Electronics

This battery could charge ten times faster than lithium-ion battery

It is difficult to imagine our daily life without lithium-ion batteries. They dominate the small format battery market for portable electronic devices, and are also...

Scientists find way to charge wearable devices with common radio waves

Researchers have figured out how to harvest energy from radio waves to power wearable devices. From microwave ovens to Wi-Fi connections, the radio waves in...

Apple Watch can monitor this health problem in people with heart disease

In a new study, researchers found that the Apple Watch in association with an iPhone can be used to monitor frailty in people with...

Scientists unravel the secrets of printed electronics

Next-gen electronics is envisioned to be non-rigid, component-free, flexible, bendable, and easily integrable with different objects. Direct-write printing techniques provide unique opportunity to enable this...

A visit to ‘Dr. Google’ can make you better at diagnosis

Medical professionals often advise patients not to search the Internet for their symptoms before coming into the clinic, yet many people turn to "Dr....

Fitness trackers can help you lose weight, study finds

In a new study, researchers found that wearable fitness trackers and step counters help people who are overweight/obese and/or who have weight-related health conditions...

What is an NFT? Non-fungible tokens explained

Have you seen the word "NFT" spinning around the internet lately, and found yourself completely confused as to what everyone's talking about? We're here to...

Scientists harvest energy from radio waves to power wearable devices

From microwave ovens to Wi-Fi connections, the radio waves that permeate the environment are not just signals of energy consumed but are also sources...

Scientists find way to coordinate several drones to deliver heavy packages

Many parcel delivery drones of the future are expected to handle packages weighing five pounds or less, a restriction that would allow small, standardized...

Scientists find new way to package power into smaller microchips

From slimmer laptops to smaller smartphones, all of our most-used devices rely on increasingly smaller microchips. But, in recent years, researchers have seemingly hit the...