Technology - general

Scientists create first light-activated synthetic tissues

16 Apr 2016

Computer in your clothes? A milestone for wearable electronics

15 Apr 2016

Researchers have succeeded in embroidering circuits into fabric with 0.1 mm precision — the perfect size to integrate electronic components such as sensors and computer memory devices into clothing

Columbia engineering professor invents video camera that runs without a battery

13 Apr 2016

A research team led by Shree K. Nayar, T C Chang Professor of Computer Science at Columbia Engineering, has invented a prototype video camera that is the first to be fully self-powered. When the camera is not used to capture images, it can be used to generate power for other devices, such as a phone or a watch

Visitors to Japan may be able to use fingerprints to make payments

12 Apr 2016

Visitors to Japan will be able to register their fingerprints at airports, after which they could make regular payments with only the tap of a finger

Researchers generate clean energy using bacteria-powered solar panel

12 Apr 2016

For the first time ever, researchers have continuously produced electricity from biological-solar cells connected into a bio-solar panel

Is risk-taking contagious?

09 Apr 2016

Why do we sometimes decide to take risks and other times choose to play it safe? In a new study, researchers explored the neural mechanisms of one possible explanation: a contagion effect