Lightmatter's Mars Chip Performs Neural-Network Calculations at the Speed of Light
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Artificial Antibodies Bolster Hope for Inhaled Coronavirus Treatment
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Hail the Perovskite Transistors
Transistors, and the conductive traces that connect them, are routinely created by the billions on the surface of silicon wafers, which are later cut into the individual “chips” that power our computers, phones, watches, and countless other electronic gadgets. But few people think much about how those silicon wafers are made in the first place. […]
A Novel Design for Gallium Nitride LEDs Could Lead to Brighter, More Efficient Displays
Here’s some news to brighten your day: Small display screens, like the ones needed for AR, VR, and other head-up displays, may soon become way more efficient and yield unprecedented resolution, thanks to a new kind of transistor made from vertically oriented gallium nitride nanowires. GaN micro-LEDs are more desirable than today’s commercial designs in almost […]
CES 2019: LG Wins CES Media Day with High-Tech Home Beer Brewery and Disappearing OLED TV
The product announcements greeted with applause from the CES press corps are few and far between. But LG got two ovations at its CES press conference: one for its countertop beer brewery and one for its flexible OLED display that rolls down into a small cabinet when not in use. CES—the giant tech exhibition formerly […]
Scientists Outfit Bees With Wireless Sensors to Create a “Living IoT Platform”
Drones are growing in popularity for their ability to serve as a kind of eye in the sky. However, they can generally only last up to 30 minutes on a charge because of the limits of current battery technology. Now, a research team at the University of Washington has found a way to make bumblebees […]
Searching for the Perfect Artificial Synapse for AI
What’s the best type of device from which to build a neural network? Of course, it should be fast, small, consume little power, have the ability to reliably store many bits-worth of information. And if it’s going to be involved in learning new tricks as well as performing those tricks, it has to behave predictably […]
From Proof-of-concept to Product: Designs of a MEMS Sensor
Understanding the System We are developing a tank fluid-level monitoring system. This system can be deployed in breweries, wineries, and other beverage facilities at the IoT edge to collect the status of the fluid levels and to notify technicians proactively if there are any issues (such as leaks). We have modified the system (Figure 1) […]
Micrometer-Scale Mechanical Switches Work at Just 50 Millivolts
Experts dream that one day much of the Internet of Things (IoT) will power itself. But the trickle of energy most prototype systems can gather from the environment through ambient heat, light, radio waves, or even the metabolism of bacteria don’t easily give you enough voltage to power today’s transistors. One solution: ditch the transistors in […]