Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

If you’re familiar with QR codes, you will not have failed to spot the similarity   A new startup called SonicNotify has developed a technology that will enable smartphone apps to receive data via high frequency sound inaudible to the human ear. Though limited, the signals would be sufficient to transmit, say, a web address that

UCLA First to Perform New Procedure on West Coast to Safely Open Blocked Carotid Arteries Part of Clinical Trial for High Surgical Risk Patients Physicians at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center are the first on the West Coast to perform a new, less-invasive procedure that is part of a clinical trial to help clear plaque-ridden

LEDs are durable and save energy. Now researchers have found a way to make LED lamps even more compact while supplying more light than commercially available models. The key to success: transistors made of the semiconductor material gallium nitride. Incandescent light bulbs are now banned in the EU, while energy-saving lamps remain a bone of

Think wafer thin mobile phones and laptops that don’t need a separate battery The problem is clear. Hybrid cars and EVs rely on batteries for power, but batteries are bulky and heavy, causing the car to use up more energy. But what if a car’s bodywork was made of a strong, lightweight material that could

Detailed analysis of drugs, alcohol & crimes across a city could help target prevention As cities across America work to reduce violence in tight budget times, new research shows how they might be able to target their efforts and police attention – with the help of high-powered computers and loads of data. In a newly

The 2019 Toyota Mirai electric vehicle touts zero emissions, thanks to a fuel cell that runs on hydrogen instead of gasoline. But the Mirai has barely left California, partly because today’s fuel cell electrodes are made of super expensive platinum. Cutting down on the platinum would also cut costs, allowing more electric cars to hit the

People can let their fingers – and hands – do the talking with a new touch-activated system that projects onto walls and other surfaces and allows users to interact with their environment and each other. The system identifies the fingers of a person’s hand while touching any plain surface. It also recognizes hand posture and

The Li-Fi consortium reckons more than 10 Gbps is possible   AMONG the many new gadgets unveiled at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was a pair of smartphones able to exchange data using light. These phones, as yet only prototypes from Casio, a Japanese firm, transmit digital signals by varying the intensity

You may think the only people capable of snooping on your Internet activity are government intelligence agents or possibly a talented teenage hacker holed up in his parents’ basement. But some simple software lets just about anyone sitting next to you at your local coffee shop watch you browse the Web and even assume your

Technology has shaken up plenty of life’s routines, but for many people it has completely altered the once predictable rituals at the start of the day.