Scientific breakthrough reveals unprecedented alternative to battery power storage
Ground-breaking research from the University of Surrey and Augmented Optics Ltd., in collaboration with the University of Bristol, has devel ...
Unbelievable news? Read it again and you might think it's true
Credit: tiburi/pixabay In the weeks since the U.S. election, concerns have been raised about the prominence and popularity of false news st ...
Sense-making processes of human-robot encounters
Photo 1: The robot BUDDY, developed by Blue Frog Robotics, is designed to improve the everyday life of people. Credit: Wikimedia Commons To ...
Multitouch technology developer gets Series A backing
Cambridge Touch Technologies has raised an unspecified amount of cash in its Series A funding round, led by Cambridge Enterprise, Amadeus Capital Partners and Parkwalk Advisors.
Recharge in seconds with supercapacitors
Using contact lense technology, researchers from the University of Surrey and Augmented Optics, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, have developed high energy density supercapacitors whic
Solution based technique for solar cells and wearables
A solution based electrical doping technique could reduce the cost of polymer solar cells and organic electronic devices, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, University of
Panasonic develops first IPS liquid crystal panel with contrast ratio of over 1000000:1
Credit: Panasonic Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation, today announced it has developed a new ...
Scaling silicon IGBTs can boost energy efficiency says Japanese team
As product developers look for greater energy efficiency, they are turning their attention to power devices based on SiC and GaN. However, research in Japan suggests that, by scaling silicon IGBTs, si
Humans play computer game using only direct brain stimulation
Test subjects in a UW experiment navigated simple mazes based solely on inputs delivered to their brains by a magnetic coil placed at the ba ...
Bluetooth based SoC set to ‘redefine’ IoT wearable apps
An SoC from Nordic Semiconductor is said to have features and capabilities that redefine the performance of single-chip Bluetooth low energy applications. According to the company, the nRF52840 is esp
China users complain of combustible iPhones: consumer watchdog
Several Chinese iPhone users have claimed that their handsets caught fire or exploded, according to a Shanghai consumer watchdog Several Ch ...
'Spy' toys face complaints from EU US watchdogs
EU and US consumer watchdogs announced Tuesday they are filing complaints against a clutch of smart toys that can "spy" on childre ...
Uber steps up efforts on artificial intelligence
Uber, which operates in more than 60 countries and has a valuation of more than $60 billion, this year launched a test project for self-driv ...
Pennsylvania district attorney's office is hit by cybercrime
A Pennsylvania prosecutor's office and two businesses were among hundreds of thousands of victims of an international cybercrime operation d ...
Tech companies move to target terrorist propaganda online
A Facebook log is displayed on the screen of an iPad, in this Wednesday, May 16, 2012 file photo taken in New York. Facebook, Microsoft, Twi ...
Prosecutor's office paid bitcoin ransom in cyberattack
A state prosecutor's office in Pennsylvania was among hundreds of thousands of victims of a now-shuttered international cybercrime operation ...
New York Times sees digital subscriptions surge
The New York Times has seen an exceptional surge in digital subscriptions in the period just before and after the November election, its top ...
Trust issues: Users more gullible when they customize their technology
Technology may have helped turn users into their own information gatekeepers, but they may not necessarily make better, more informed decisi ...
Feds: Business lost $387500 in world cybercrime operation
Credit: George Hodan/Public Domain A Pennsylvania business lost more than $387,000 in an international cybercrime operation disabled by fed ...
Amazon testing cashier-free retail store
Amazon on Monday unveiled a new kind of retail store, with no cashiers. ...
A handful of photos yields a mouthful of (digital) teeth
Credit: Disney Research A Disney Research team has developed a model-based method of realistically reconstructing teeth for digital actors ...
Lufthansa GE invest in aircraft engine plant in Poland
Poland's Deputy Prime Minister for economy, Mateusz Morawiecki announces Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 during a news conference in Warsaw, Poland, a ...
Open source planning tool for the energy turnaround: platform for electric power grids
Point 63084505 on OpenGridMap, a small solar power plant near the Technical University of Munich. Hundreds of volunteers are already underwa ...
New VW firm to focus on mobility services like ride sharing
Volkswagen is launching a new company dedicated to car sharing and other "mobility services" in which people may need a ride but d ...
Ultrathin protective layer brings quite a bit more stability to perovskite solar cell
The mineral perovskite as it is found in nature. Credit: iStockPhoto The addition of a few nanometers of a thin layer of aluminum oxide pro ...
3-D solutions to energy savings in silicon power transistors
Trench gate IGBT schematic indicating the mesa width (S), gate length (Lg), and the oxide thickness in the MOSFET (tox), cell pitch (W), and ...
£60million to strengthen UK’s manufacturing base
Six £10million research hubs will explore and improve manufacturing techniques, according to Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson.
Safer less vulnerable software is the goal of new NIST computer publication
A new NIST report recommends five main approaches for reducing software vulnerabilities, described in lay terms by NIST computer scientist P ...
In-memory de-duplication technology to accelerate response for large-scale storage
Figure 1. All-Flash Array Storage System and Deduplication. Credit: Fujitsu Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of a high- ...
Baby robots help humans understand infant development
Robots model interactions between brain body and environment. Credit: Wiley To understand the world, human beings fabricate and experiment. ...
The filter bubble isn't just Facebook's fault—it's yours
Credit: Shutterstock Following the shock results of Brexit and the Trump victory, a lot of attention has focused on the role that Facebook ...
Plug in for renewable energy
2016-12-06 00:00:06Plug in for renewable energy
Plug and play solar panels provide renewable energy without hefty installation costs. Michigan Tech research shows that Americans have much ...
Measuring an aviation system's safety performance
PhD candidate and Safety Manager at NATO's Airlift Management Programme, Ilias Panagopoulos, has collaborated with Professor Chris Atkin and ...
The promise of greener power generation
A low-pressure flame used at KAUST to study ion chemistry. Credit: KAUST The characterization of compounds produced in combustion could lea ...
Magnetic sensor to measure 3D nuclear spin
Researchers from the Institute for Biomedical Engineering in Zurich are said to have succeeded in measuring changes in strong magnetic fields with unprecedented precision. The technique allows the dir
Sensor specialist Novelda raises $12m appoints new CEO
Norwegian smart sensor developer Novelda has concluded a further $12million funding round. According to the company, the funding will allow it to take its XeThru vital signs and true presence sensors
China appeals to US to stop disrupting acquisitions
China urged Washington on Monday to stop disrupting its foreign corporate acquisitions after President Barack Obama blocked the purchase of ...
Robotic store greeter assists customers
Paul, a member of the Care-O-bot 4 robot family, has been greeting customers in Saturn-Markt Ingolstadt since the end of October 2016 and di ...
Cars without drivers scoot around Nissan plant towing cars
Nissan Motor Co.'s Leaf, with no one inside, scoots during a demonstration of their Intelligent Vehicle Towing system at Nissan Oppama plant ...
Big data helped Trump even after he scorned it
President-elect Donald Trump's stealth digital campaign allowed him to fine-tune his message and reach voters in crucial Rust Belt states D ...
Apple reveals autonomous vehicle ambitions
Apple logo. Apple has revealed it is investing heavily in autonomous vehicles in a letter asking the government to make it easier to devel ...
WTO seeks trade deal on 'green' products
Photovoltaic panels dominate the landscape at the solar energy centre in Cestas, France The heavyweights of world trade, including the Unit ...
US moves to block Chinese purchase of German tech firm Aixtron (Update)
US President Barack Obama on Friday moved to block a Chinese company's purchase of German semiconductor equipment maker Aixtron by rejecting ...
Panel urges better cybersecurity to President-elect Trump (Update)
In this Feb. 17, 2016, file photo, President Barack Obama, joined by from left, Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, former IBM CEO Sam Palmis ...
Obama blocks proposed takeover of Germany's Aixtron
Citing a national security risk, President Barack Obama on Friday blocked a Chinese investor's proposed takeover of Aixtron SE, a German mak ...
White House should lead broad cybersecurity effort: panel
The White House should lead a broad cybersecurity effort with the private sector to guard against potentially crippling attacks and boost co ...
First US offshore wind farm to begin production within days
Nysted wind farm in the Baltic Sea off Denmark. Photo by Jeremy Firestone, University of Delaware There has been a hiccup at the nation's f ...
Thomas Edison's lab door key lightbulbs up for auction
This photo provided by Heritage Auctions shows Thomas A. Edison: Keys to His Menlo Park Laboratory on display. Six keys in all from the famo ...
Dallas based researchers find TMDs could be used for transistors
While there has been widespread interest in using graphene in transistors, its lack of a band gap has stood in the way. Because of this, researchers have looked at the potential of similar materials.
FCC: AT&T Verizon shouldn't exempt own apps from data caps
In this Oct. 17, 2012, photo, an AT&T logo is displayed on an AT&T Wireless retail store front, in Philadelphia. U.S. regulators are ...
As machine learning breakthroughs abound researchers look to democratize benefits
From left, Microsoft researchers Robert Schapire, John Langford, Alekh Agarwal, Siddhartha Sen and Jennifer Wortman Vaughan. Credit: John Br ...
'Chariot' on course to deliver healthier homes and lower energy bills
Successful trials of Chariot, a unique new system that simultaneously records temperature, humidity and energy use in the home, have opened ...
Making better use of the crowd
Over the last decade, computer scientists have harnessed crowds of Internet users to solve tasks that are notoriously difficult to crack wit ...
Student's award-winning graphene battery could slash electric-car charging times
Josh de Wit, a second-year Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Sussex, has designed a new concept for a stack-graphene batte ...
German Parliament chief to OK probe of WikiLeaks documents
The speaker of the German Parliament is planning to approve a criminal investigation into the leak of confidential documents relating to U.S ...
RS to manufacture Raspberry Pi in Japan
RS Components says the Raspberry Pi 3 will also be manufactured in Japan under a local contract manufacturing arrangement. The move is intended to meet increasing demand for the platform from customer
Russia warns of planned cyber attacks on its banks
Russia's main domestic security agency says unspecified foreign special services are plotting a series of cyber attacks aimed at destabilizi ...
How a Trump administration could shape the internet
Under a President Donald Trump, cable and phone companies could gain new power to influence what you do and what you watch online—not to men ...
Technique to mass produce single layer chips
A team of Stanford researchers claim to have demonstrated how to manufacture atomically thin materials and electronics. Such thin materials would possess properties, including transparency and flexibi
Denmark files charges against Uber over 'illegal' business
Danish prosecutors have filed charges against Uber's European regional hub in the Netherlands with "helping to commit illegalities.&quo ...
China to US: Avoid politics in purchase of Germany's Aixtron
China appealed to Washington and Berlin to avoid injecting politics into the proposed takeover of a German maker of semiconductor manufactur ...
North American energy integration poised for rapid transformation
Credit: shutterstock.com/Rice University Integrated energy markets throughout North America, including Mexico, might witness a rapid transf ...
What does a driverless future look like?
Imagine a commute where, instead of steering yourself through traffic, you can sip your coffee, get some work done or even nap while your se ...
UChicago startup turns renewable energy into natural gas
Fully operational since July, Electrochaea's one-megawatt BioCat facility near Copenhagen converts excess electrical power from wind turbine ...
Police make 5 arrests in 'unprecedented' cybercrime takedown
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere speaks about the arrest of heads of a group called Avalanche, in Berlin, Thursday Dec. 1, 2016. ...
How DirecTV Now compares to other online TV services
DirecTV Now is the latest online TV service to offer an alternative to cable or satellite packages that can easily cost about $100 a month. ...
Video game goodies are new frontier for Deutsche Boerse
The market for trading virtual items used in video games like World of Warcraft could be worth up to $46 billion per year, according to Hamb ...
How the brain recognizes faces: Machine-learning system spontaneously reproduces aspects of human neurology
Tomaso Poggio, a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT and director of the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, has long thoug ...
DOE project to evaluate safety of transporting used nuclear fuel
With more than 74,000 metric tons of used nuclear fuel stored at locations around the United States, ensuring the safety of moving it to mor ...
Internet Archive heads to Canada to be 'safe'
The Internet Archive, which operates the so-called Wayback Machine that holds copies of Web pages at various times, is asking for donations ...
Self-driving truck hits the road for debut on Ohio Turnpike
A self-driving big rig is rolling down the Ohio Turnpike for the first time. ...
Global police smash huge online crime network (Update)
The "Avalanche" network would be contacted by other criminal groups to send emails to containing malware to steal bank details and ...
'One app two systems' for China app censorship: researchers
The logo of Chinese instant messaging platform WeChat pictured in a Shanghai cafe on March 12, 2014 China's hugely popular social media app ...
Airbnb agrees 60-day limit on Amsterdam home rentals
Airbnb has been targeted by several cities exasperated by what is seen as a bid at times to avoid local laws and taxes Amsterdam has reache ...
Keysight expands PXI portfolio
Keysight Technologies has launched three PXIe chassis with different sizes and performance characteristics. The new devices are: a 10 slot Gen 3 chassis for high performance, benchtop and R&D appl
Northern Ohio institutions become laboratories for future energy usage
Case Western Reserve University is one of three northern Ohio institutions that will develop and demonstrate strategies incorporating smart ...
Computer learns to recognize sounds by watching video
Credit: Public Domain In recent years, computers have gotten remarkably good at recognizing speech and images: Think of the dictation softw ...
Artificial intelligence toolkit spots new child sexual abuse media online
New artificial intelligence software designed to spot new child sexual abuse media online could help police catch child abusers. The toolkit ...
Cement made from steel production by-product can lead to a huge CO2 reduction
Steel slag stockpiled alongside a steel factory. Credit: Eindhoven University of Technology Steel production generates some hundred million ...
ChargeLounge E-charging station for IKEA customers
hargeLounge. Credit: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft IKEA shoppers in Ludwigsburg can now use a special electric charging station. Werner Spec (Lud ...
Suggestions for you: A better faster recommendation algorithm
Probability matrices in MMSBM. Credit: Antonia Godoy-Lorite et al. PNAS doi:10.1073/pnas.1606316113 The internet is rife with recommendatio ...
Nokia brand ready for smartphone comeback in 2017
Nokia, which is now a leading telecom equipment maker, has licenced its brand to HMD Global Nokia, once the world's top mobile phone maker, ...
Europol announces five arrests in 'unprecedented' cybercrime op
This is Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 file photo of the European police agency Europol in The Hague, Netherlands. Europol said Thursday Dec. 1, 2016 ...
Nation's largest solar installer to open Florida facility
The largest U.S. solar panel installer is moving into Florida's residential market after the state's voters last month rejected a utility-ba ...
Olympic hero Michael Phelps looks to dip his toes in tech
In this Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, photo, former Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, right, shakes hands with Quickbooks Connect Chairman and CEO B ...
Collaboration to address epitaxial wafer production challenges
IQE has signed a collaboration agreement with Australian company BluGlass. Under the terms of the 15 month joint R&D agreement, the two companies will work together to develop technology for high
EU wants to make e-books e-newspapers cheaper
The European Union wants to apply the same sales tax rules for digital books and newspapers as their print versions, in a move that would br ...
Liquid energy storage blends battery and supercap benefits
A researcher at TU Graz says it is possible to combine the high-energy density of batteries with the high-power output of supercapacitors using liquid energy storage materials.
Apple turns (RED) for World AIDS Day
In this Dec. 1, 2013, file photo, shoppers visit the Apple store which changes its logo color to red in support for those living with HIV, i ...
Super-flexible liquid crystal device for bendable and rollable displays
The structure of super-flexible LC device is created by ultra-thin plastic substrates bonded by polymer wall spacers. Credit: ResearchSEA R ...
Smart meters to use algorithms to analyze electricity consumption
Devices influence current and voltage in characteristic ways, and leave “fingerprints” that can be identified using special NILM algorithms ...
Combination of insulation and thermal mass
The PCM cube maintains a temperature of 21 degrees Celsius until it is completley melted. Credit: Fraunhofer ICT When the summer sun burns ...
Ceiling panel cools regardless of climate
The innovative cooling element reduces perceived temperature in just three minutes. Besides ambient climate control and lighting, the modula ...
China's iQIYI and Sony to produce online series in Mandarin
A Chinese online video site announced Thursday it will be working with Sony Pictures Television to produce a Mandarin-language action thrill ...
IRS seeks names of virtual currency users in tax probe
The IRS obtained a court order Wednesday allowing it to seek the names of people who may have failed to pay taxes on virtual currency exchan ...
Cable operator Altice to launch super-fast fiber in US
European-based cable operator Altice announced plans Wednesday to launch ultra-fast broadband service as part of its expansion in the United ...
Senate takes aim at 'bots' that snap up concert seats
The Senate is cracking down on computer software used by ticket brokers to snap up tickets to concerts and shows. ...
Wacky gifts for the tech-savvy person who has everything
This photo provided by Plox shows the "Star Wars" Death Star levitating bluetooth speaker. It's a little tricky to set up, but onc ...
EPA to keep strict gas mileage standards in place
In this June 30, 2016, file photo, gas is pumped into vehicles at a BP gas station in Hoboken, N.J. The Obama administration has decided not ...
Binge watching on Netflix no longer requires internet access (Update)
In this Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, file photo, a person displays Netflix on a tablet in North Andover, Mass. Netflix subscribers can now downloa ...