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Electronics

AI tool predicts hospital bed demand

Weijian Yang, PhD, and Feng Tian developed a camera that uses a thin microlens array and new image processing algorithms to capture 3D information about multiple objects in single exposure. The raw sub-images from the microarray are displayed on the monitor

Lensless camera could help robots see in 3D

Anoop Rajappan, left, and Daniel Preston of Rice University set up an experiment with their fabric air pump. The lab developed its textile-based energy harvesting shoe able to power assistive devices for people with disabilities

Rice team’s extra limb powered by compressed air

Nanowire sensor shows promise for cardiac disease studies

The device senses and wirelessly transmits signals without bulky chips or batteries.

New chip-free electronic skin senses wirelessly

CoMEt estimate soil moisture at multiple depths in real time

Wireless system gives growers access to soil moisture data

AI offers answers to COVID’s effects

Comment: how engineers are utilising data-centric AI

FundamentalVR raises $20m for surgical simulation

AI detects abnormalities that cause epileptic seizures

Magnetomyography shows potential in prosthetics and wearables

Coin-sized wearable shows potential to boost biosensing