Category: Technology
Dosime Radiation Meter: Know The Radiation Surrounding You Using Smartphone
Radiation is always present in our lives. We can't see, taste, feel or smell it, but it exists. Excessive exposure to ionizing radiation may cause potential damage to our health. The new Dosime device helps you to track and understand radiation exposure in your environment and display...
Continue ReadingThe Next-Generation Semiconductor for Power Electronics
Researchers have demonstrated the high-performance potential of an experimental transistor made of a semiconductor called beta gallium oxide, which could bring new ultra-efficient switches for applications such as the power grid, military ships and aircraft. The semiconductor is...
Continue ReadingHuman Motion Powered Nanotechnology Devices
Michigan State University researchers have came up with a new method for harvesting energy from human motion using nanotechnology. They designed a low-cost film-like device, a nanogenerator, than can power a LCD display, keyboard, and some LEDs without any source of electric power, by...
Continue ReadingSupercapacitors Surpassing Conventional Batteries
Researchers at the University of Central Florida have been looking for alternatives for lithium rechargeable batteries which are largely used in every device. Using two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) capacitive materials, they are building a new supercapacitor...
Continue ReadingBluetooth 5 Is Here!
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has officially launched the core specifications of the new version of Bluetooth: Bluetooth 5. These specifications include longer range, faster speed, and larger broadcast message capacity, as well as improved interoperability and coexistence...
Continue ReadingFirst Solid-State Multi-Ion Sensor for Internet-of-Things Applications By Imec & Holst Centre
At last week's IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco (USA), imec, the world-leading research and innovation hub in nano-electronics and digital technology and Holst Centre debuted a miniaturized sensor that simultaneously determines pH and chloride...
Continue ReadingNew Thermoelectric Paint To Convert Heat Into Electricity
Scientists at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology have developed a thermoelectric coating that can be directly painted onto any surface to turn it into thermal generator. This new technique can be used to convert waste heat into electricity from objects of almost any...
Continue Reading3 MilliWatt-Consumption Data Glasses
Data glasses display information to the eye without interfering with the wearer‘s vision but they run energy down very quickly due to the consumption of electronics while processing video images and data. Researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and...
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