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Associate Professor Lee Seok Woo from the NTU School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) shows off the new battery

Battery Powered by Tears for Smart Contact Lenses

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Scientists at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University have developed a flexible battery that is as thin as a human cornea. I’ve written a lot about batteries in this column over the last few years. These batteries come in all shapes, sizes and chemistries. Mainly they are con

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09/16/2024

Navy Partners with SpaceX for Broadband Internet Access

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Communication for Navy vessels has always been critical, from flag signals to the famous “talk-between-ships” (TBS) system and modern radio. But until relatively recently, individual sailors were restricted to snail mail and the occasional land line call. And for the internet, they’ve had to rely on a ne

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09/16/2024

California Governor Gavin Newsom, shown here, could decide the fate of the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act very soon.

California Passes Act to Curb AI's Destructive Potential

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

California is taking major steps to make AI just a bit easier to control and possibly defang. According to Reuters, the California State Assembly recently passed the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act (SB 1047), the first of its kind in the U.S. We’ve all see

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Date:

09/02/2024

Federal Government Release $521 Million in Funds for EV Chargers

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

The Biden Administration just announced its next round of funding – over half a billion in grants to 29 states – towards its goal of having 500,000 publicly available EV chargers by 2030. When the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (aka, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) passed back in November 2021,

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Date:

09/09/2024