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Two teams of professors are working on creating augmented reality applications to help participants of the spectrum learn and practice safety and employment skills. A year ago, Alexandra Ramirez's 2-year-old patient refused to sit at a table and was unable to communicate his wishes and needs to the adults around him. He would get upset and cry when he needed something, and his family wondered desperately what exactly he wanted. The challenges seemed endless until his family found the University of Miami Intensive Behavioral Intervention Services (IBIS) clinic - - This serves children with developmental delays and those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder - and began therapy. These days, toddlers can point or tap on a picture board to communicate whatever they want. They begin to use some form of sign language to say the word "more" when they want extra food or

Sheet-shaped piezoelectric system with self-generation and storage functions (picture of an integrated system). Photo credit: Osaka University Scientists from Osaka University, in collaboration with Joanneum Research (Weiz, Austria), have developed wireless health monitoring patches that use embedded piezoelectric nanogenerators to supply harvested biomechanical energy. This work can lead to new autonomous health sensors as well as self-powered portable electronic devices. As wearable technology and smart sensors grow in popularity, the problem of powering all of these devices becomes more relevant. While the power requirements of any component can be small, the need for wires or even batteries becomes cumbersome and impractical. Therefore, new energy generat