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Fear of becoming obsolete (FOBO) has increased more in the past two years than at any time since 2017, according to Gallup’s Aug. 1-23 Work and Education poll. 22% now say technology will make their job obsolete—up seven percentage…

I love how we use technology to attack a growing problem—especially in medicine. This one has particular relevance for me. I went from having the bones of a 35-year-old to osteoporosis in two years due to a medication regimen. I also fell…

Novice makers are increasingly fabricating their own 3D printed objects via free, open-source, user-generated 3D models they download and create on their 3D printers. However, when custom designing, the challenge is using complex and…

Soft inflatable robots are becoming more important for applications requiring safety and adaptability. Yet, integrating sensing and control systems in these robots is challenging without compromising their softness, form factor, or…

Although underwater imaging is used in marine exploration, oceanographic engineering, environmental protection, and identifying dangerous objects on the ocean floor, achieving good results is problematic. Image quality degrades in turbid or…

Implantable medical device technologies promise to unlock advanced therapeutic interventions in healthcare, such as insulin release to treat diabetes. Still, patients' reactions to foreign bodies are a significant issue holding back such…

Optical tweezers use light to immobilize microscopic particles as small as a single atom in 3D space. The principle behind the tweezers is the momentum transfer between light and the object held. Light pushes onto objects that make the…

Researchers at Duke University and Purdue University managed the arrangement of multiple inorganic and organic layers in crystals with a novel technique, controlling energy levels of electrons and holes within perovskites. The tuning…

While vision and hearing are already digitized, the sense of smell has proven to be more complex and perplexing. Researchers at Monell Chemical Senses Center and start-up Osmo, which was spun out of machine learning research at Google…

In the rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, technological advancements are pivotal in transforming patient care, diagnosis, and treatment. The convergence of various disciplines, such as virtual reality (VR), neurostimulation, smart…