Analysis: It’s surprisingly easy to identify individuals from credit-card metadata In this week’s issue of the journal Science, MIT researchers report that just four fairly vague pieces of i... Read more
The new circulator has the potential to double the useful bandwidth in wireless communications Researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have ach... Read more
Charging mobile phones with sound, like chants from at football ground, could become a reality, according to a new collaboration between scientists from Queen Mary University of London and N... Read more
Mathematical equations can make Internet communication via computer, mobile phone or satellite many times faster and more secure than today. Results with software developed by researchers fr... Read more
Following an earthquake or another natural disaster, it is often difficult to know the position of victims under the rubble A drone makes large circles in the sky. With two powerful antennas... Read more
A multi-university team of engineers has developed what could be a promising solution for charging smartphone batteries on the go — without the need for an electrical cord. Incorporated dire... Read more
Researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have developed a technique that enables driver assistance systems in cars to pinpoint pedestrians and cyclists – even while they are... Read more
According to the company, you will literally be able to ask your washer “What’re you doing?” or your fridge “Do we have beer?” and they will respond just as a person would.... Read more
Flat panels with thousand of windmills could be made and mounted on the walls of houses or building to harvest energy for lighting, security or environmental sensing and wireless communicati... Read more
These new materials work well up to 100 GHz, opening the door for the next generation of devices for advanced communications. Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technol... Read more
A generational movement consisting of creative consumers who modify proprietary offerings, and of members of society who in turn use their developments, all without any moral and legal consi... Read more
When a natural disaster strikes and too many people take to their mobile phones at once, cellular networks easily overload. But a University of British Columbia graduate student has develope... Read more
Computers will someday soon automatically provide short video digests of a day in your life, your family vacation or an eight-hour police patrol, say computer scientists at The University of... Read more
A teenager in California created a 20-second cell phone charger, winning a $50,000 prize on Friday, it was reported. Eesha Khare, 18, of Saratoga, got the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Aw... Read more