Wood is made of two basic ingredients: cellulose, which are tiny fibres, and lignin, which bonds those fibres together to give it strength. Tear a paper towel in half and look closely along the edge. You will see the little cellulose fibres sticking up. Lignin is a glue-like material that bonds the fibres together, a little like the plastic resin in fibreglass or carbon fibre. The lignin also contains molecules called chromophores, which give the wood its brown colour and prevent light from ...

University of California, San Diego developed a thin, flexible strip that can be worn on a fingertip and generate small amounts of electricity when a person’s finger sweats or presses on it. Wearable device turns the touch of a finger into a source of power. This finger wrap can let you power electronics while you sleep A new wearable device turns the touch of a finger into a source of power for small electronics and sensors. Engineers at the University of California, San Diego develop...

Deployable, safe, reliable and clean power solutionsThrough our versatile next-generation Micro-Reactor technology, we’re developing a solution that can be deployed safely, affordably and at pace. Drawing upon our vast nuclear knowledge and experience, our Micro-Reactor uses novel technologies based on proven, reliable power solutions. What is a Micro-Reactor?The Rolls-Royce Micro-Reactor has a high-power density, which means that it can reliably, flexibly and sustainably support a range ...

Portable, non-invasive, mind-reading AI turns thoughts into text Researchers from the GrapheneX-UTS Human-centric Artificial Intelligence Centre have developed a portable, non-invasive system that can decode silent thoughts and turn them into text. In a world-first, researchers from the GrapheneX-UTS Human-centric Artificial Intelligence Centre at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a portable, non-invasive system that can decode silent thoughts and turn them into tex...

The Squad is a new solar-powered electric car designed for city driving The tiny city car charges through a built-in solar panel and has 62 miles of driving range. The Squad Solar City Car is a light electric vehicle that would be designated as a Low-Speed Vehicle (LSV) for inter city use. The SQUAD bridges the gap between cars and two-wheelers. Dutch EV developer Squad Mobility has officially launched this Squad Solar City Car. The small two-seater compact city car boasts a ...

NEW WAY TO PLAN AND BOOK TRAVEL. USING AI GuideGeek is a new way to plan and book travel. Curated Knowledge Built on OpenAI, GuideGeek gives you the collective knowledge of the entire internet, curated by the human travel experts at Matador Network - the world's largest independent travel publisher. Built on OpenAI, GuideGeek gives you the collective knowledge of the entire internet, curated by the human travel experts at Matador Network - the world's largest independent travel publisher....

Fetch.ai is a Cambridge-based company that aims to provide tooling for communication and actions between AI applications, using blockchain technology and decentralized machine learning. It's an open platform that lets you transform your legacy systems, make your services discoverable, and integrate with other developers and partners. A platform to connect multiple integrations to create new services. Fetch.AI is transforming industries with its AI-powered blockchain architecture. It has d...

Dronamics is a company that aims to establish the world's first cargo drone airline. Founded in 2014 by Svilen Rangelov and Konstantin Ivanov, Dronamics focuses on developing and operating large cargo drones designed to transport goods in a cost-effective and efficient manner. Dronamics envisions a global network of autonomous cargo drones that can transport goods between remote or underserved areas, providing a more economical alternative to traditional cargo transportation methods. Th...

G42, the Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence and cloud computing company, has launched the “world’s largest supercomputer” that aims to address challenges in health care, energy and climate action using artificial intelligence. The company has joined forces with US-based AI firm Cerebras Systems to launch Condor Galaxy, a network of nine interconnected supercomputers, that promises to significantly reduce AI model training time. The first AI supercomputer on the network, Condor Galaxy...

Hour One, the all-in-one AI-video generation platform. Streamline your video creation process. It turns your text/content into videos within minutes Hour One is an AI company specializing in the development of virtual humans for use in professional video communications. Hour One's lifelike virtual characters are based on real humans, and can be animated with human expressiveness just from text, enabling businesses to upgrade their communications with unprecedented ease and scale. With it...

Researchers develop a scalable fabrication technique to produce ultrathin, lightweight solar cells that can be seamlessly added to any surface. MIT engineers have developed ultralight fabric solar cells that can quickly and easily turn any surface into a power source. These durable, flexible solar cells, which are much thinner than a human hair, are glued to a strong, lightweight fabric, making them easy to install on a fixed surface. They can provide energy on the go as a wearable power ...

Nvidia Jetson Nano Developer Kit is a small (80×100) yet powerful computer that was launched in March 2019 by Nvidia and is growing in popularity. I was able to get one in April 2019 and immediately put it to work. One question that I get from people is : what can you do with this board? In this post I’d like to answer that question and inspire makers to use this board. First, let’s take a look at the board specs of the Jetson Nano and its carrier board (Developer Kit): System on Module spec...

CMOS Smart Imagers and Vision Chips. Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) smart imagers and vision chips play a crucial role in various applications, including digital cameras, medical imaging, surveillance systems, and automotive safety systems. These devices are designed to capture and process visual information efficiently. Here are some key aspects and features associated with CMOS smart imagers and vision chips: CMOS Technology: CMOS is a semiconductor technology that in...

Japanese design firm Serendix has automated process to build scalable 3D-printed housing pod that takes less than a day to create at very affordable cost. Serendix, which hopes to make housing more affordable, recently combined 3D printing and CNC machining to build a house for very affordable cost. Serendix Corporation (Headquarters: Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture; President: Hiroyasu Koma) announces the completion of serendix50, Japan's first 3D printed housing for two-person househ...

Ai pin is a standalone, screenless AI-powered device that can attach to your clothing. Running on the GPT-4 large language model. The Ai Pin features a 13MP ultra wide camera with 120° FOV (f/2.4 aperture) and a 3D depth sensor. Other sensors include an ambient light sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, and GPS. AI-powered optical recognition and a laser-projected display. Founded by Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno in 2019, Humane is creating the technologies and platf...

Alibaba Cloud unveiled the latest version of its large language model Tongyi Qianwen and a series of product updates on Tuesday designed to help its customers reap the benefits of generative AI. Tongyi Qianwen 2.0 has a bigger model size, with strong capabilities in understanding complex instructions, copywriting, reasoning, memorizing and reducing hallucination, which refers to the tendency of models to create false information. Alibaba Cloud also released a slew of initiatives covering ...

Aktiia measures your blood pressure, automatically, while you go about your daily life, uninterrupted. Aktiia is a company that has developed wearable devices for continuous blood pressure monitoring. They aim to provide a solution that allows individuals to measure their blood pressure throughout the day, seamlessly integrating into their daily activities. The technology behind Aktiia typically involves optical sensors that use photoplethysmography (PPG) to detect changes in blood volume...

Roboflow is a platform that provides tools and services for managing and deploying computer vision models. It allows users to annotate and preprocess image data, train machine learning models, and deploy those models to production. Key features of Roboflow include: Data Annotation: Roboflow facilitates the annotation of images for computer vision tasks. This includes tasks such as object detection, image segmentation, and classification. Data Preprocessing: The platform offers tool...

'Eko' -Digital Stethoscope Eko has developed innovative digital stethoscopes that integrate with digital technology to enhance the capabilities of traditional stethoscopes. Digital stethoscopes comes with features such as electronic auscultation, recording capabilities, and the ability to transmit and analyze heart and lung sounds using software. This will assist clinicians in their evaluation of heart failure (HF), valvular heart disease (VHD), and atrial fibrillation (AFib), ultimately ...

ViDAR (Visual Detection and Ranging), the world's first Optical Radar, is a maritime wide area optical search system proven to operate up to Sea State 6. ViDAR autonomously finds objects on the surface of the ocean over vastly greater areas than traditional search methods. ViDAR operates optically so it is unaffected by white caps and other effects that impact technology such as radar. Day and Night, ViDAR is able to detect objects that are very small – much beyond the capability of the...

Researchers have made an exotic quantum object called an Alice ring, which changes the properties of other quantum objects when they pass through it – or when they are simply viewed through it. Researchers manipulated thousands of extremely cold atoms to make a ring-like defect that can change the properties of quantum objects that pass through it. Scientists from Aalto University in Finland and Amherst College in Massachusetts created a bizarre quantum object known as an ‘Alice ring.’ An...

Archer and United have chosen Newark Liberty International Airport to Downtown Manhattan Heliport as the first route to utilize Archer’s electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) to provide safe, quick, quiet and cost effective transportation for airline passengersRoute estimated to take less than 10 minutes via Archer’s all-electric Midnight™ aircraftThe two companies plan to launch the initial routes by electrifying existing aviation infrastructure in and around the New York Met...

3D bioprinting is a technology that mixes bioinks with living cells to print natural tissue-like structures in three dimensions. This new technology provides the most human-like skin model for studying inflammatory conditions such as atopic dermatitis — more commonly known as eczema — a chronic inflammatory skin condition that causes dry, itchy and inflamed skin. The 3D bioprinting skin procedure, applications and limitations are described in a review article in Regenerative Biomaterials. Sa...

Yucheng Luan at start-up firm East Eight Energy in China, Li and their colleagues created an energy-harvesting device just 1-centimetre square, which consists of a top and bottom electrode with several 25-nanometre-wide strands of zinc oxide attached to each. The material was chosen for its ability to generate electrical charge under mechanical deformation. “We thought it would be interesting and meaningful to see if this motion can be harvested and converted into electricity,” says Wei Li a...

Storing data on glass might sound futuristic, but it’s a concept that dates back to the 19th century when single photographic negatives were preserved on panes of glass. Fast forward to today, technology has remarkably expanded the storage capabilities of this sustainable material. A small sheet of glass can now hold several terabytes of data, enough to store approximately 1.75 million songs or 13 years’ worth of music. Data that needs to be stored long-term is growing exponentially. Existin...

Consciousness could be the result of an optimization of information processing. How consciousness arises from the organization of matter. The idea that consciousness could be the result of an optimization of information processing is a hypothesis or theory put forth by some researchers and philosophers. This perspective is often associated with a viewpoint in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science known as "Integrated Information Theory" (IIT), developed by neuroscientist Giulio Tononi...

Orange Pi is a series of single-board computers (SBCs) produced by Shenzhen Xunlong Software, a Chinese company. These SBCs are similar to the more well-known Raspberry Pi but come in various models with different features and hardware specifications. They are typically used for DIY electronics projects, education, and other applications where a compact and affordable computing platform is needed. Orange Pi is a leading global provider of open source hardware and open source software, dedica...