Electronics

New quadcopter drone could learn to fly acrobatic maneuvers

While a power loop or a barrel role might not be needed in conventional drone operations, a drone capable of performing these kinds of...

How much control are people willing to grant to a personal privacy assistant

CyLab's Jessica Colnago believes that in the future, the simple act of walking down the street is going to be a little weird. "You know...

Facebook’s dominance is built on anti-competitive behavior

Facebook and its subsidiaries, including Instagram, account for 75% of all time spent on social media. In a new paper, Yale SOM economist Fiona...

Adhesive film turns smartwatch into biochemical health monitoring system

The film collects chemical signals from sweat and converts them into electrical ones that can be processed and displayed on a watch. UCLA engineers have...

Novel wearable patch provides new treatment option for skin cancer

Conventional melanoma therapies, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy, suffer from the toxicity and side effects of repeated treatments due to the aggressive and recurrent nature...

Butterfly-inspired nanotech makes natural-looking pictures on digital displays

Digital displays are lit by surrounding light and look more natural than current displays. Taking inspiration from nature's nanotech, which creates the stunning color of...

Scientists find new ways to test swarming drones

The U.S. Army has implemented a one-of-a-kind outdoor system to test swarming drones--with a capacity of more than 1,500 times the volume of a...

Scientists create a brain-on-a-chip

MIT engineers have designed a “brain-on-a-chip,” smaller than a piece of confetti, that is made from tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses known...

This device could generate power from shadows

Shadows are often associated with darkness and uncertainty. Now, NUS researchers are giving shadows a positive spin by demonstrating a way to harness this...

Scientists find better way to produce smart windows

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed an improved method for controlling smart tinting on windows that could make them cheaper, more...