Electronic glove offers ‘humanlike’ features for prosthetic hand users
People with hand amputations experience difficult daily life challenges, often leading to lifelong use of a prosthetic hands and services.
An electronic glove, or e-glove,...
Stretchable wireless sensor could monitor healing of cerebral aneurysms
A wireless sensor small enough to be implanted in the blood vessels of the human brain could help clinicians evaluate the healing of aneurysms...
Scientists create low-power, low-cost network for 5G connectivity
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a cheaper and more efficient method for Internet-of-Things devices to receive high-speed wireless connectivity.
With 75 billion...
Do pricier, faster internet plans improve streaming video quality?
A recent study found that streaming video performance plateaus long before the upper-tier plans offered by ISPs, with plans above 100 megabits-per-second only marginally...
This wearable device can predict aggressive outbursts in people with autism
What would you do if you could predict the future a minute in advance?
That might not seem like a long time, but for caretakers...
AirDrop is making your iPhone vulnerable to attackers
Whether you're checking text messages on your smartwatch or sharing selfies with a friend at a concert, it's becoming easier and easier to send...
Your brain cannot recharge if you use your phone on break
Using your phone on break during mentally challenging tasks doesn’t allow your brain to recharge effectively and may result in poorer performance, according to...
Scientists create a heat shield just 10 atoms thick to protect electronics
The heatshields would protect people and temperature-sensitive components and make future electronic gadgets even more compact.
Excess heat given off by smartphones, laptops and other...
Light could become the new electricity
A new device called a nanoscale photon diode could eventually enable next-generation computing, communication and energy conversion technologies.
The future of faster, more efficient information...
New wearable skin sensors could detect what’s in your sweat
Needle pricks not your thing?
A team of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, is developing wearable skin sensors that can detect what’s in...