Prototype of the compact augmented reality glasses. Through holography and AI, these glasses can display full-color, 3D moving images over an otherwise direct view of the real world. | Image courtesy of Andrew Brodhead

Combining advances in display technologies, holographic imaging, and artificial intelligence, engineers at Stanford say they have produced a leap forward for augmented reality.

AI and holography bring 3D augmented reality to regular glasses

What measures can be taken to reduce the "solar equity gap"? | Image courtesy of Hans Wilschut

A new study finds that factory and warehouse rooftops offer a big untapped opportunity to help disadvantaged communities bridge the solar energy divide.

Stanford-led research shows how commercial rooftop solar power could bring affordable clean energy to low-income homes

Optical images of truncated tetrahedrons forming multiple hexagonal grains (top). Bond order analysis shows different hexagonal grains through different colors (bottom). Neighboring tetrahedrons that have the same color indicate that they have the same grain orientation. Scale bar is 20 um. | Image courtesy of David Doan & John Kulikowski

Stanford materials engineers have 3D printed tens of thousands of hard-to-manufacture nanoparticles long predicted to yield promising new materials that change form in an instant.

Elusive 3D printed nanoparticles could lead to new shapeshifting materials

The 3D-printed DeSimone Lab logo, featuring a Buckyball geometry, demonstrates the r2rCLIP system’s ability to produce complex, non-moldable shapes with micron-scale features. | Image courtesy of DeSimone Research Group, SEM courtesy of Stanford Nano Shared Facilities

A new process for microscale 3D printing creates particles of nearly any shape for applications in medicine, manufacturing, research and more – at the pace of up to 1 million particles a day.

New high-speed microscale 3D printing technique

Intrinsically stretchable transistors and integrated circuits under large deformation after being released from the supporting substrate. | Image courtesy of Donglai Zhong, Jiancheng Lai, and Yuya Nishio of the Bao Group

Stanford researchers have developed soft integrated circuits that are powerful enough to drive a micro-LED screen and small enough to read thousands of sensors in a single square centimeter.

Smaller, more powerful stretchable electronics for wearables and implantables

Researchers at Stanford have demonstrated that a new material may make phase-change memory an improved option for future AI and data-centric systems. | Image courtesy of Vitalii Pasichnyk/iStock

Stanford researchers have developed a new phase-change memory that could help computers process large amounts of data faster and more efficiently.

New candidate for universal memory is fast, low-power, stable, and long-lasting