Electronics
Contact lens merges plastics and active electronics via 3-D printing
07 Jan 2015
The contact lens is part of an ongoing effort to use 3-D printing to assemble diverse, and often hard-to-combine, materials into functioning devices
Samsung unveils Tizen-based smart phone; may cut reliance on Android
03 Jan 2015
South Korean handset maker wishes to lessen its reliance on Google’s Android operating system at a time when the California-based internet search giant continues its push into the mobility market
Lighter, cheaper radio wave device could transform telecommunications
19 Dec 2014
Researchers have achieved a milestone in modern wireless and cellular telecommunications, creating a radically smaller, more efficient radio wave circulator that could be used in cellphones and other wireless devices
New 2-D quantum materials for nanoelectronics
24 Nov 2014
Device simultaneously sends and receives broadcast signals while maintaining quality
28 Oct 2014
The technology, which could be used in future smartphones and other wireless devices, would reduce demand on the radio spectrum
Crumpled graphene could provide an unconventional energy storage
By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 06 Oct 2014
Two-dimensional carbon “paper” can form stretchable supercapacitors to power flexible electronic devices
Crumpled graphene could provide an unconventional energy storage
By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 06 Oct 2014
Two-dimensional carbon “paper” can form stretchable supercapacitors to power flexible electronic devices
Future electronics may depend on lasers, not quartz
22 Jul 2014
Future high-end navigation systems, radar systems, and even possibly tomorrow's consumer electronics will require references beyond the performance of quartz. Lasers may be the option.
A new way to harness waste heat
By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 23 May 2014
Engineers make world’s fastest organic transistor
11 Jan 2014
Researchers are collaborating to make thin, transparent semiconductors that could become the foundation for cheap, high-performance displays