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DARPA’s near-zero-power sensors have extended battery lifetimes from four weeks to up to four years, but more work needs to be done.

Motion sensors make holographic avatars dance, via Mark Bartkevitch.

The imaging sensors for the future Vera C. Rubin Observatory have taken their record-breaking first photos.

Don’t lift a finger — using only your mind!

Don’t lift a finger — this headset lets you control your TV using only your mind!

Thanks to Amazon’s success, CEO Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world, worth $207 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

But when he started Amazon as an online bookseller in 1994, Bezos thought it was likely that his business would fail.

Continue reading “Jeff Bezos thought there was a ‘30% chance’ Amazon would succeed: I told my parents ‘it’s very likely they’ll lose their entire investment’” »

The masks could screen for the coronavirus at airports, hospitals, and offices. They could also double as a diagnostic test.

Sensors produce a fluorescent light when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes into the mask.

Continue reading “Harvard and MIT researchers are developing a face mask that lights up when it detects the coronavirus” »

BACKGROUND

A closed-loop system of insulin delivery (also called an artificial pancreas) may improve glycemic outcomes in children with type 1 diabetes.

METHODS

Continue reading “A Randomized Trial of Closed-Loop Control in Children with Type 1 Diabetes” »

THOR puts high-powered microwaves to fry drone swarms’ electronics in a rugged and deployable package.

China’s Xiaomi has launched a new TV as part of the 10th anniversary celebration that also saw the announcement of the Mi 10 Ultra smartphone. The Mi TV Lux Transparent Edition brings sci-fi into the living room with an edge-to-edge self-luminous television that you can see through.

We’ve seen a few transparent televisions and screens from industry big hitters like Samsung, LG and Panasonic over the years, but Xiaomi says its Mi TV Lux Transparent Edition is the first to go into mass production.

The 55-inch OLED panel is just 5.7-mm thin and sits on a rounded base and, when the TV isn’t powered on, the display looks like a window between you and whatever is behind it – though it can be set to show arty display images if desired. But Xiaomi is promising an “unprecedented visual experience” when it’s switched on, with “extra rich blacks and unmatched brightness.”