Could clothing monitor a person’s health in real time, because the clothing itself is a self-powered sensor? A new material created by researchers at Penn State through electrospinning, which is a process that draws out fibers using electricity, brings this possibility one step closer.| www.psu.edu
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Penn State researchers found that the maximum wet-bulb temperature humans can endure is lower than previously thought — about 31°C wet-bulb or 87°F at 100% humidity — even for young, healthy subjects. The temperature for older populations, who are more vulnerable to heat, is likely even lower.| www.psu.edu
Penn State has published the recommendation report regarding the future of the Commonwealth Campuses that President Neeli Bendapudi shared with the Board of Trustees. The recommendation is not final until the board votes on it.| www.psu.edu
“Wireless tapping” is an emerging form of surveillance where full conversations can be remotely deciphered from the vibrations produced by a mobile phone’s earpiece. With the goal of protecting people’s privacy from potential bad actors, a team of computer science researchers at Penn State demonstrated that full sentences — up to 10,000 words — can be gleaned with 60% accuracy up to three meters, or almost 10 feet, from a caller.| www.psu.edu
Some TikTok users acknowledge the technology underlying personalized content online but can’t deny sometimes feeling that a higher power is involved, according to researchers from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology. The researchers spoke with Penn State News about how and why TikTok users interpret algorithmic recommendations as a kind of divine intervention.| www.psu.edu
In a new advancement in audio engineering, a team of researchers led by Yun Jing, professor of acoustics in the Penn State College of Engineering, has precisely narrowed where sound is perceived by creating localized pockets of sound zones, called audible enclaves. In an enclave, a listener can hear sound, while others standing nearby cannot, even if the people are in an enclosed space, like a vehicle, or standing directly in front of the audio source.| www.psu.edu
A cosmic particle detector in Antarctica has emitted a series of bizarre signals that defy the current understanding of particle physics, according to an international research group that includes scientists from Penn State.| www.psu.edu