In a recent edition of the journal Science, researchers reported their findings related to testing “electronic sensors in a film thinner than the diameter of a human hair.”
The tattoo-like sensor “was flexible enough to move with the skin and would adhere without adhesives.” Read the full article
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Technology Review profiled a second-generation exoskeleton robotics suit that closely mimics the concepts from the movie Iron Man.
Raytheon Sarcos is the group that has developed the real-life suit. See the video and read more here
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BrightSource Energy is developing a solar thermal system to generate power when the sun is not shining. The hope is that this new technology “can lower the cost of solar power to make it more reliable, helping it compete with conventional sources of electricity.”
Read more about the solar thermal system and the new approach to an older idea of how to store energy.
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