Why Spotify needs a ‘dislike’ button
Spotify’s whole business model relies on keeping you listening and being able to predict what songs you’ll want to hear next.
But Cornell researchers recently...
Everyone could build battery-free electronic devices now
Last year, computer engineers from Northwestern University and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) introduced the world’s first battery-free Game Boy, which harvests both...
New discovery could help prevent overheating in electronics
A team of physicists at CU Boulder has solved the mystery behind a perplexing phenomenon in the nano realm: why some ultra-small heat sources...
Scientists develop toolkit to test Apple hardware security
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a software toolkit that allows users to test the hardware security of Apple devices.
During their proof-of-concept...
Scientists find way to change material properties for next-generation electronics
By confining the transport of electrons and ions in a patterned thin film, scientists find a way to potentially enhance material properties for design...
New laser captures energy like noise-cancelling headphones
Physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) have developed extremely powerful microscopic lasers that are even smaller than the wavelength of the light they...
This electronic nose could sniff out when a lung transplant is failing
An electronic “nose” can detect with 86% accuracy when a lung transplant is beginning to fail, according to research presented at the ‘virtual’ European...
New thermal switches could dynamically moderate heat of electronic devices
Modern devices that use lithium-ion batteries, like smartphones and electric cars, seem pretty robust.
But try to use one in extreme heat or cold, and...
Researchers develop a prototype of electronic nose
There’s nothing like the smell of freshly brewed coffee in the morning.
But how does one measure that smell?
There’s no energy in a smell to...
This stretchable device could turn motion into electricity – even underwater
Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a soft, stretchable device that converts movement into electricity and works in both dry and wet...