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T-shirt with sensors and a smart system monitor health

By Damir Beciri
27 June 2012

chronious-t-shirtAs Europe’s population ages, chronic diseases are becoming increasingly widespread. In order to provide a seamless system able to monitor heart rate, breathing and physical activity, EU-funded researchers have developed a T-shirt fitted with sensors as well as additional in-home monitoring devices and intelligent data processing technology. Aside being used in telemedicine, the system could… »

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Miniature mechanical radiation-resistant logical circuits

By Damir Beciri
27 June 2012

mems-radiation-1Not a moment too soon after I criticized a statement about lightweight flying robots being used in radiated environments and the fact that electronics in radiation tend to malfunction in a previous article about the AirBurr flying robot, engineers from the University of Utah and the Case Western Reserve University designed microscopic mechanical devices able… »

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First tabletop X-ray laser device

By Damir Beciri
22 June 2012

tabletop-xray-laser-1Most of today’s X-ray lasers require so much power that they rely on facilities the size of football stadiums or larger, making their use impractical. An international research team led by researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) has generated the first laser-like beams of X-rays from a tabletop device, thus enabling more… »

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Using water and air to create bistable optical displays

By Damir Beciri
One Comment20 June 2012

aalto-water-and-air-bistable-optical-displays-1An international team of researchers led by Aalto University have come up with a concept of writing and displaying information on surfaces using simply air and water. The researchers are using an interesting property of superhydrophobic surfaces when they are submerged into water. The microscopic structures on their surface prevent the water from contact with… »

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Digitizing yourself as Miku Hatsune or some other avatar

By Damir Beciri
2 Comments20 June 2012

miku-hatsuneIn this article you can read about 2 projects which are able to transfer your actions into a virtual world. Both projects function without  special motion tracking suits or markers, and their another thing in common is the way they were presented. Both of their presentations were done with usage of a virtual character named… »

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Automated system able to detect cracks in pavement and seal them

By Damir Beciri
One Comment18 June 2012

gtri-road-crack-filling-systemResearchers from Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) recently published new results from a project started back in 2003. They developed a prototype of an automated system able to detect cracks in pavement and seal them. The system is able to detect cracks smaller than 3 mm (one-eighth-inch) wide and efficiently fill cracks from a vehicle… »

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Bioinspired anti-bacterial coating for stainless steel surfaces

By Damir Beciri
18 June 2012

stainless-steelNumerous chemical methods today already enable addition of durable antibacterial properties on surfaces, however, only a few prove to be useful on an industrial scale. Researchers from the University of Liege (ULg), Belgium, recently presented their latest results in a project related to the development of a sustainable way to apply wide spectrum antibacterial properties… »

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Moth-inspired anti-reflective plastics to be commercialized

By Damir Beciri
16 June 2012

imre-anti-reflective-plasticsResearchers from A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) and their commercial partners have developed a new plastic able to reflect between 0.09 and 0.2 percent of the visible light hitting its surface. The new plastic developed is also capable to maintain reflectivity lower than 0.7% at angles up to 45˚, thus making it… »