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Generating renewable energy has never been a problem, really. But storing the energy for use when it isn’t possible to generate due to atmospheric conditions has always been a challenge. Giant batteries designed for the electrical…

While robots have the advantage of strength and durability, a lot of leading-edge research these days focuses on how to modify them so they can do more than navigate across open layouts and perform more delicate tasks within confined…

The ear has long been touted as an excellent place for technology to exist on the body. Over 5 years of gradually gaining momentum, the topic of ‘hearables’ is finally being recognized more widely for the excellent opportunity which it…

Autonomous driving holds great promises for increasing road safety and efficiency, as well as for decreasing future travel cost. Many companies have already been operating testing fleets on public roads and have announced plans to…

Qualcomm Technologies has announced new study findings, forecasting that 5G will generate $13.2 trillion in sales enablement by 2035. The IHS Markit 5G Economy Study, commissioned by Qualcomm Technologies Inc., shows an increase of $1…

As anyone who’s bought a new car in the last decade knows, automotive technology has changed dramatically. Whether it’s the collision avoidance or parking assistance features, our vehicles increasingly make decisions for us. But as both…

Johns Hopkins University researchers’ findings about mosquito wing aerodynamics could help build quieter drones—as well as devise nontoxic methods to trap and exterminate the pests. It turns out mosquitoes flap their wings not just to…

This year marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 spaceflight that landed the first two people on the Moon. The progress in space exploration since then has been vast, but what developments can we expect in the industry in 2020?

Plextek has been working with US-based CNIguard to develop a new IoT-based system to prevent manhole explosions, primarily caused by bad weather and flooding interacting with aging underground power infrastructures.

Automotive safety sensing systems for occupant detection and classification have been in the automotive industry for past few decades.