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Image compression method combines classic techniques for greater efficiency and flexibility

November 13, 2025 Tech Xplore

In his research, Professor Marko Huhtanen from the University of Oulu, who specializes in applied and computational mathematics, introduces a new method for compressing images. This technique combines several well-known compression methods, leveraging their best […]

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Artificial sensory neuron enables high-precision, multi-color, near-infrared object recognition

November 13, 2025 Tech Xplore

Near-infrared (NIR) photon detection and object recognition are crucial technologies for all-weather target identification. Conventional NIR detection systems that rely on photodetectors and von Neumann computing algorithms are energy inefficient. Artificial sensory neurons based on […]

Technology

Novel smart fabrics give robots a delicate grip

November 13, 2025 Tech Xplore

Robots aren’t always the most delicate of machines when handling fragile objects. They don’t have the lightness of touch of humans. But that could be about to change thanks to a new development in smart […]

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Novel ‘ink’ for light-based 3D printing enables color-changing, conducting polymer structures

November 13, 2025 Tech Xplore

A new type of “ink” makes it possible to 3D print electrochemically switchable, conducting polymers using a light-based process. Researchers from the universities of Heidelberg and Stuttgart have succeeded in making so-called redox polymers useful […]

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Waymo is hitting the highway. Here’s what to know about the robotaxi’s expanded service

November 13, 2025 Tech Xplore

Waymo is hitting the highway. The company said starting Wednesday its robotaxis—already a common sight on some city streets—are expanding their routes to freeways and interstates around San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix. And in […]

Technology

Stirling engine generates mechanical power by linking Earth’s warmth to space

November 12, 2025 Tech Xplore

Engineers at the University of California, Davis, have invented a device that can generate mechanical power at night by linking the natural warmth around us to the cold depths of space. The invention could be […]

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Big platforms chart gradual path to self-driving at Web Summit

November 12, 2025 Tech Xplore

Major Western ride-hailing platforms like Uber and Lyft sketched a gradual path toward introducing self-driving cars at this week’s Web Summit in Lisbon, with infrastructure, developing regulation and passengers’ preference for human contact weighing on […]

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Rubber electronics are first to offer complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor functionality

November 12, 2025 Tech Xplore

Researcher Cunjiang Yu and his research team, including several of his former students, have announced a significant milestone in materials and electronics engineering: the creation of what they call “rubbery CMOS,” which provides the same […]

Computers

AI language models show bias against regional German dialects

November 12, 2025 Tech Xplore

Large language models such as GPT-5 and Llama systematically rate speakers of German dialects less favorably than those using Standard German. This is shown by a recent collaborative study between Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) […]

Technology

Feeling is believing: Making prosthetic limbs and virtual reality feel more real

November 12, 2025 Tech Xplore

Virtual reality and prosthetics are advancing rapidly thanks to technological innovations, but both are still missing one key element—a sense of touch, also known as haptic feedback.This article was originally published on this website.

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