For wearables plastic holes are golden
A research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has come up with a way to build safe, nontoxic gold wires onto flexible, thin plastic film. Their demonstration potential
Perovskite’s magnetic properties to improve hard drives
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) scientists have developed a perovskite material whose magnetic order can be rapidly changed without disruption due to heating. This material could be us
Sensing the stresses in advanced composite structures
Serpentine Pavilion 2016 designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG); (10 June – 9 October) Credit: © Iwan Baan Advanced composites such as ...
Toyota says new technology means longer battery life
Toyota Motor Corp. engineer Hisao Yamashige speaks to reporters at the Japanese automaker's Tokyo office Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. Toyota say ...
Chinese travel site Ctrip.com to buy Britain's Skyscanner
China's biggest online travel service Ctrip.com is buying Skyscanner in a deal that values the British travel search site at 1.4 billion pou ...
Cyber security college to open at Britain's Bletchley Park
The World War II Enigma decoding machine is seen 25 November 2004 at Bletchley Park, home of the WWII codebreakers Britain's next generatio ...
Toshiba pure hydrogen cell system takes to the sea
Credit: Toshiba Corporation Toshiba Corporation Energy System and Solutions Company has demonstrated the versatility of hydrogen power by i ...
3Qs: What a sham(e)—how to filter out fake news
The spread of fake online news has become a hot topic of conversation, particularly in the wake of the presidential election. According to a ...
Internet of Things will demand a step-change in search solutions
The data sources and also the raw data needs to be published and indexed in index/discovery servers and a search and discovery mechanisms sh ...
How to protect your laptop—even when it's asleep
Credit: Concordia University In the age of WikiLeaks, Russian hacks and increased government surveillance, many computer users are feeling ...
Researchers run largest known transparent checkpointing process
A team of researchers led by Jiajun Cao, a PhD candidate in the College of Computer and Information Science (CCIS) at Northeastern Universit ...
Aviation enhancements better biosensors could result from new sensor technology
The research team created a new sensing technology platform by using adaptive metamaterial concepts. The platform creates a hybrid wave conc ...
Autumn Statement: R&D to get more funding
The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement announced the establishment of a new National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF), targeted at housing, transport, digital communications and R&D. According to th
Holiday shopping? Bring these four money-saving apps with you
If you're looking to save a few bucks at the mall while holiday shopping, charge up the smartphone and bring these apps with you. The four a ...
Health diagnosis through bio-signal measuring electrodes on IoT devices
Optical image of bio-signal measurement electrode design developed by Professor Jang's research team. The electrode generates such a large f ...
New tool to show advertising revenue generated by each Facebook user
Credit: UC3M Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, as part of a European research project, have developed a new software tool wh ...
Gov't wants phone makers to lock out most apps for drivers
Credit: Scott Meltzer/public domain The government wants smartphone makers to lock out most apps when the phone is being used by someone dr ...
Reengineered ear cleaning machine the 'Earigator' finds an eager market
From left to right, Brij M. Bansal, vice president of operations, and CEO Joseph L. Priest, both of Nupur Technologies LLC. Credit: Douglas ...
Coalition seeks to protect internet from weaknesses of many 'connected' devices
As an increasing number of devices—from cars to light bulbs to kitchen appliances—connect with computer networks, experts are raising concer ...
Fast moving walkways could move 7000 people per hour
In the Paris world's fair in 1900 the moving sidewalks were a must. Credit: Brown University EPFL researchers have been studying futuristic ...
Meeting of the minds for machine intelligence
Tamara Broderick, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT, was a presenter at the 2016 Machine Intelligenc ...
High renewable electricity growth continued in 2015
The 2015 Renewable Energy Data Book shows that U.S. renewable electricity grew to 16.7 percent of total installed capacity and 13.8 percent ...
Changing SIM card number for more secure mobile phone
A continuously changing SIM card number ensures that your mobile phone can no longer be traced and tapped and enables it to check whether it ...
UN agency says China tops world again in patent applications
China continued to set the pace for patent applications last year, filing a record 1 million that nearly all focused on its giant home marke ...
Asking users to tag fake news isn't going to work if they don't know what it is
Credit: The Conversation Fake news is still very much the subject of the news at the moment. There is a growing realisation that there is v ...
Re-energizing the lithium-ion battery
Lithium ions (not explicitly shown) are surrounded by an average of 4.5 molecules of propylene carbonate, a model for the liquid electrolyte ...
Germany's top court rejects Yahoo case over news royalties
Germany's highest court has rejected a case brought by Yahoo against a law designed to compensate news publishers for the use of their conte ...
Supersonic spray yields nanomaterial for wearables
An ultrathin film that is both transparent and highly conductive has been produced with a cheap and simple method devised by a team of nanomaterials researchers from the University of Illinois at Chic
Prototype smart cane could transform lives of the blind and visually impaired
Credit: University of Manchester An enterprising researcher from The University of Manchester has developed a prototype tool that could hel ...
Graphene 2D materials boost opto circuit performance
Scientists at the University of Manchester are using graphene and other 2D materials to create smaller and faster optoelectronic circuits.
Statistician calls for audit to address election hacking fears
Philip Stark and Ron Rivest favor a risk-limiting election audit. Credit: Cyrus Farivar With the Electoral College set on Dec. 19 to cement ...
A global distribution agreement for Future Electronics and Ecliptek
Future Electronics has announced a global distribution agreement with Ecliptek, a leading frequency control manufacturer.
Police worried they lack powers to probe phone involvement in crashes: new study
Credit: University of the West of England Police officers are worried they lack the right powers and resources to properly investigate whet ...
Subthreshold MCU powers smartwatch range
Low power MCU specialist Ambiq Micro says its Apollo platform is being used in hybrid smartwatches from Fossil, Skagen and Misfit. The Apollo platform operates as a central component in the hybrid sma
Crowdfunding campaign to make RISC-V based MCU
A group of students from Colombia has launched a crowdfunding campaign to enable the manufacture of an open source RISC-V based microcontroller. According to the team, the campaign is looking to raise
Long bank queues in India? There's an app for that!
India's shock decision to withdraw the two largest denomination notes from circulation has caused hours-long queues to form outside banks na ...
Ex-Ericsson executives tell of massive bribery: report
Former executives with Swedish telecoms equipment giant Ericsson say the firm shelled out tens of millions of dollars in bribes between 1998 ...
An entertaining holiday gift guide for techies
With the holiday season almost upon us, it's time to start thinking about what to get those special people in our lives. ...
Israeli firm can steal phone data in seconds
A Cellebrite engineer explains the technology used to unlock smartphones and pull data It only takes a few seconds for an employee of one o ...
Censorship tool built as Facebook eyes China: report
A computer screen displays the logo of social networking site Facebook against the backdrop of the Beijing skyline Facebook has built a too ...
Twitter boss briefly suspended from his own network
The Twitter account of Jack Dorsey, the social network's CEO and co-founder, was briefly suspended Tuesday night because of what he called & ...
Microsoft joins Linux Foundation in another nod to open-source code
Microsoft has joined the Linux Foundation, the latest sign that the software giant is embracing open-source technologies it formerly treated ...
Review: Google Home Amazon Echo mix convenience with creepiness
Having a smart speaker like Amazon Echo or Google Home in the house can feel like you've stepped into the future. ...
Madison Square Garden hit by data breach
The Madison Square Garden Co. says customers at five of its locations may have been affected by a data breach. ...
Whatever happened to bitcoin? Young venture capitalist has the answer
Bitcoin, the virtual currency used by savvy techies and online black market traders, has faded from the public eye in recent months. But inv ...
Interpol: Use biometric data to find extremist fighters
Interpol urged all countries on Tuesday to obtain biometric data from fighters for the Islamic State and other extremist groups to help law ...
Get ready to build! Hands-on toys that teach are hot
This photo provided by Anki shows the Cozmo Memory Match game. Whether you're looking for something educational or a toy that's just for fun ...
Gift Guide: Cool tech toys for the kid in your life
This photo provided by Osmo shows an Osmo Creative Set. Toys that teach aren't a new thing, but a growing number are calling for kids to bui ...
Self-driving car group urges US regulators to clear road
A driver monitors an Uber self-driving car on September 13, 2016 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania An industry-backed autonomous car lobbying gro ...
Most expensive destroyer in Navy history breaks down
In this Sept. 7, 2016 file photo, the future USS Zumwalt heads down the Kennebec River after leaving Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, on it's ...
Volkswagen bets on new technology to bounce back from crisis
The head of Volkswagen core brand Herbert Diess speaks at a news conference at the Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg, northern Germany, T ...
US allows GM to delay recall to prove safety of air bags (Update)
This July 6, 2016, file photo, shows the logo of Takata Corp. at an auto supply shop in Tokyo. U.S. safety regulators announced Monday, Nov. ...
Over half of world's population does not use internet: UN
The UN's International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said that 3.9 billion people do not have home or mobile internet access More than hal ...
Malware that turns PCs into eavesdropping devices demonstrated
Credit: George Hodan/Public Domain Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have demonstrated malware that can turn computer ...
Review: Keep tabs on your front porch with Ring Video Doorbell
I get asked a lot of questions about technology, and the topic I get asked about most is how best to set up video cameras for home security. ...
What Apple needs to get right to make its rumoured smart glasses a success
Goggle Glass: what not to do. Credit: Shutterstock The Apple rumour mill is spinning with gossip that the company is reportedly developing ...
Volkswagen bets on new technology to bounce back from crisis (Update)
The head of Volkswagen core brand Herbert Diess speaks at a news conference at the Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg, northern Germany, T ...
Food data at your fingertips
2016-11-22 22:00:14Food data at your fingertips
Credit: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne EPFL is launching openfood.ch, a website that provides the public with data on more than 1 ...
US allows GM to delay recall to prove safety of air bags
U.S. regulators are allowing General Motors to delay a large recall of potentially defective air bags, giving GM time to prove that the devi ...
Tracking the sun from utility planner to entrepreneur
Dan Shugar was the kind of kid who hustled to earn a few bucks doing yard work and odd jobs for neighbors. Going to work for a large, public ...
A phone that charges in seconds?
Scientists from University of Central Florida's (UCF) NanoScience Technology Center have developed a method for creating flexible supercapacitors that can store more energy and be recharged more t
Networking the electronics industry
With more than 70,000 people estimated to have come through its doors, electronica has confirmed, yet again, that it is the leading event of its type. With more than 2900 exhibitors, the stands were p
What of mid-tier suppliers and manufacturers?
This year, electronica was buzzing with the news that Avnet had decided to buy Premier Farnell. Many distributors were excited by the prospects of being able to better address the needs of the burgeon
Volkswagen aims to go electric raise lagging profits
The head of Volkswagen core brand Herbert Diess speaks at a news conference at the Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg, northern Germany, T ...
NBCUniversal doubles investment in news site BuzzFeed
NBCUniversal announced it is doubling its investment in BuzzFeed, pumping another $200 million into the internet media company NBCUniversal ...
Spray printed crystals for printable organic electronics
A team of researchers from the University of Surrey and National Physical Laboratory are said to have demonstrated a low cost, scalable spray-printing process to make high quality isolated organic sin
Facebook in crosshairs as fake news battle heats up
Last week, Google and Facebook moved to cut off ad revenue to bogus news sites Hillary Clinton was about to be indicted, Pope Francis endor ...
Oracle buys cyber attack target Dyn
Oracle plans to enhance its offerings with Dyn's expertise in monitoring, controlling, and optimizing cloud-based internet applications and ...
Facebook-owned Instagram keeps pressure on Snapchat
Instagram live video broadcasts are not saved, and can only be viewed while they are taking place Facebook-owned Instagram ramped up the pr ...
Computer scientists work to prevent hackers from remotely controlling cars
One of these has now been closed by computer scientists at the Center for IT Security and Privacy (CISPA) and the German Research Center for ...
Investing in the 'bioeconomy' could create jobs and reduce carbon emissions
A new article looks at the potential benefits of a Billion Ton Bioeconomy, a vision to enable a sustainable market for producing and convert ...
EU plans center to combat hybrid warfare in Finland
Finnish officials say the European Union is planning to set up a hybrid threat center in Finland to combat a growing number of cyberattacks ...
MACOM buys AppliedMicro but will sell compute business
MACOM has signed a definitive agreement under which it will acquire Applied Micro for $770million. According to the company, AppliedMicro’s connectivity business is complementary to its product portfo
Sweden to scrap taxes on solar energy in 2017
Sweden is set to ditch taxes on its production of solar energy in 2017 Sweden is set to ditch taxes on its production of solar energy in 20 ...
Online harassment affects half of Americans: study
Social networks have been taking steps to curb online abuse and bullying Almost half of US internet users say they have been a victim of on ...
How 'right to be forgotten' puts privacy and free speech on a collision course
Credit: Christopher Titze The age of digital technology, in which we can search and retrieve more information than we could in any previous ...
Mapping migrations by using mobile phone data
Detection of the celebration of the birth of Muhammad or Mawlid in the Senegalese city of Tivaouane. Credit: UPM Researchers from the Compl ...
EC project targets low cost 2.4Gbit/s optical transceivers
French research institute Leti has announced the launch of an EC funded project designed to enable the mass commercialisation of silicon photonics based transceivers for use in data centres and by sup
Improved microscale energy storage units for wearable and miniaturized electronic devices
Three-dimensional porous electrodes could lead to smaller and efficient integrated power sources. Credit: John Wiley and Sons Energy storag ...
Facebook announces 500 new jobs in 'global hub' London
Facebook says a new London headquarters will take its British workforce to 1,500 staff, adding that Britain "remains one of the best pl ...
British prime minister to pledge investment into R&D
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, left, is welcomed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel prior to a meeting of the government heads of Ger ...
LifeLock soaring before the opening bell on $2.3B deal
In this Wednesday, April 22, 2015, file photo, a presentation is made in the Symantec booth during the RSA Conference on in San Francisco. S ...
Africa looks to solar for communities off the grid
The opening ceremony of a photovoltaic solar farm in Bokoul, Senegal, last month Above the sacks of seeds and coal, three kerosene lamps ga ...
Low power WiFi device to translate radio waves
A technology developed at Stanford that hitchhikes on radio signals could provide a way to control IoT devices.
Microsupercapacitors improved using porous materials
A research team from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology has developed a microsupercapacitor with three-dimensional porous electrodes. These microscale power units could enable a new ge
Lensless camera technology for adjusting video focus after image capture
Figure: Principle of newly developed lensless camera technology. Credit: Hitachi Hitachi today announced the development of a camera techno ...
Wal-Mart kicks off Cyber Monday on Friday
In this May 16, 2011 file photo, the Wal-Mart logo is displayed in Springfield, Ill. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, that i ...
NuTonomy to test self-driving cars in Boston
NuTonomy, a startup that makes driverless vehicles, says it will start testing its self-driving cars on public streets in Boston by the end ...
Facebook to open new London HQ create 500 new UK jobs
Facebook says a new London headquarters will take its British workforce to 1,500 staff, adding that Britain "remains one of the best pl ...
Why fingers make handy if not foolproof digital keys
In this Feb. 25, 2014 file photo, theSamsung Galaxy S5 is displayed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 ...
Alibaba 'Harry Potter' producer to make 'Warriors' movie
British "Harry Potter" producer David Heyman attends an event at the British Embassy in Beijing Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. The film un ...
Facebook fixing fake news problem with CEO at trade summit
Mark Zuckerberg, chairman and CEO of Facebook, waves during a speech at the CEO summit during the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ( ...
UK lawmakers approve 'most sweeping' surveillance powers
Britain's new surveillance law would, among other measures, require websites to keep customer browsing history for up to a year and allow la ...
Hyperloop One settles co-founder lawsuit
Hyperloop One on Friday said it settled a lawsuit filed by a co-founder who accused former colleagues of nepotism, threats and mismanagement ...
Facebook authorizes $6 bn share buyback
Facebook shares, which ended the formal trading day down less than a percent, rose slightly to $118.25 in after-market trades Facebook's bo ...
Six virtual reality experiences that don't cost too much
Marisa Ferrito, right, and her mother Michele Ferrito prepare to enter a virtual reality experience called "Ghostbusters: Dimension&quo ...
Microsemi Offers First FPGA-Based RISC-V IP Core  EE Times
The RISC-V was designed from the ground-up to be useful in modern computerized devices, ranging from warehouse-scale cloud computers to the smallest embedded systems.
NY Times sees rise in subscriptions after election
The New York Times reported a spike in subscriptions since the November 8 election, despite being called "fools" by president-elec ...
A new standard in robotics
2016-11-18 22:00:10A new standard in robotics
Credit: Yale University On the wall of Aaron Dollar's office is a poster for R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), the 1920 Czech play that g ...
Plug-in electric vehicles—a consumer wish list
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A national survey of consumer attitudes towards plug-in electric vehicles suggests that people would prefer contr ...