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Voltage-Controlled Liquid Metal In the Mobile Technology To Unfurl Soon Its PotentialsMay 28, 2015 NC State scientists may play a big role in the future developments of mobile devices with the development of a new technique in harnessing the powerful capabilities of the liquid metal antenna. Michael Dickey, Jacob Adams et al., engineering, featured. |
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Team Designs Liquid Metal Antenna Twice as Powerful than a Regular OneMay 28, 2015 NC State engineers have designed a liquid metal antenna that may soon reform the look of the mobile device world. Michael Dickey, chemical & biomolecular engineering, featured. |
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Why would you want a liquid metal antenna in your devices?May 28, 2015 NC State researchers have discovered how to control the liquid metal inside antennas, without using an external pump for moving the metal to different bandwidth lengths. Michael Dickey and Jacob Adams, engineering, featured. |
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Using electrochemistry, researchers create reconfigurable, voltage-controlled liquid metal antennaMay 28, 2015 NC State researchers have created a liquid metal antenna that can be tuned to listen to various frequencies by applying electrical voltage. Michael Dickey, Jacob Adams et al., engineering, featured. |
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Tunable liquid metal antennasMay 19, 2015 Using electrochemistry, NC State researchers have created a reconfigurable, voltage-controlled liquid metal antenna that may play a huge role in future mobile devices and the coming Internet of Things. Jacob Adams et al., engineering, featured. |
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Bevel junction termination extension for silicon carbide high voltageMay 18, 2015 NC State researchers have developed a new edge termination technique for 4H polytype silicon carbide (4H-SiC) high-voltage devices. Edge terminations are designed to avoid field crowding effects that cause premature breakdown. Woongje Sung et al, FREEDM Center, featured. |
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A Little Ingenuity Solves an Elephant-Sized ProblemMay 14, 2015 A student team from NC State has designed a collar to help control wild elephants that threaten human property and life in Africa and Asia. |
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N.C. State researchers: RFID tags could save farmers cashApril 16, 2015 NC State electrical engineering students are using RFID tags to improve the already cash-strapped North Carolina dairy industry with technology. Dan Poole, animal science, and students Anthony Laws, Bryan Campbell and William Carr, electrical engineering, featured. |
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Energy Harvesters Power WearablesApril 13, 2015 NC State researchers are using nanotechnology to create energy harvesting and storage devices for ultra-low power sensors. Tom Snyder, Advanced Self-powered Systems of Integrated Sensors Technologies, featured. |
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Duke Energy invests in renewable energy researchApril 9, 2015 Duke Energy is partnering with NC State to further their renewable energy efforts. The utility awarded the university with a $1.5 million grant to focus on renewable energy research, which will help fund the Future Renewable Electric Energy Distribution and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center based in the College of Engineering. |
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The latest in search-and-rescue tech: cyborg cockroaches (+video)March 31, 2015 Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new way to control cockroaches, outfitting them with tiny microphones and trackers for potential future use in disaster zones. |
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Health tracker in a T-shirt? It’s in the works at NC StateMarch 31, 2015 At the ASSIST Center on North Carolina State University’s Centennial Campus, students are working on research to convert energy in the body into fitness trackers and other measures of overall health. Veena Misra, electrical & computer engineering, featured. |
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Wearable sensors to monitor triggers for asthma, and moreMarch 30, 2015 Multidisciplinary team of researchers are using nanotechnology to develop small, wearable sensors that monitor a person’s immediate environment, as well as the wearer’s vital signs. Veena Misra, electrical & computer engineering, featured. |
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Developing Smarter Smart GridsMarch 20, 2015 Researchers are using cloud computing resources to analyze smart grid data from thousands of sensors, called phasor measurement units, or PMUs. Aranya Chakrabortty, electrical and computer engineering, featured. |
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Smarter smart gridsMarch 18, 2015 Researchers are using cloud computing resources to analyze smart grid data from thousands of sensors, called phasor measurement units, or PMUs. Aranya Chakrabortty, electrical and computer engineering, featured. |