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Self-powered artificial synapse mimics human color vision
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Self-powered artificial synapse mimics human color vision

The top half of this image depicts the proposed artificial synapse made using dye-sensitized solar cells. The plot shows the bipolar voltage response...

Exploring the seas with self-powered jellyfish cyborgs
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Exploring the seas with self-powered jellyfish cyborgs

Motion prediction with jellyfish hybrid reservoir computing system. Credit: Dai Owaki Unlike fish, jellyfish lack bones and possess a sole rudimentary nerve net,...

World’s smallest self-powered bipedal robot achieves record speed and agility with simple mechanical design
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World’s smallest self-powered bipedal robot achieves record speed and agility with simple mechanical design

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University, College of Engineering At less than one and a half inches tall, roughly the same height as a LEGO...

Self-powered graphene smart sensor takes the pain out of wound monitoring
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Self-powered graphene smart sensor takes the pain out of wound monitoring

The flexible sensor, ideal for use in the human body, uses laser-induced graphene to simultaneously but separately measure temperature and strain, potentially enabling...

Self-powered sensor can generate electricity and light simultaneously using only movement
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Self-powered sensor can generate electricity and light simultaneously using only movement

Credit: Advanced Sustainable Systems Cover DGIST research teams have developed a self-powered sensor that uses motion and pressure to generate electricity and light...