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by Jim Ware | October 16, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Researchers have made rapid advances in computer miniaturization, which makes it possible to develop smaller robot brains. Unfortunately, existing actuators remain bulky which limits the possibilities for smaller robots or intelligent prosthetic limbs. Existing...
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by Kimberly Houston | October 4, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
What if every day, ordinary materials could transform human motion into electricity to power lights, electronic devices, and used for other important applications? Physicists at the Clemson Nanomaterials Institute (CNI) at Clemson University have developed the...
by Alfred Poor | September 22, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Machines can do amazing things, but they often have difficulty duplicating some of the most common tasks performed by the human body. Consider skin, for example. It is a flexible, protective layer that can also sense the pressure of objects that contact it....
by Alfred Poor | September 14, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
To be successful, wearable Health Tech devices must be lightweight and flexible in order to be unobtrusive. Digital devices need electrical power, but batteries tend to be rigid and hard. Researchers are working to create flexible forms of power storage, and one of...
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by Alfred Poor | September 8, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Digital electronics are made possible by the transistor, the integrated circuit, and the printed circuit board. They have revolutionized our lives in ways that we cannot even recognize. But they have one characteristic that is a major obstacle as we advance to...
