Software learns to perfectly mimic handwriting
The system is flexible enough that samples from historical documents can be used with little extra effort.
Fujitsu uses GPU parallelisation to speed deep learning
Using "AlexNet," 64 GPUs in parallel have achieved 27x the speed of a single GPU for what Fujitsu is claiming…
Flexible skin patch monitors blood alcohol from sweat
The device coprises a temporary tattoo, which sticks to the skin and induces sweat, and a portable flexible electronic circuit…
Semi-transparent solar cells reflect away heat
A research team at KAIST has developed a top transparent electrode that works well with perovskite solar cells.
How Juno’s solar array gathers power from the sun
NASA's Juno spacecraft is a study in low power equipment improved solar-cell efficiency and array-structure design.
Oxide combo boosts power semi performance
Gallium nitride is often used for transistors in power supplies, but that has been explored for many years and likely…
EU targets holy grail of quantum superconducting
One grant for an ultra-sensitive superconducting photon director could clear the way to a universal supercomputing quantum computer.
IBM discovers how to convert old smartphones cases into high-strength plastic
The one-step approach converts BPA-leaching plastics in consumer electronics into environmentally safe material for water purification and medical devices.
Novel device boosts PV system power output
Researchers from the Masdar Institute have developed a technology that independently tracks electrical currents generated by each solar panel, significantly…
Rambus samples lens-less eye tracker for headmount displays
The Lensless Smart Sensors rely on a phase anti-symmetric diffraction grating and co-designed with computational algorithms that extract the relevant…