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Smart Grid Technology: Vulnerable To Hackers
Mar 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Smart Grids are digitally based electricity distribution and transmission systems and test have shown that a hacker can break into the system resulting in a massive blackout.
Innovations in Breast Cancer Detection: The Smart Bra
Oct 14, 2007 |
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The invention by Dr. Elias Siores, The Smart Bra is made of materials that are highly sensitive to slight changes in temperature. Slight temperature changes may be the result of increased blood flow which ...
'Smart' holograms help patients help themselves
Feb 04, 2008 |
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Patients with diabetes, cardiac problems, kidney disorders or high blood pressure could benefit from the development of new hologram technology. The new "smart" holograms, which can detect changes in, for example, blood-glucose ...
Clothing with a brain: 'Smart fabrics' that monitor health
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Researchers in United States and China are reporting progress toward a simple, low-cost method to make "smart fabrics," electronic textiles capable of detecting diseases, monitoring heart rates, and other ...
New Smart Material Bends Under Internal Heat Source
Feb 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have developed a new smart material that can bend under the influence of an internal heat source. The material could be used as an aerodynamic flap in cars, in order to stabilize ...
Living buildings could mop up carbon dioxide
Nov 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Architecture could help us tackle climate change, if we start to design our buildings with 'living' materials, according to Dr Rachel Armstrong, UCL Bartlett School of Architecture.
New materials designed to deal with hypersonic and supersonic hot stuff (w/ Video)
Dec 24, 2009 |
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University of Queensland researchers are testing new materials to withstand the extreme heat experienced by hypersonic vehicles in flight so they can fly for substantially longer.
Engineering students use smart materials to design a smart wing
Nov 12, 2007 |
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A prototype aircraft wing, designed last year by four Temple mechanical engineering seniors to use “memory alloys” and electrical current to control and position the wing’s flaps, was a finalist in the recent ...
Goodbye, Bunny Ears: Future Antennas May be Flat
Apr 24, 2008 |
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The long, wiry antennas that protrude from airplanes, cars, cell phones – and even the bunny ears on some TVs – may one day become novelty items. Researchers are developing a smart-skin antenna that is simply ...
NXP Introduces Intelligent Switches Supporting HDMI 1.4
Sep 30, 2009 |
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NXP Semiconductors today unveiled intelligent switches supporting the new HDMI 1.4 specification released in June 2009.
Smart memory foam made smarter
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Researchers from Northwestern University and Boise State University have figured out how to produce a less expensive shape-shifting "memory" foam, which could lead to more widespread applications of the material, such as ...
Smart Contact Lenses
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Jul 30, 2008 |
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"Smart" contact lenses that measure pressure within the eye and dispense medication accordingly could be made possible using a new material developed by biomedical engineers at UC Davis.
New 'smart' materials for the brain
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 21, 2008 |
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Research done by scientists in Italy and Switzerland has shown that carbon nanotubes may be the ideal "smart" brain material. Their results, published December 21 in the advance online edition of the journal Nature Nanotechnology, are a ...
Trees Can Inspire Smart Materials
Jul 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nature, in the simple form of a tree canopy, appears to provide keen insights into the best way to design complex systems to move substances from one place to another, an essential ingredient ...
Health experts urge supermarket pharmacies to 'get smart' about free antibiotics
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 25, 2009 |
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As influenza season shifts into high gear, with 24 states now reporting widespread activity, the nation's infectious diseases experts are urging supermarket pharmacies with free-antibiotics promotions to educate their customers ...
