25/10/2015

Industry 4.0

The Newest Technology from Worldwide

An innovative robotic gripper system

Force-sensitive, dynamic, energy efficient and with a range of applications – these qualities are what distinguish the new robot gripper ...

Printing with Feeling: The Possibilities of Haptic Solutions in 3D Printing

Haptic solutions refer to the use of technology to provide tactile feedback or simulate the sense of touch. While most ...

A worldwide unique staircase manufactured using 3D-printed formwork

The next unit at NEST, the research and innovation building of Empa and Eawag, goes by the name of STEP2 ...

Perovskite nanocrystals for better computing

Researchers at Empa, ETH Zurich and the “Politecnico di Milano” are developing a new type of computer component that is ...

New technology paves way for sensitive bioelectronic diagnostics

The molecules in our bodies are in constant communication. Some of these molecules provide a biochemical fingerprint that could indicate ...
HAPTIC

Feeling Your Way to Safety: The Role of Haptic Technology in the Security and Defense Industry”

Haptic technology, also known as touch feedback technology, has been around for a while and is most commonly associated with ...
HAPTIC

HAPTIC Holography seen as the Future of Touch in Metaverse

HAPTIC Holography npromises to bring virtual reality to life, but a new study reveals a surprising physical obstacle that will ...

Second wave of 5G: 30 countries to launch services in 2023

New figures from GSMA Intelligence show 5G connections are expected to double over the next two years, expedited by technological ...

Nanostructured joining materials for the next generation of microelectronics

Electronic components are becoming smaller, more complex and more powerful – this calls for new solutions for joining them. An ...

Programmable materials are true shapeshifters

They can change their characteristics in a controlled and reversible way with the push of a button, independently adapting to ...

New digital synthesis technique will increase the range of programmable metamaterials

A new study challenges the conventional approach to designing soft robotics and a class of materials called metamaterials by utilizing the ...

Artificial FAIRY – Flying Aero-robots based on Light Responsive Materials Assembly

The development of stimuli-responsive polymers has brought about a wealth of material-related opportunities for next-generation small-scale, wirelessly controlled soft-bodied robots ...

Biosensors empowering robots to detect different odors

A new technological development by Tel Aviv University has made it possible for a robot to smell using a biological ...

Firefighters upgraded by intelligent fire suits

Firefighting may look vastly different in the future thanks to intelligent fire suits and masks developed by multiple research institutions ...

New reactor concept for methanation

Synthetic energy carriers are carbon-neutral and make renewable energy transportable and storable in the long term. Synthetically produced methane is ...