New easy-to-use optical chip can self-configure to perform various functions
From Optica 23/10/23 Researchers have developed an easy-to-use optical chip that can configure itself to achieve various functions. The positive real-valued matrix computation they have achieved gives the chip the potential to be used in applications requiring optical neural networks. Optical neural networks can be used for a variety of data-heavy tasks such as image […]
Rice-engineered material can reconnect severed nerves
From Rice University 29/10/23 Researchers have long recognized the therapeutic potential of using magnetoelectrics ⎯ materials that can turn magnetic fields into electric fields ⎯ to stimulate neural tissue in a minimally invasive way and help treat neurological disorders or nerve damage. The problem, however, is that neurons have a hard time responding to the […]
Removal of magnetic spacecraft contamination within extraterrestrial samples easily carried out, innovators say
From Stanford University 29/10/23 For decades, scientists have pondered the mystery of the moon’s ancient magnetism. Based on analyses of lunar samples, its now-deceased magnetic field may have been active for more than 1.5 billion years – give or take a billion years. Scientists believe it was generated like the Earth’s via a dynamo process, […]
Mummified feces reveal diverse plant diet of pre-Columbian Caribbean cultures
From PLOS 28/10/23 DNA analysis of mummified poop reveals two pre-Columbian Caribbean cultures ate a wide variety of plants, like maize, sweet potato, and peanuts—and tobacco and cotton traces were detected too. According to a study published October 11, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Jelissa Reynoso-García from the University of Puerto Rico, […]
Innovators reconstruct speech from brain activity
From NYU Tandon School of Engineering 28/10/23 Speech production is a complex neural phenomenon that has left researchers explaining it tongue-tied. Separating out the complex web of neural regions controlling precise muscle movement in the mouth, jaw and tongue with the regions processing the auditory feedback of hearing your own voice is a complex problem, […]
Looking near and far without a lens: Radial masks give thin cameras a large depth of field
From Osaka University 27/10/23 To take an image that is completely in focus, one of the most familiar parts of a camera – the lens – isn’t necessary anymore. Instead, a thin mask over the image sensor can do the job. But the kind of mask you use makes a huge difference to how sharp […]
A new way to erase quantum computer errors
From California Institute of Technology 27/10/23 Quantum computers of the future hold promise in solving all sorts of problems. For example, they could lead to more sustainable materials, new medicines, and even crack the hardest problems in fundamental physics. But compared to classical computers in use today, rudimentary quantum computers are more prone to errors. […]
Repurposing wind turbine blades for bridge construction
From Superinnovators 26/10/23. This article is in TLDR (Too Long Didn’t Read) format which is popular in the innovation community and provides a bullet summary of information. More info https://bladebridge.ie/ https://www.re-wind.info/ https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/wind-turbine-blade-recycle-bridge-b2418645.html https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/researchers-repurpose-wind-turbine-blades-as-footbridge-structure-elements-02-08-2023/?tkn=1 You may also be curious about:
SMARTLETs: Self-assembling microrobotic modules that form complex artificial organisms
From Chemnitz University of Technology 26/10/23 It is now apparent that the mass-produced artefacts of technology in our increasingly densely populated world – whether electronic devices, cars, batteries, phones, household appliances, or industrial robots – are increasingly at odds with the sustainable bounded ecosystems achieved by living organisms based on cells over millions of years. […]
Bionic hand successfully integrates with user’s body, functions for years.
From Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna 26/10/23 Karin’s life took a dramatic turn when a farming accident claimed her right arm over 20 years ago. Since then, she endured excruciating phantom limb pain. “It felt like I constantly had my hand in a meat grinder, which created a high level of stress and I had to take […]