Archive for the ‘mobile phones’ category: Page 163
Jan 25, 2019
Static electricity mystery paves way for better battery life
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: mobile phones
Jan 22, 2019
Mechanical engineers develop process to 3D print piezoelectric materials
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: 3D printing, mobile phones
Jan 21, 2019
After the Smartphone: The Race for the Next Big Thing
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: mobile phones, robotics/AI, virtual reality
As the smartphone market matures, startups are racing to predict what’s next, and venture-capital firms are spraying money into fields like virtual reality, smart watches and even implants in the brain. Here are some of the startups attracting investment.
Venture-capital investors are spraying money into fields like virtual reality, driverless cars and even implants in the brain.
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Jan 18, 2019
Astronomers aren’t pleased about a Russian plan to put billboards in space
Posted by Caycee Dee Neely in categories: government, mobile phones, satellites
This is a horrible, horrible idea. The company wants to create a series of satellites that can unfurl, which will reflect light, and that can be manipulated to send messages to earth. The entire collection, comprised of CubeSats, will provide an area of about 50 sq. km. and create a whole new kind of orbital debris.
According to the website, “When phones don’t work, during zero visibility, power cuts and catastrophical emergencies – government can use the display for urgent notifications for the population.” We can ignore the idea of them being seen during zero visibility, but can you imagine a message floating in the sky that you can’t just turn off?
It was bound to happen.
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Jan 16, 2019
Say ‘bye bye’ to faulty mobile phones and solar cells
Posted by James Christian Smith in categories: mobile phones, solar power, sustainability
Jan 10, 2019
2-D materials may enable electric vehicles to get 500 miles on a single charge
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: computing, mobile phones, transportation
Jan 7, 2019
CES 2019: Scientists have developed a blood pressure monitoring app to replace the 100-year-old cuff
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, mobile phones
Startup Biospectal could help 1.6 billion people suffering from hypertension by using a smartphone and an app to check for high blood pressure.
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Jan 7, 2019
Binghamton University researchers design a more durable MEMS switch
Posted by James Christian Smith in category: mobile phones
Researchers from Binghamton University’s Mechanical Engineering Department have developed a way to make cell phones and power lines more durable.
Assistant Professor Sherry Towfighian and graduate student Mark Pallay created a new type of microelectromechanical system – more commonly known as a MEMS switch – that uses electrostatic levitation to provide a more robust system.
“All cell phones use MEMS switches for wireless communication, but traditionally there are just two electrodes,” said Towfighian. “Those switches open and close numerous times during just one hour, but their current lifespan is limited by the two-electrode system.”
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A roadmap for how smart devices can fully integrate with our bodies by 2029 and how Apple can stay relevant over the next decade
Happy 2019 everyone. It’s that time of year again when tech media goes all out to publish their top 10 predictions for the year ahead. To complement this, I thought it might be interesting to try and illustrate how society might transform over the next 10 years, using the future iPhone lineup as an anchor to avoid too much deviation from reality.
We’re used to seeing better smartphones every year, packed with the latest and greatest hardware and features. So what would they look like in 2029? It’s amazing to recall when smartphones didn’t exist prior to 2007 — I have some minor flashbacks of my plastic brick with those tiny buttons like the 10 commandments miniaturised and inscribed with the alphabet. The iPhone has come a long way, but Apple won’t be immune to the fate shared by Nokia and Blackberry.
