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This Joystick For Your Tongue Could Be a More Inclusive Controller For Future Devices
As the world inevitably moves towards devices like smart glasses and screens that follow us everywhere, we’re going to need hands free ways to interact with our apps. Dorothee Clasen wonders if our tongues could potentially replace our fingers using a joystick worn inside the mouth.
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Using Thermal Cameras to Track Hand Motions Could Be the Key to Interacting with Smart Glasses
If this whole smart glasses thing is going to effectively free us from having our heads constantly down and staring at our phones, we’re going to need a reliable way to interact with a virtual screen. Thanks to new research from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, we could still rely on our…
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A Frying Pan Ingredient Can Make Super-White Paint Reflect 98% of the Sun’s Heat
You wouldn’t head outside on a scorching hot summer day in dark clothing; lighter coloured garments help reflect the sun’s heat. That strategy works for buildings too, and thanks to researchers at UCLA, a new formulation for white paint could effectively reflect up to 98% of the sun’s heat, reducing the demands on artificial cooling…
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Coronavirus and University Reforms Puts Australia’s Research Gains from the Last 15 Years at Risk
Education minister Dan Tehan will be meeting with university vice-chancellors to devise a new way of funding university research. They will have plenty to talk about. Australia’s universities have been remarkably successful in building their research output. But there are cracks in the funding foundations of that success, which are being exposed by the revenue…