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Hailed as the future gold mine of the digital economy, the Internet of Things encompasses billions of connected objects whose data is managed on networks. How can we meet the connectivity needs of all these connected objects? How can we develop an ecosystem of applications and services that turns innovation into tangible benefits in our daily lives? That is up for debate.

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Wireless Power Transfers: ERWPT breaks new ground with electric fields

• Korean researchers have passed an important milestone in the development of electrically resonant wireless power transfer (ERWPT), a technology reminiscent of the ambitious dreams of legendary inventor Nikola Tesla, which could have a game-changing impact in several sectors.
• The new research shows the properties of electric fields can be used to overcome significant limitations of more conventional systems that rely on magnetic resonance for wireless power transfer (WPT).
• The innovation could pave the for a wide range of applications in fields as diverse as medical implants and electric vehicles, while offering much greater flexibility and unprecedented energy efficiency.
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Smartphone data to map the outer atmosphere and monitor urban wildlife

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Machine learning for intuitive robots that are aware of their environment

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Standard prpl operating system strengthens Livebox ecosystem

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An industrial maintenance solution combining AI, a 5G private network and IoT

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Soft Robotics Lab – ETH Zürich (lab head: Prof. Robert Katzschmann (not in the picture). From left to right: Jose Greminger (Master student), Pablo Paniagua (Master student), Jakob Schreiner (visiting PhD student), Aiste Balciunaite (PhD student), Miriam Filippi (Established researcher), and Asia Badolato (PhD student).
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When will we see living robots? The challenges facing biohybrid robotics

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person wearing bioelectronic fibre arrays for dual-ECG signal acquisition / credit: Wenyu Wang and Yuan Shui
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Bioelectronics: disease monitoring sensors that can be printed directly onto human skin

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