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Is a stretchable smart tablet in our future?

“Engineering researchers at Michigan State University have developed the first stretchable integrated circuit that is made entirely using an inkjet printer, raising the possibility of inexpensive mass production of smart fabric. Imagine: an ultrathin smart tablet that can be stretched …

NASA Releases Software Catalog, Granting the Public Free Access to Technologies for Earthly Applications

“NASA has released its 2017-2018 software catalog, which offers an extensive portfolio of software products for a wide variety of technical applications, all free of charge to the public, without any royalty or copyright fees. Available in both hard copy …

Shape-shifting molecular robots respond to DNA signals

“A research group at Tohoku University and Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has developed a molecular robot consisting of biomolecules, such as DNA and protein. The molecular robot was developed by integrating molecular machines into an artificial cell …

Singing posters and talking shirts: UW engineers turn everyday objects into FM radio stations

“Imagine you’re waiting in your car and a poster for a concert from a local band catches your eye. What if you could just tune your car to a radio station and actually listen to that band’s music …

AI beats professional players at Super Smash Bros. video game

“AI has earned another victory against humans, this time in Nintendo fighting game Super Smash Bros. Melee. A team led by Vlad Firoiu at Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained an AI to play the game using deep learning algorithms and …

New product! Raspberry PI Zero W joins the family

“Today is Raspberry Pi’s fifth birthday: it’s five years since we launched the original Raspberry Pi, selling a hundred thousand units in the first day, and setting us on the road to a lifetime total (so far) of …

Self-driving Nissan car takes to Europe’s streets for first time

“Guided by cameras and radars, and negotiating traffic and roundabouts, a self-driving Nissan car took to the streets of London on Monday for the Japanese company’s first European tests of an autonomous vehicle. Travelling at up to 50 miles …

SpaceX to send first paying tourists around moon next year

“SpaceX plans to launch two paying passengers on a tourist trip around the moon next year using a spaceship under development for NASA astronauts and a heavy-lift rocket yet to be flown, the launch company announced on Monday. The launch …

AI learns to write its own code by stealing from other programs

“OUT of the way, human, I’ve got this covered. A machine learning system has gained the ability to write its own code. Created by researchers at Microsoft and the University of Cambridge, the system, called DeepCoder, solved basic challenges …

Samsung Launches Premium Exynos 9 Series Processor Built on the World’s First 10nm FinFET Process Technology

“Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced the launch of its latest premium application processor (AP), the Exynos 9 Series 8895. This is Samsung’s first processor chipset to take advantage of the most advanced and …