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Solar-Powered Tech Transforms Remote Learning

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When Marc Alan Sperber, of Arizona State Universitys Education for Humanity initiative arrived at a refugee camp along the Thai - Myanmar border, the scene was typical of many crisis zones: no internet, unreliable power, and few resources. We work where even charging a phone is a challenge, he says.

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A Self-Balancing Exoskeleton Strides Toward Market

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Thats when she met a couple of academics at Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver, who had a novel idea for an exoskeleton. He also notes that self-balancing models can be used by a wider range of people, including people with limited upper body strength and mobility.

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Complex Haptics Deliver a Pinch, a Stretch, or a Tap

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The sensation of touch is the most personal connection that you can have with another individual, says John Rogers , a professor at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, who led the project. Its really important, but its much more difficult than audio or video.

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Airbus is Working on a Superconducting Electric Aircraft

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The envisioned aircraft would seat at least 100 people and have a range of 1000 nautical miles (1850 kilometers). But a superconductivity expert, applied physicist Yu He at Yale University, was heartened by the news from Airbus. It would be powered by four fuel-cell engines (two on each wing), each with a power output of 2 megawatts.

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The Quest to Ensure Nonspeaking Autistic People Are Heard

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That study was led by the three of us: a developmental psychologist ( Vikram Jaswal at the University of Virginia), an electrical and software engineer (Diwakar Krishnamurthy at the University of Calgary), and a computer scientist ( Mea Wang , also at the University of Calgary). Our journey to this point was not smooth.

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The Internet of Things Gets a 5G Update

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And doing all this using 5G standards rather than equivalent 4G/LTE or Wi-Fi networks arguably means IoT is expanding its range and scope. You have a single piece of hardware which is flexible, and you can tune it across a wide frequency range in software.” Araei asks.

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UK Greenlights Amazon Kuiper, Starlink Faces New Rival

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Scott Palo , professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder, says that establishing an inter-satellite optical communications network is one of the biggest challenges in satellite-based wireless and broadband networks. Kuipers Satellite Catch-up To be fair, Kuiper Systems hasnt exactly been sitting idle.

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