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The Quest for Perfect Headphones Might End With...Virtual Headphones?

March 28, 2025
Headphone-free private listening may be possible thanks to Penn State's 'audible enclaves,' which precisely target sound using ultrasonic technology.
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Industry 4.0 Meets Pizza: Fiero's AI-Driven Solution for Pizzerias
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Industry 4.0 Meets Pizza: Fiero's AI-Driven Solution for Pizzerias

March 21, 2025
Fiero's three-step system is revolutionizing pizza production with technology that stretches dough like human hands, streamlines topping application, and delivers stone-baked ...
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The Road to Repair: Self-Healing Asphalt Could End Winter Woes

March 14, 2025
Say goodbye to endless road repairs and see how researchers from Swansea University and King's College London have used AI to engineer a new type of asphalt that would eliminate...
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Is the Nuwa Pen the Smartest Pen in the World?

March 7, 2025
The world's first smart pen that doesn't restrict where you write could be the contender that finally bridges the gap between handwritten notes and digital organization.
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The End of Lines Forever? Sensei's Bold Retail Moonshot

Feb. 21, 2025
After Walmart's clunky scan-as-you-go and Amazon's abandoned 'Just Walk Out' technology, Sensei's AI-powered supermarket might finally deliver the frictionless grocery shopping...

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Fun Innovations Friday: Researchers Create Chip-Based 3D Printer That's Smaller Than a Coin
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Next-Gen 3D Printer Smaller Than Small Change

Aug. 9, 2024
3D printers might be going the way of computers with a new focus on miniaturizing the tech as one team of researchers from MIT and the University of Texas developed the first ...
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Fun Innovations Friday: Robot Dog Sucks Up Trash With Its Feet

Aug. 2, 2024
A four-legged robot vacuum named VERO, developed by Italian researchers, autonomously scours the ground for cigarette butts, potentially changing environmental cleanup efforts...
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Fun Innovations Friday: Industrial Heat Could Be Your New Drinking Water Source
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The Unlikely Manufacturing Byproduct Being Used to Create Drinking Water

July 26, 2024
Norway is stepping up its sustainability by finding a way to recycle its 20 TWh of waste heat per year to create energy and purify water in the process.