Acoustic holograms create images by manipulating particles with sound
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany have created a system that can move and manipulate particles using holograms made of sound
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Tiny 3D-printed medical camera could be deployed from inside a syringe
German researchers have developed a complex lens system no bigger than a grain of salt that fits inside a syringe. The imaging tool could make for not just more productive medical imaging, but tiny cameras for everything from drones to slimmer smartphones.
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Google Glass-based system identifies you by the sound of your skull
Smartglasses aren't unlike smartphones, in that you don't want just anyone picking up yours and using it. Conventional passwords are one way to go, but scientists have developed an alternative that doesn't involve memorizing anything – you do, however, have to let the glasses buzz your skull.
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Stuttgart students hit 100 km/h in 1.779 seconds to claim EV acceleration record
A team of speedy Stuttgart University students has broken the existing electric car acceleration record, in a blistering 1.779 second run that shaved 0.006 seconds off the record set Swiss students late last year.
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"World's smallest propeller" may find use on nanobots
In order for microscopic "nanobots" to get to their destinations, they'll need some form of propulsion. A team of Israeli and German scientists has responded by creating what they claim is the world's smallest propeller.
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Robots help create ultra-thin wooden exhibition hall
Claimed to be the first building to have its core structure made entirely from interlocking timber panels formed by robots, the Landesgartenschau Exhibition Hall in Stuttgart, Germany is created as a self-supporting, lightweight structure based on biomimetic principles.
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"Superparamagnetic" particles used to harvest phosphorus from polluted water
Phosphorus is a mineral that's widely used in fertilizer, which itself has an unfortunate tendency to leach out of farmers' fields and into our waterways. Now, researchers have devised a method of retrieving some of that phosphorus from the water.
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Solspaces project to test year-round solar heating system
Researchers at the University of Stuttgart are preparing to test a solar heating system that uses a solar thermal system in conjunction with a sorption tank for storing heat from solar collectors throughout the warmer months that can then be released when the mercury drops.
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Record 40 Gbit/s wireless data transmission rate matches it with optical fiber
A group of engineers in Germany has succeeded in demonstrating 40 Gbit/s wireless data transmission.
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SmartShell uses hydraulics, not bulk, for structural strength
SmartShell is a wooden structure that uses hydraulic drives to compensate for structural loads.
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