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Monday, July 22, 2013

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News


Helping robots become more touchy-feely, literally: Paper-thin e-skin responds to touch by lighting up

Posted: 21 Jul 2013 01:17 PM PDT

Engineers have created a new e-skin that responds to touch by instantly lighting up. The more intense the pressure, the brighter the light it emits. The material is the first sensor network on flexible plastic that is user-interactive.

Making big 'Schroedinger cats': Quantum research pushes boundary by testing micro theory for macro objects

Posted: 21 Jul 2013 01:17 PM PDT

Since Erwin Schroedinger's famous 1935 cat thought experiment, physicists around the globe have tried to create large scale systems to test how the rules of quantum mechanics apply to everyday objects. Researchers recently made a significant step forward in this direction by creating a large system that is in two substantially different states at the same time.

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