cheaper
Credit: Xinyi Xiao, Penn State Additive manufacturing (AM) machinery has advanced over time, however, the necessary software for new machines ...
Army looks to improve quadrotor drone performance
Researchers develop algorithms to enable drones to quickly switch between hover and forward flightCredit: U.S. Army ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. ...