Here, a non-contact manipulator is developed for both sedimented and floating objects using laser-induced thermocapillary convection. Various strategies are proposed based on the distinct responses of ...

Center for Smart Manufacturing, Division of Integrative Systems and Design, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China State Key ...

Another common approach, although it is usually adds more circuit hardware, is to use a “block” floating-point number representation. In this case the intermediate results are scaled together only if ...

Researchers at the University of Chicago may have found a way to make circuits that doesn't involve abrasive chemicals ... This new method uses laser etching instead of lithography, and most ...