High-five or thumbs-up? New device detects which hand gesture you want to make
Imagine typing on a computer without a keyboard, playing a video game without a controller or driving a car without a wheel.
Dec 21, 2020
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This flexible and rechargeable battery is 10 times more powerful than state of the art
A team of researchers has developed a flexible, rechargeable silver oxide-zinc battery with a five to 10 times greater areal energy density than state of the art. The battery also is easier to manufacture; while most flexible ...
Dec 7, 2020
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Discoveries highlight new possibilities for magnesium batteries
Magnesium batteries have long been considered a potentially safer and less expensive alternative to lithium-ion batteries, but previous versions have been severely limited in the power they delivered.
Nov 30, 2020
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Trillion-transistor chip breaks speed record
The biggest computer chip in the world is so fast and powerful it can predict future actions "faster than the laws of physics produce the same result."
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Sensor for smart textiles survives washing machine, cars and hammers
Think about your favorite t-shirt, the one you've worn a hundred times, and all the abuse you've put it through. You've washed it more times than you can remember, spilled on it, stretched it, crumbled it up, maybe even singed ...
Nov 11, 2020
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'Electronic skin' promises cheap and recyclable alternative to wearable devices
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are developing a wearable electronic device that's "really wearable"—a stretchy and fully-recyclable circuit board that's inspired by, and sticks onto, human skin.
Nov 6, 2020
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Large-area flexible organic photodiodes can compete with silicon devices
The performance of flexible large-area organic photodiodes has advanced to the point that they can now offer advantages over conventional silicon photodiode technology, particularly for applications such as biomedical imaging ...
Nov 5, 2020
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Researchers break magnetic memory speed record
Spintronic devices are attractive alternatives to conventional computer chips, providing digital information storage that is highly energy efficient and also relatively easy to manufacture on a large scale. However, these ...
Oct 28, 2020
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3-D printed 'invisible' fibers can sense breath, sound, and biological cells
From capturing your breath to guiding biological cell movements, 3-D printing of tiny, transparent conducting fibers could be used to make devices which can 'smell, hear and touch'—making it particularly useful for health ...
Sep 30, 2020
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Transistor-integrated cooling for a more powerful chip
Managing the heat generated in electronics is a huge problem, especially with the constant push to reduce the size and pack as many transistors as possible in the same chip. The whole problem is how to manage such high heat ...
Sep 9, 2020
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