Meta Quest 3: Impressions
I have been using the new Meta Quest 3 headset for several days and am impressed. This headset is better than…
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HP and Qualcomm Want to Prove that the Best Defense is a Great Offense
HP and Qualcomm are currently in the doldrums, just like the rest of the tech sector, for different reasons. HP…
Future Fusion Magnet Technology: Keep an eye on it
Daniel Korsun studied at MIT as an undergraduate and was prepared to research fusion magnet design. That was your warmup.…
The device harvests power from your sweaty fingertips while you sleep
The device the researchers developed in this study is a type of energy harvester called a biofuel cell (BFC) powered…
Farm Robots are the Future. We must Prepare Now to Avert Dystopia.
Farm robots, no longer science fiction but already here, have created two extremes of the future of farming and its…
Dynamic control of THz wavefronts by rotating layers of cascading metasurfaces
Metasurfaces cascaded for dynamic control THz wavefronts. The terahertz regime (EM waves) has critical communications, security imaging, and bio-and chemical…
Innovative Nanomaterials To Decontaminate Water
Significant funding for the intersectoral research work of two INRS professors. Patrick Drogui and My Ali El Khakani, professors at…
A new material converts waste heat into energy.
The thermoelectric performance of purified tin-selenide is extraordinarily high. The device converts heat from plutonium radioactive decay to 4-5% on…
Triboelectric nanogenerators: Harvesting energy from ocean waves
The water’s movement may solve marine exploration problems that traditional power generation cannot. The ocean is an excellent source of…
After decades of research, quantum dots are on the verge of widespread use in various technology applications.
The new issue of Science magazine provides an overview of nearly three decades of colloidal quantum dot research. It also assesses technological…