11 Feb 2021

3D Printing Polymers
Researchers have developed the first 3D-printable "bottlebrush" elastomer. The new material results in printed objects that have unusual softness and elasticity — mechanical properties that closely resemble those of human tissue.
9 Dec 2020

A Defect-resistant Superalloy for 3D Printing
In recent years, it has become possible to use laser beams and electron beams to "print" engineering objects that have complex shapes that could not be achieved by conventional manufacturing routes. The additive manufacturing process, known widely as 3D printing, for metallic materials involves melting and fusing fine-scale powder particles — each about ten times finer than a grain of local beach sand — in sub-millimeter-scale "pools" created by focusing a laser or electron beam on the material.
10 Feb 2020

Solid-State Automotive Lidar: Commercializing Photonic Beam Steering?
What does it take to commercialize photonic beam steering?
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14 Jan 2020

Solid-state automotive lidar: commercializing photonic beam steering
What does it take to commercialize photonic beam steering?
12 Dec 2019

Material for Safer Football Helmets May Reduce Head Injuries
Scientists have developed elastic microlattice pads that can withstand both single hits and a series of impacts better than existing state-of-the-art foams used in football helmets. Their research suggests that the material may pave the way for helmets that better protect football players and other athletes from brain injuries caused by repeated head hits.
18 Oct 2019

Computer vision helping track and protect great white sharks
In the last few years, the combination of increasing compute power, big data and improved algorithms have catapulted artificial intelligence from research labs to enabling a multitude of innovative, practical applications.
30 Sep 2019

Alibaba unveils its own AI chip
Alibaba Group plans to launch its first self-developed AI inference chip, which has potential for use in autonomous driving, smart cities and smart logistics. In addition to this, the Academy will boost its R&D in AI chips for training on the cloud and for IOT applications.
27 Sep 2017

3D printing high strength aluminium
A breakthrough in metallurgy with the announcement that researchers have developed a technique for successfully 3D printing high-strength aluminum alloys—including types Al7075 and Al6061—that opens the door to additive manufacturing of engineering-relevant alloys.
7 Jul 2017

Accelerating rendering with AI
Researchers have developed a new technology based on artificial intelligence and deep learning that eliminates this noise and thereby enables production-quality rendering at much faster speeds.
30 Jun 2017

A robotic gripper for cleaning up space debris
Right now, about 500,000 pieces of human-made debris are whizzing around space, orbiting our planet at speeds up to 17,500 miles per hour.
2 May 2017

Improving next-gen materials for solar cells
New findings by an engineer outline new advances in solar cell technology and point to the incredible potential of the material used to fabricate the cell — gallium nitride.
24 Apr 2017

Sensor-filled glove could help doctors
Researchers have developed new wearable sensors and robotics technology that could be used to accurately measure muscle stiffness during physical exams.
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31 Mar 2017

BioSolar Inc
BioSolar's target is to design Si-Alloy materials with a capacity density of 1000 mAh/cm3 and a cell level volumetric energy density of 1000 Wh/L
20 Feb 2017

The little bacterium that could
Researchers replace membrane proteins in bacteria with a molecule they created and gain control over their ability to produce electricity
26 Jun 2015

BioSolar files patent for super battery technology
BioSolar, Inc has announced that it has jointly filed a patent application with the University of California, Santa Barbara.
13 Mar 2015

Breakthrough in OLED technology
A new study from a team of researchers shows that OLEDs made with finely patterned structures can produce bright, low-power light sources, a key step toward making organic lasers.