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Galileo Initial Services have now been restored

“Galileo Initial Services have now been restored. Commercial users can already see signs of recovery of the Galileo navigation and timing services, although some fluctuations may be experienced until further notice. The technical incident originated by an equipment malfunction in …

How electronic skin could help people with disabilities

“A University researcher is developing wearable technology that could be used to control devices, receive information and even register sensation. You might not know what they’re called, but you probably use them quite a lot. Virtual buttons, also called …

Hypertaste: An AI-assisted e-tongue for fast and portable fingerprinting of complex liquids

“The human sense of taste is the result of millennia of evolution. And its astoundingly good at letting us enjoy pleasant foods and beverages as well as warning us against ingesting harmful substances. Man-made sensors, on the other hand, have …

Intel’s Pohoiki Beach, a 64-Chip Neuromorphic System, Delivers Breakthrough Results in Research Tests

“Today, Intel announced that an 8 million-neuron neuromorphic system comprising 64 Loihi research chips — codenamed Pohoiki Beach — is now available to the broader research community. With Pohoiki Beach, researchers can experiment with Intel’s brain-inspired research chip, Loihi, which applies …

Light may increase magnetic memory speeds 1,000 times, decrease electricity consumption

“Internet searches, decade-old emails and on-demand video offerings help contribute to electricity consumption by America’s server farms and data centers amounting to more than 2 percent of the country’s annual total. Those data centers – which operate millions of …

Making light behave in useful ways

“By integrating nanoantennas with liquid crystals, A*STAR researchers have created a metasurface that allows fine dynamic control over the properties of light. From holograms to augmented reality devices and optical sensors, a common enabling principle behind these innovations is …

Mbed OS 5.13.1 released

“We are pleased to announce the Mbed OS 5.13.1 release is now available. This is the latest patch release based on the feature set that Mbed OS 5.13 introduces. Summary In this release we have added target …

New Unprinting Method Can Help Recycle Paper and Curb Environmental Costs

“Rutgers-led study shows the benefits of removing toner with pulses of intense xenon light Imagine if your printer had an “unprint” button that used pulses of light to remove toner, curbing environmental impacts compared with conventional paper recycling. A Rutgers-led …

NIST’s Compact Atomic Gyroscope Displays New Twists

“Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have upgraded their compact atomic gyroscope to enable multitasking measurement capabilities and measure its performance, important steps toward practical applications. Described in a new paper, the quantum gyroscope design and …

NIST’s Quantum Logic Clock Returns to Top Performance

“The quantum logic clock—perhaps best known for showing you age faster if you stand on a stool—has climbed back to the leading performance echelons of the world’s experimental atomic clocks. Physicists at the National Institute of Standards …