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A Robot that Finds Lost Items

robot with camera
Researchers at MIT have developed a fully-integrated robotic arm that fuses visual data from a camera and radio frequency (RF) information from an antenna to find and retrieve objects, even when they are buried under a pile and fully out of view.
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This robotic arm fuses data from a camera and antenna to locate and retrieve items, even if they are buried under a pile. A busy commuter is ready to walk out the door, only to realize they’ve misplaced their keys and must search through piles of stuff to find them. Rapidly sifting through clutter, they wish they could figure out which pile was hiding the keys.

Researchers at MIT have created a robotic system that can do just that...

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Physicists develop Printable Organic Transistors

Upper panel: Layer sequence of an vertical organic permeable base transistor with two independently tunable base electrodes. Lower panel, left: Transfer-characteristics of such a transistor. Right: Adjustability of the turning-on voltage using the second base electrode.

Scientists have come a step closer to the vision of a broad application of flexible, printable electronics. The team has succeeded in developing powerful vertical organic transistors with two independent control electrodes.

High-definition roll-up televisions or foldable smartphones may soon no longer be unaffordable luxury goods that can be admired at international electronics trade fairs...

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Paper gets ‘Smart’ with Drawn-on, Stenciled Sensor Tags

In this example, the speed of the spinning tag on the pinwheel is mapped to onscreen graphics. Credit: Eric Brockmeyer/Disney Research

In this example, the speed of the spinning tag on the pinwheel is mapped to onscreen graphics. Credit: Eric Brockmeyer/Disney Research

Researchers have created ways to give a piece of paper sensing capabilities that allows it to respond to gesture commands and connect to the digital world, IoT. The method relies on small radio frequency (RFID) tags that are stuck on, printed or drawn onto the paper to create interactive, lightweight interfaces that can do anything from controlling music using a paper baton, to live polling in a classroom.

The technology – PaperID – leverages inexpensive, off-the-shelf RFID tags, which function without batteries but can be detected through a reader device placed in the same room as the tags...

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