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A Chameleon-Inspired Smart Skin Changes Color in the Sun

September 11, 2019

New material could someday find applications in camouflage, signaling, and anti-counterfeiting

Researchers Demonstrate First All-Metamaterial Optical Gas Sensor

August 30, 2019

Simple, low-power sensor is ideal for 'internet of things' and smart home devices

Simple 'Smart' Glass Reveals the Future of Artificial Vision

July 8, 2019

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have devised a method to create pieces of "smart" glass that can recognize images w...

Building Next-Gen Smart Materials with the Power of Sound

May 23, 2019

Researchers have used sound waves to precisely manipulate atoms and molecules, accelerating the sustainable production of bre...

Penn Engineers 3-D Print Smart Objects with ‘Embodied Logic’

January 16, 2019

Despite having no motors, batteries, circuits, or processors, the objects can switch between multiple configurations in respo...

Researchers Create New 'Smart' Material with Potential Biomedical, Environmental Uses

November 23, 2018

The 3-D printing method used to make the materials is known as stereolithography

Purdue's Giant Leap Toward Personalized Medicine Helps Eyes Drain Themselves

November 13, 2018

Smart drainage device may help patients with glaucoma save their eyesight

Shape-Shifting Robots Perceive Surroundings, Make Decisions for First Time

November 1, 2018

This is the first time modular robots have been demonstrated with autonomous reconfiguration and behavior that is perception-...

Collaborate, But Only Intermittently, Says New Study

August 14, 2018

The march toward always-on technology may hinder groups' ability to solve complex problems

Ricocheting Radio Waves Monitor the Tiniest Movements in a Room

August 7, 2018

Radio waves reveal person's presence in a room, even beyond the sensor's line of sight

Smart Wristband with Link to Smartphones Could Monitor Health, Environmental Exposures

August 7, 2018

Rutgers engineers invent biosensor technology for wearable devices

Polymer-Graphene Nanocarpets to Electrify Smart Fabrics

April 18, 2018

Polymer carpets based on graphene could make any fabrics generate current

Ancient Paper Art, Kirigami, Poised to Improve Smart Clothing

April 5, 2018

New research shows how paper-cutting can make ultra strong, stretchable electronics

Intelligent Ventilation for the Laboratory

April 2, 2018

Demand control technology enables creation of energy-efficient "smart labs"

Smart Glass Made Better—and Cheaper

March 8, 2018

Engineers develop eco-friendly panels that switch from transparent to opaque

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