Kategorie: Technology
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Printing electronics with functional ink – another milestone for the clothing industry
Printed electronics are a real all-rounder. It adapts to uneven surfaces, follows every bend, can be applied to a wide variety of materials and is also cost-effective to produce. Without them and the inks used for printing, many high-tech applications would not be possible. At LOPEC in Munich from 26 to 27 February, the INM…
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Breakthrough in conductive polymers New polymer crystal conducts electricity like a metal
An international research team, including scientists from the TUD Dresden University of Technology, has developed a breakthrough two-dimensional conducting polymer – a special, ordered form of polyaniline (2DPANI) that demonstrates exceptional electrical conductivity and metallic charge transport behavior. The discovery is a fundamental breakthrough in polymer research, as it opens up new possibilities for the…
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Electrohydraulic Wearable Devices Create Unprecedented Haptic Sensations
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems invented compact wearable devices that deliver rich, expressive, and pleasant tactile sensations that go far beyond the buzzing vibrations of today’s consumer devices. The team just published their findings in Advanced Science. Stuttgart/Germany, January 8, 2025. Human skin can feel a wide variety of sensations, such…
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Intelligent swarm Working in a team is also relevant for drones
Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, are omnipresent and have grown in popularity due to their wide potential use in many civilian sectors. Equipped with sophisticated sensors and communication devices, drones can potentially form a multi-UAV system, also called swarm. Scientists from the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology and the Center for…
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Charge your phone just by moving your body
Innovative device could power electronics with your body movements while you use them. „Breaking Dielectric Dilemma: Polymer Functionalized Perovskite Piezocomposite with Large Current Density Output,“ appears in the November edition of Nature Communications. Waterloo/Canada, November, 20, 2024. A new technology that can generate electricity from vibrations or even small body movements means you could charge your…
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The Robotic Hand Learns to Feel
Fraunhofer IWS Combines Nature-based Concepts with Sensor Technology and 3D Printing Dresden, October 29, 2024. Making harvesting robots, submarine grippers, and autonomous rovers on distant planets more universally applicable and autonomous in the future – researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden work on enabling them to “feel”: In…