Today is Earth Day, a good time to remember that the guy who claimed to have founded this “peace and love” environmental celebration was a convicted murderer. Ira Einhorn was a tie-dye-wearing, long-bearded hippie “guru” in Philadelphia who originally became known for his environmental activism in the 1960s and ’70s. Today, …
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Scientists invent a hot-emitter transistor for future high-performance, low-power, multifunctional devices
A hot-emitter transistor based on stimulated emission of heated carriers. Credit: IMR Transistors, the building blocks of integrated circuits, face growing challenges as their size decreases. Developing transistors that use novel operating principles has become crucial to enhancing circuit performance. Hot carrier transistors, which utilize the excess kinetic energy of …
Researchers invent intelligent soft robotic clothing for automatic thermal adaptation in extreme heat
A team led by Dr Dahua Shou, Limin Endowed Young Scholar in Advanced Textiles Technologies and Associate Professor of the School of Fashion and Textiles of PolyU has developed first-of-its-kind soft robotic clothing that can automatically adapt to changing ambient temperatures, thereby ensuring working safety in hot environments. Credit: Hong …
Musashi Did NOT Invent Dual Katana-Style #Shorts
What makes Miyamoto Musashi so special? https://youtu.be/LTgaFitZCsk Miyamoto Musashi is famous for creating a … source
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Engineering students invent a quieter leaf blower
The team started working last September. They hoped to improve an electric or battery-powered leaf blower, which is already much quieter than the notorious gas-powered ones, where the sound can carry over an average suburban block. Credit: Will Kirk/Johns Hopkins University The challenge before Johns Hopkins University engineering students: Take …
Scientists invent micrometers-thin battery charged by saline solution that could power smart contact lenses
Credit: Nanyang Technological University Scientists from NTU Singapore have developed a flexible battery as thin as a human cornea, which stores electricity when it is immersed in saline solution, and which could one day power smart contact lenses. The battery’s development was led by Associate Professor Lee Seok Woon from …
Scientists invent spray cooling to lower carbon footprint of data centers
NTU researcher Ranjith Kandasamy working on the efficient spray cooling prototype that can help datacentres lower energy use by up to 2%. Credit: Nanyang Technological University Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have invented a more sustainable and green method for cooling down servers in data centers, potentially …
