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Imagine a future in which solar cells are all around us — on windows and walls, cell phones, laptops, and more. A new flexible, transparent solar cell developed at MIT is bringing that future one step closer. The device combines low-cost organic (carbon-containing) materials with electrodes of graphene, a flexible, transparent material made from inexpensive and abundant carbon sources. This advance in...

Walking upright on two legs is a defining human trait, but it’s one that can vanish in the blink of an eye. About 80 percent of stroke patients typically lose normal function in one limb, a clinical phenomenon called hemiparesis. Even patients who recover mobility with rehabilitation can have abnormalities in their gait that keep them from participating in many...

Are our machines turning into gods? So it seemed to 19-year-old Ke Jie in May. Jie, the world's best player of the world's oldest board game, Go, had just met his match… in the form of a program called AlphaGo. In the space of a year, the program had become "almost like the god of Go," said Jie after losing to AlphaGo. Jie had been...

Global professional services provider EY on Thursday announced the launch of first EY Hackathon in India focussed on blockchain technology. The initiative, which aims to engage India’s growing technology talent and developer community to address critical issues faced by businesses, will invite ideators, inventors and developers to collaborate and create marketable solutions leveraging blockchain technology. The hackathon, which is being organised...

Digital transformation, connected customers and increasingly hyperconnected business ecosystems are transforming manufacturing as we know it. Driving these changes is the fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0. This new paradigm in manufacturing, which comprises technologies like cloud computing, data analytics, artificial intelligence, connected robotics and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), is helping manufacturers enhance efficiencies, collaboration and...

Would you implant a chip into your hand to make the workplace a slightly easier place to be? This could be an example of the future of work, but many see this as an implementation of the all-seeing Big Brother. The Verge reports that Wisconsin company Three Square Market will offer implantable RFID chips for workers to insert between their thumb...

BCMI, the company founded by Massimo Banzi, David Cuartielles, David Mellis and Tom Igoe, co-founders of Arduino, announces on 28th July, it has acquired 100%ownership of Arduino AG, the corporation which owns all of the Arduino trademarks. Following the acquisition, Mr. Massimo Banzi becomes the new Chairman and CTO of Arduino. Dr. Fabio Violante will be appointed as the new...

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, announced that the immediate availability of the Qualcomm Snapdragon Neural Processing Engine (NPE) software development kit (SDK) on Qualcomm Developer Network. The Snapdragon NPE is the first deep learning software framework designed for Snapdragon Mobile Platforms. The Snapdragon NPE is engineered to provide developers with software tools to accelerate deep neural network workloads...

Recent developments made by ARM Holdings and Qualcomm have led several companies increasing their efforts in designing chips for a wide variety of IoT uses. Microprocessor firms have long been preparing for the arrival of IoT solutions, which will cause a shift of focus from their traditional products and services. ARM Holdings made two acquisitions to beef up its mobile-based...

Printed Electronics Europe is one of the biggest and premium expo on printed, organic and flexible electronics in Europe. Expo is focused on latest diverse technology capability and all the opportunities to end users and manufacturers. Being the largest expo in printed electronics technology, it has been the launch pad for companies working in the printed electronics and more than...