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AI technology reconstructs 3D hand-object interactions from video, even when elements are obscured

Researchers at UNIST have developed an AI technology capable of reconstructing three-dimensional (3D) representations of unfamiliar objects manipulated with both hands, as well as simulated surgical scenes involving intertwined hands and medical instruments. This advancement enables highly accurate augmented reality (AR) visualizations, further enhancing real-time interaction capabilities.

13/06/2025 10:44

Kirigami-inspired design enables uniform 200% stretch in multi-pixel display arrays

A research team at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) has successfully developed the world's first technology that enables uniform and even stretching across multiple pixels in a stretchable display. This breakthrough overcomes a critical challenge in the field and has been selected as a Back Cover article in the journal Advanced Functional Materials. The team was led by Professor Su Seok Choi from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. candidate Jun Hyuk Shin.

12/06/2025 22:40

A foundation for physical AI: Battery-free RFID sensing system offers real-time, reliable data

What if the same RFID "smart barcode" tags used to track packages and retail inventory could also detect changes in the real world—like temperature, pressure or weight—without batteries or added hardware?

12/06/2025 21:09

The transatlantic race to create the television

Number 1519 Connecticut Avenue lies just north of Dupont Circle, just over a 20-minute walk from the White House in Washington DC. In 1921, the inventor Charles Francis Jenkins set up his laboratory and offices there, upstairs from a car dealership.

12/06/2025 20:49

Innovative detection method makes AI smarter by cleaning up bad data before it learns

In the world of machine learning and artificial intelligence, clean data is everything. Even a small number of mislabeled examples known as label noise can derail the performance of a model, especially those like support vector machines (SVMs) that rely on a few key data points to make decisions.

12/06/2025 20:24

Have a damaged painting? Restore it in just hours with an AI-generated 'mask'

Art restoration takes steady hands and a discerning eye. For centuries, conservators have restored paintings by identifying areas needing repair, then mixing an exact shade to fill in one area at a time. Often, a painting can have thousands of tiny regions requiring individual attention. Restoring a single painting can take anywhere from a few weeks to over a decade.

11/06/2025 18:00

World's first non-silicon 2D computer developed

Silicon is king in the semiconductor technology that underpins smartphones, computers, electric vehicles and more, but its crown may be slipping, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State.

11/06/2025 18:00

Window-sized device taps the air for safe drinking water

Today, 2.2 billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water. In the United States, more than 46 million people experience water insecurity, living with either no running water or water that is unsafe to drink. The increasing need for drinking water is stretching traditional resources such as rivers, lakes, and reservoirs.

11/06/2025 12:00

Uber to launch driverless taxis in London next year

Ride-hailing firm Uber will launch self-driving taxis in London next year when England trials new driverless services, the firm and the UK government said on Tuesday.

10/06/2025 18:30

Light and AI drive precise motion in soft robotic arm

Researchers at Rice University have developed a soft robotic arm capable of performing complex tasks such as navigating around an obstacle or hitting a ball, guided and powered remotely by laser beams without any onboard electronics or wiring. The research could inform new ways to control implantable surgical devices or industrial machines that need to handle delicate objects.

09/06/2025 21:34

Real-time carbon dioxide monitoring without batteries or external power

A research team has developed a self-powered wireless carbon dioxide (CO2) monitoring system. This innovative system harvests minute vibrational energy from its surroundings to periodically measure CO2 concentrations.

09/06/2025 18:05

Film festival showcases what artificial intelligence can do on the big screen

Artificial intelligence 's use in movie making is exploding. And a young film festival, now in its junior year, is showcasing what this technology can do on screen today.

06/06/2025 19:24

An active optical intensity interferometry scheme enables synthetic aperture imaging from over a kilometer away

Intensity interferometry is a promising technique that enables the precise measurement of spatial properties (i.e., distances, shapes and light properties) by probing fluctuations in the intensity (i.e., brightness) of light, as opposed to the exact timing and phase of light waves probed by amplitude (phase) interferometry. Intensity interferometry could overcome some of the limitations of amplitude interferometry, as it is less sensitive to atmospheric factors and optical imperfections.

06/06/2025 13:30

Wearable device helps blind people detect obstacles

Researchers from the São Paulo State University (UNESP) and the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) in Brazil have developed a wearable device to help visually impaired people move around. The technology has tactile beacons that can warn of the presence of obstacles, guaranteeing users greater autonomy and safety when walking.

05/06/2025 20:42

Physicists test scientific approach to unidentified anomalous phenomena research

A team of physicists from the University at Albany has proposed scientifically rigorous methods for documenting and analyzing Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) building upon the work of numerous past and present researchers in the field.

05/06/2025 11:37

Electronic ink enables room-temperature printing of circuits capable of switching between rigid and soft modes

Variable-stiffness electronics are at the forefront of adaptive technology, offering the ability for a single device to transition between rigid and soft modes depending on its use case. Gallium, a metal known for its high rigidity contrast between solid and liquid states, is a promising candidate for such applications. However, its use has been hindered by challenges including high surface tension, low viscosity, and undesirable phase transitions during manufacturing.

04/06/2025 20:26

Smart electrolyte offers dual protection against thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries

IMDEA Materials researchers have made an important breakthrough in improving the safety of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), powering everything from smartphones to electric vehicles.

04/06/2025 16:51

3D-printing resin forms both permanent objects and dissolvable supports

One-pot recipes make preparing meals quick and easy. And one-pot 3D-printing could do the same for additive manufacturing.

04/06/2025 15:00

Immersive tech reshapes music and film landscape with Bono, Metallica and 'Matrix' taking the leap

With a mic in hand, Bono belts out "Vertigo," close enough to reach out and touch, as if you're sharing the stage with him at the Beacon Theatre in New York.

03/06/2025 18:04

Scalable method creates self-healing, stretchable transistors and circuits

Recent technological advances have enabled the development of a wide range of increasingly sophisticated wearable and implantable devices, which can be used to monitor physiological signals or intervene with high precision in therapeutically targeted regions of the body. As these devices, particularly implantable ones, are typically designed to remain in changing biological environments for long periods of time, they should be biocompatible and capable of fixing themselves after they are damaged.

03/06/2025 14:40

Set it and forget it: Autonomous structures can be programmed to jump, days in advance

Researchers have created dynamic structures that leap into the air on a predetermined schedule without intervention from computers or external stimuli. Precisely when these "metashells" jump, and how high they jump, is engineered into the physical structure of the materials.

02/06/2025 22:00

'The Matrix is everywhere': cinema bets on immersion

In a Los Angeles theater, a trench coat-wearing Neo bends backwards to dodge bullets that spiral over the viewer's head, as the sound of gunfire erupts from everywhere.

01/06/2025 13:40

Accelerating the arrival of fault-tolerant quantum computers with next-generation materials

A research study led by Oxford University has developed a powerful new technique for finding the next generation of materials needed for large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing. This could end a decades-long search for inexpensive materials that can host unique quantum particles, ultimately facilitating the mass production of quantum computers.

30/05/2025 13:30

Laser technique improves ultra-high temperature ceramic manufacturing for space and defense applications

Researchers have demonstrated a new technique that uses lasers to create ceramics that can withstand ultra-high temperatures, with applications ranging from nuclear power technologies to spacecraft and jet exhaust systems.

29/05/2025 19:30

3D printing metal molds poised to accelerate US auto manufacturing

Recent advancements at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory show that 3D-printed metal molds offer a faster, more cost-effective and flexible approach to producing large composite components for mass-produced vehicles than traditional tooling methods.

29/05/2025 17:02

Soft robots can walk themselves out of a 3D printer

Scientists have created the first soft robots that can walk straight out of the machines that make them.

28/05/2025 18:50

Five things to do in virtual reality—and five to avoid

Open-heart surgery is a hard thing to practice in the real world, and airplane pilots cannot learn from their mistakes midair. These are some scenarios where virtual reality solves really hard problems, but the technology has limits. That's the upshot of a review of experimental research on VR, published in the journal Nature Human Behavior.

28/05/2025 17:04

An energy-efficient, high-precision measurement system using waveform similarity

Researchers at the University of Osaka have developed an energy-efficient and high-precision measurement system leveraging the inherent similarity between waveforms generated by the same type of signal source.

28/05/2025 13:37

Ultra-thin display technology shows dozens of images hidden in a single screen

From smartphones and TVs to credit cards, technologies that manipulate light are deeply embedded in our daily lives, many of which are based on holography. However, conventional holographic technologies have faced limitations, particularly in displaying multiple images on a single screen and in maintaining high-resolution image quality.

27/05/2025 18:16

Cool computing—why the future of electronics could lie in the cold

Modern computer chips generate a lot of heat—and consume large amounts of energy as a result. A promising approach to reducing this energy demand could lie in the cold, as highlighted by a new Perspective article by an international research team coordinated by Qing-Tai Zhao from Forschungszentrum Jülich. Savings could reach as high as 80%, according to the researchers.

27/05/2025 17:22