6 days ago · Engineering. From action movies to urban planning, new method for creating large 3D models of urban areas is faster and cheaper. A research team led by Waterloo Engineering has developed a faster, cheaper way to create large-scale, three-dimensional (3D) computer models of urban areas, technology that could impact fields including urban planning, architectural ...

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Apr 28, 2025 · Assessing the potential of hydrogen and carbon dioxide networks for the future of European energy systems. Over the past decades, many countries worldwide have been trying to gradually transform their energy systems, with the aim of reducing carbon emissions and mitigating the adverse effects of climate change.

1 day ago · "We have designed and fabricated a new chip that consumes half the energy compared to traditional designs," said doctoral student Ramin Javadi, who, along with Tejasvi Anand, associate professor of electrical engineering, presented the technology at the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference in Boston. "The problem is that the energy required to transmit a single bit is not being reduced ...

1 day ago · Existing amphibious robots are largely inspired by reptiles or insects, and often face limitations in agility, dynamics, and load capacity. Basing the amphibious robot on the swimming style of dogs allows it to easily transition between land and water and overcome many of the challenges faced by insect-inspired designs.. The amphibious robot paves the way for future applications in ...

1 day ago · A flexible, skin-conformal haptic patch. Building upon this actuator, we developed a flexible haptic patch incorporating a dense array of nine actuators within a small fingerpad-sized area. Fabricated on a thin, flexible printed circuit board (PCB), the entire patch weighs only 0.3 g and can comfortably conform to the contours of the …

1 day ago · Rather than aiming for profitability, efficiency or market share, China has built redundancy into the system.. Loongson supplies central processing units (CPUs) for secure desktops and state servers. T-Head's chips power Alibaba Cloud during national-scale events like the Double 11 shopping festival.. Huawei's Ascend processors now train large AI models like DeepSeek, replacing NVIDIA's H100s ...

3 days ago · What's stopping critical minerals from being produced domestically? Let's take a look at rare earth elements. These elements are essential to modern technology, electric vehicles, energy systems and military applications. For example, neodymium is critical for making the strong magnets used in computer hard disks, lasers and wind turbines.Gadolinium is vital for MRI machines, while samarium ...

5 days ago · How millions of people can watch the same video at the same time—the technology behind streaming. Live and on-demand video constituted an estimated 66% of global internet traffic by volume in 2022, and the top 10 days for internet traffic in 2024 coincided with live streaming events such as the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson ...

Apr 29, 2025 · Energy & Green Tech. Metal fatigue in anodes identified as key cause of solid-state lithium battery degradation. A team of materials scientists and engineers affiliated with several institutions in China has found that one of the major reasons solid-state lithium batteries fail over time is metal fatigue in the anode, which contributes ...