MSTC_S1E6: Dr. Kristofer Pister, Professor of EECS at UC Berkeley and Founder of Dust Networks presents all you need to know about Smart Dust, thousands of tiny sensors detecting movement and vibration. It is amazing how useful that could be.
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India’s semiconductor market is poised for rapid growth, with projections estimating its value to reach $63 billion by 2026.
PEDOT is a conductive polymer that protects electronics from static discharges, but it can also store electricity. So much and so often that it could conceivably be used as an energy storage device.
Do you want to make your VRChat character more true to life? You can use motion capture gear to ensure the most realistic movement. There is plenty of equipment to choose from, and 3D character designer Yueou demonstrated one that might interest you: UDCAP, “silk-like” gloves for SteamVR that track your hand gestures pretty accurately.
While there is a little delay, such gloves could be a great addition to your setup. The creator, Udexreal, promises 15 hours of battery work, so you don’t have to worry about your virtual social life ending early. There are 12 sensors that cover all 15 finger joints, providing a total of 21 joint angles.
“Our sensors are foldable and highly flexible, blending seamlessly with fabric without causing any discomfort. They capture even the slightest stress, stretch, and bend, with a resolution of 0.01 degrees,” the creators say.
The soft metal bismuth may be a wonder material for electronics – particularly because of one surprising behaviour it displays when exposed to magnetic fields.
LG plans to launch its brightest-ever OLED screen later this year. A new internal structure enables the fourth-gen panel to achieve a maximum brightness of 4,000 nits – about 30 percent higher than the previous generation.
Insects exhibit impressive agility and responsiveness even when faced with low-light conditions. The secret lies in their compound eyes, which are capable of detecting motion with incredible speed and sensitivity.
Now, researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a camera that mimics this feat to achieve ultra-high-speed imaging.
Interestingly, this bio-inspired camera surpasses the limitations of traditional high-speed cameras.
Japan-based Kirin Holdings has showcased its new electric spoon at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2025) in Las Vegas.
What makes it different from any other ordinary spoon in the market is that it can make the food seem saltier, and by that, it also means tastier.
As per Kirin, the device uses electricity to raise the saltiness and umami in low-sodium foods.
Researchers have developed a new method for quickly detecting and identifying very low concentrations of gases. The new approach, called coherently controlled quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy, could form the basis for highly sensitive real-time sensors for applications such as environmental monitoring, breath analysis and chemical process control.
“Most gases are present in small amounts, so detecting gases at low concentrations is important in a wide variety of industries and applications,” said research team leader Simon Angstenberger from the University of Stuttgart in Germany. “Unlike other trace gas detection methods that rely on photoacoustics, ours is not limited to specific gases and does not require prior knowledge of the gas that might be present.”
In Optica, the researchers report the acquisition of a complete methane spectrum spanning 3,050 to 3,450 nanometers in just three seconds, a feat that would typically take around 30 minutes.
