I know it’s hot, but don’t wipe your sweat away! It’s valuable information! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Wearable sensors, like smartwatches and skin patches, already track heart rate, sleep, and mood. They can also measure stress and glucose! But most are single-use. And
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Imagine speaking without making a sound? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Communication is crucial in noisy military and industrial settings. Existing silent-speech devices often require implants, making them impractical. Enter Sunguk Hong and colleagues at Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea.
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A great violin should sing and inspire you, not make you wince. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Violin making is a delicate craft – small imperfections can ruin everything. Traditionally, sound is only evaluated after the instrument is done. Adjustments can be time-consuming and
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Look on the “bright side” … It’s less demented… This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Fifty-seven million people worldwide live with dementia. Scientists continue searching for ways to stave it off. There could be a surprisingly simple solution! Enter Säde Stenlund and team at Harvard
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Ouch! He got hit so hard his helmet changed color! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Brain injury monitoring is evolving in football for player safety. But determining the location and force of high-impact collisions is… challenging. A visual aid would help! Enter Marco Lo
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Robot, bring me… processed junk food! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Humans have no problem handling delicate items. Robots, on the other hand, lack in this department. So Siqi Shang and team at the University of Texas, Austin, have developed the FORTE technology. FORTE
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Would you shake hands … over Zoom? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Humans are built to connect. But distance can make that hard. Modern-day technology has solved these issues, but something is still missing: touch. Enter Maya Dunlap and team at Saint Louis University.
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Want family photos that will last for millennia?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We’re generating more data than ever. Yet, digital data is at risk of being lost forever due to corrupted hard drives. But Microsoft Research’s Project Silica Team has an idea! They
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Is Mona Lisa smiling or frowning…and why does she have tentacles?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Octopi and squids can alter pigments in their skin to change how they look. What if we could too? Enter Haoqing Yang and team at Pennsylvania State University.
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(Sigh) Microscopic Paul Rudd only exists in the Marvel universe… unless? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Imagine shrinking robots down to the size of a speck of dust. That would revolutionize processing… manufacturing… pretty much everything! Well, shrink rays we have not, but the
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