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Idea protez bionicznych w nowoczesnej protetyce [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Over the past decades, a tremendous progress has been made in creating artificial machines and systems. Breakthroughs in this field have been possible through the collaboration of scientists, biologists, computer scientists, engineers and patients.
Gładysz, Joanna, Matejko, Bartłomiej
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Asian Roboticism: Connecting Mechanized Labor to the Automation of Work [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This article reconsiders the present-day automation of work and its transformation of who we are as humans. What has been missing from this important conversation are the social meanings surrounding Asian roboticism or how Asians have already been ...
Bui, Long
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Contemporary medical television and crisis in the NHS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This article maps the terrain of contemporary UK medical television, paying particular attention to Call the Midwife as its centrepiece, and situating it in contextual relation to the current crisis in the NHS. It provides a historical overview of UK and
Anderson M   +26 more
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Ferroelectric Quantum Dots for Retinomorphic In‐Sensor Computing

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This work has provided a protocol for fabricating retinomorphic phototransistors by integrating ferroelectric ligands with quantum dots. The resulting device combines ferroelectricity, optical responsiveness, and low‐power operation to enable adaptive signal amplification and high recognition accuracy under low‐light conditions, while supporting ...
Tingyu Long   +26 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asimov's Coming Back [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Ever since the word ‘ROBOT’ first appeared in a science\ud fiction in 1921, scientists and engineers have been trying\ud different ways to create it. Present technologies in\ud mechanical and electrical engineering makes it possible\ud to have robots in ...
Wang, Mr. L.
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Neuromorphic Electronics for Intelligence Everywhere: Emerging Devices, Flexible Platforms, and Scalable System Architectures

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
The perspective presents an integrated view of neuromorphic technologies, from device physics to real‐time applicability, while highlighting the necessity of full‐stack co‐optimization. By outlining practical hardware‐level strategies to exploit device behavior and mitigate non‐idealities, it shows pathways for building efficient, scalable, and ...
Kapil Bhardwaj   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transducers Across Scales and Frequencies: A System‐Level Framework for Multiphysics Integration and Co‐Design

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Transducers convert physical signals into electrical and optical representations, yet each mechanism is bounded by intrinsic trade‐offs across bandwidth, sensitivity, speed, and energy. This review maps transduction mechanisms across physical scale and frequency, showing how heterogeneous integration and multiphysics co‐design transform isolated ...
Aolei Xu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Panoramic Stereo Imaging of a Bionic Compound-Eye Based on Binocular Vision

open access: yesSensors, 2021
With the rapid development of the virtual reality industry, one of the bottlenecks is the scarcity of video resources. How to capture high-definition panoramic video with depth information and real-time stereo display has become a key technical problem ...
Xinhua Wang, Dayu Li, Guang Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Where Should We Place LiDARs on the Autonomous Vehicle? - An Optimal Design Approach

open access: yes, 2019
Autonomous vehicle manufacturers recognize that LiDAR provides accurate 3D views and precise distance measures under highly uncertain driving conditions. Its practical implementation, however, remains costly.
Arief, Mansur, Liu, Zuxin, Zhao, Ding
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