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  Revolutionary New Device Joins World of Smart Electronics: New Flexible, Transparent, Photosensitive Device

  April 19, 2013 — Smart electronics are taking the world by storm. From techno-textiles to transparent electronic displays, the world of intelligent technology is growing fast and a revolutionary new device has just ... > full story
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  Device to Mitigate Power Outages, Prevent Equipment Damage

  April 19, 2013 — Engineering researchers have developed equipment that will prevent rolling power outages by regulating or limiting the amount of excess current that moves through the power grid when a surge ... > full story
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  Robot Hands Gain a Gentler Touch: Tactile Sensing Technology Builds on Tiny Barometer Chips

  April 18, 2013 — What use is a hand without nerves, that can't tell what it's holding? A hand that lifts a can of soda to your lips, but inadvertently tips or crushes it in the process? Scientists have now developed ... > full story
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  'Big Data’ Algorithm Used to Customize Video Game Difficulty

  April 18, 2013 — Researchers have developed a computational model that can predict video game players’ in-game performance and provide a corresponding challenge they can beat, leading to quicker mastery of new ... > full story
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  Scientists Scan the Human Heart to Create Digital Anatomical Library

  April 18, 2013 — Medical researchers have demonstrated the anatomical reconstruction of an active human heart. The research uses contrast-computed tomography (CT) to allow in-depth 3-D computer modeling of hearts ... > full story
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  Tests in New York City Suggest How to Improve Emergency Radio Communications

  April 18, 2013 — Radio communications can be unreliable in underground tunnels and other large, complicated structures, posing a safety hazard for emergency responders. New tests of wireless emergency safety ... > full story
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  Battery Low? Give Your Mobile Some Water

  April 18, 2013 — A power source for your mobile phone can now be as close as the nearest tap, stream, or even a puddle, with the world’s first water-activated charging ... > full story
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  Taking the Pulse of the Crowd

  April 18, 2013 — If everyone in the crowd at a sports event or concert or even the players had wireless heart monitors fitted, commentators and those behind the sound desk could get a real measure of the sense of the ... > full story
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  Helpful for Robotics: Brain Uses Old Information for New Movements

  April 18, 2013 — Information from the senses has an important influence on how we move. For instance, you can see and feel when a mug is filled with hot coffee, and you lift it in a different way than if the mug were ... > full story
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  Frog-Like Robot Will Help Surgeons

  April 17, 2013 — Researchers are using the feet of tree frogs as a model for a tiny robot designed to crawl inside patients' bodies during keyhole ... > full story

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