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Algorithm helps interpret moods
A new computerised system can differentiate between smiles of joy and smiles of frustration.
It has the potential to train…
Needle-free drug delivery
Researchers have engineered a device that delivers a high-pressure jet of medicine through the skin without using a needle…
Laser camera can see around corners
Researchers have designed a special camera set-up that can see around corners without using angled mirrors.
The system works…
Cheaper solar panels could be made from grass
Within a few years, people in remote villages in the developing world may be able to make their own solar panels, at low…
Pulling CO2 from the atmosphere expensive, difficult
Removing CO2 from the atmosphere through a process known as “scrubbing” has been much vaunted as a way to slow the onset…