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Future VR Haptics May Use Chemicals on the Skin to Make You Feel

Gizmodo

As a potential way to simulate a human’s ability to feel physical sensations, researchers have developed haptic VR hardware that applies chemicals to your skin to trigger… Read more. Virtual reality experiences are never going to feel like the real world until we’re able to engage all of our senses, not just vision and hearing.

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Armis, Honeywell Uncover Vulnerabilities in Honeywell Systems

Tech Republic Security

Newly discovered vulnerabilities in distributed control systems could allow attackers access to systems supporting industrial, energy, chemical and other operations.

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This ag-tech startup kept digging, and found an electrifying idea to zap weeds and soil pests

GeekWire

startup that replaces chemical pesticides with devices that zap soil pests with a jolt akin to a controlled lightning strike. For a decade, the company has doggedly kept at its goal, finding creative solutions to hardware challenges and quickly pivoting to seize new opportunities. The chemicals also kill good bugs as well as bad.

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Retro Chic: The IoT Means Hardware Engineers Are Cool Again

The Investing Edge

By WWI, a third key player in the Industrial Revolution, Chemical Engineers, had emerged to advance the science and design of materials. The new rock stars of the technology-entrepreneur world had become Mechanical, Electrical, and Chemical Engineers, and this would be true for much of the 20 th century. (My engineering folks.

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Vote for Startup CEO of the Year: These five leaders are taking their companies to new heights

GeekWire

Katherine Sizov (bottom left): The CEO and co-founder of Strella Biotechnology wants to help reduce food waste with her company’s hardware that detects ethylene, a chemical released by fruit as it ripens. Founded in 2017, Strella won GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch competition in 2022.

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Zeno demonstrates an innovative type of radioisotope heat source for off-grid power

GeekWire

The work at PNNL involved radioactive and non-radioactive activities, including chemical processing and fuel fabrication, materials handling and heat source characterization. Zeno’s design could generate more power with less bulk, opening the way for a wider range of applications.

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Robotic lab assistant is 1,000 times faster at conducting research

The Verge

For its showcase research, the robot was tasked with finding substances that can speed up chemical reactions that create hydrogen from light and water, an area of research useful to many industries, including green energy production. Now people are starting to think ‘if I don’t use this hardware I might be at a massive disadvantage.’”.

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