Discovery brings hope to the widespread use of LEDs for indoor lighting. Athens, Ga. – Light emitting diodes, more commonly called LEDs, are known for their energy efficiency and durability, but the bluish, cold light of current white LEDs has precluded their widespread use for indoor lighting. Now, University of Georgia scientists have fabricated what […]
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Report: Cuba Using Undersea Fiber-Optic Cable
Cuba apparently has finally switched on the first undersea fiber-optic cable linking it to the outside world nearly two years after its arrival, according to analysis by a company that monitors global Internet use. In a report posted Sunday on the website of Renesys, author Doug Madory wrote that Cuba began using the ALBA-1 cable […]
Stand Tall and Keep Cool
A team of researchers from Tyndall National Institute at University College Cork and the National University of Singapore have designed and fabricated ultra-small devices for energy-efficient electronics. By finding out how molecules behave in these devices, a ten-fold increase in switching efficiency was obtained by changing just one carbon atom. These devices could provide new ways […]
ONR Program Uses Cell Phones to Fight Epidemics
A program managed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to get ahead of epidemic outbreaks has led to the deployment of new healthcare monitoring and information collection technology in South America and Africa, officials announced Jan. 15. Building off of an original project funded by ONR, researchers are collecting data through a text message-based system […]
NKorea Loosens Restrictions on Foreign Cellphones
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea is loosening some restrictions on foreign cellphones by allowing visitors to bring their own phones into the country. However, security regulations still prohibit mobile phone calls between foreigners and locals. For years, North Korea required visitors to relinquish foreign cellphones at the border until their departure, leaving most […]
UGA Researchers Invent New Material for Warm-White LEDs
Discovery brings hope to the widespread use of LEDs for indoor lighting. Athens, GA – Light emitting diodes, more commonly called LEDs, are known for their energy efficiency and durability, but the bluish, cold light of current white LEDs has precluded their widespread use for indoor lighting. Now, University of Georgia scientists have fabricated what […]
World’s Most Complex 2D Laser Beamsteering Array Demonstrated
New 2D optical phased array technology to enable advanced LADAR, other defense applications. Most people are familiar with the concept of RADAR. Radio frequency (RF) waves travel through the atmosphere, reflect off of a target, and return to the RADAR system to be processed. The amount of time it takes to return correlates to the […]
Bendable Phones Are Bunk
The age has come! Phones are now bendable and flexible while containing every nuance of your life. A recent AP story even said, “By showing off a phone with a flexible screen, Samsung is hinting at a day when we might fold up our large phone or tablet screens as if they were maps.” It’s […]
Kickstarter of the Week: Hackacam
Have you ever wanted to add a camera to a project or design, but just couldn’t find a suitable module? Maybe you’re at home tinkering, and you want to add a point-of-view camera to your kid’s bumper buggy. Not only is it difficult to find a suitable camera for such a project, but hacking and […]
Nokia Sheds 300 IT Jobs, Transfers 820 Workers
Struggling Nokia Corp. is downsizing by more than 1,000 jobs, part of a wide-ranging plan to cut costs and streamline operations. The Finnish firm says it will lay off 300 workers in its IT sector and transfer “some activities and up to 820 employees to strategic partners,” India-based HCL Technologies and TATA Consultancy Services, which […]