Electronics
Stanford engineers' new manufacturing process could yield better solar cells, faster chips
25 Mar 2015
Computer scientists enhance robotic manufacturing
16 Mar 2015
Some industrial robots are hulking, highly specialised machinery cordoned off by cages from human factory workers, but manufacturers have begun experimenting with a new generation of "cobots" designed to work side-by-side with humans
Scientists working on making smartphones smarter
27 Feb 2015
Apple likely to reap windfall from smart watches, say analysts
18 Feb 2015
Assuming a 35 per cent margin and an average selling price of $400, $650, and $4,200 for the Apple Watch Sport, stainless, and Edition models, respectively, Wall Street Journal estimates Apple’s quarterly revenue from watches to be around $2 billion
Tackling the “Achilles’ heel” of OLED displays
14 Feb 2015
By boosting yields, as well as speeding up production, reducing materials, and reducing maintenance time, the system aims to cut manufacturing costs by about 50 per cent
Now, smart phones to diagnose HIV and syphilis
09 Feb 2015
Swatch smartwatch to take on Apple Watch
09 Feb 2015
Switzerland’s Swatch SA plans to launch the smartwatch that incorporated a large number or patents and advanced technology, including the thinnest watch battery made, in the next three months or a month after the Apple Watch debuted in April
Laser-induced graphene ‘super’ for electronics
22 Jan 2015
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
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