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19-Year-Old MIT Student Aims to Save Lives with Fingerprint Sensor on Firearms

19-Year-Old MIT Student Aims to Save Lives with Fingerprint Sensor on Firearms

Biometric security and the concept of the smart gun.


News Jan 30, 2017 by Donald Krambeck
Cambridge’s Environmentally-Friendly, Conductive Graphene Ink Can Survive the Washing Machine

Cambridge’s Environmentally-Friendly, Conductive Graphene Ink Can Survive the Washing Machine

Researchers at the Cambridge Graphene Centre have created a process for creating wearable graphene that is durable and environmentally friendly.


News Jan 29, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Diamonds Vie to Replace Silicon as Next Semiconductor Material

Diamonds Vie to Replace Silicon as Next Semiconductor Material

Researcher Professor Mutsuko Matano and Tokyo Tech are planning to use diamonds as the next power and sensor semiconductor.


News Jan 28, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
New Doping Process for Organic Photo-Voltaic Cells Could Change the Solar Energy Industry

New Doping Process for Organic Photo-Voltaic Cells Could Change the Solar Energy Industry

A new processing technique allows for the doping of organic PV cells at room temperature.


News Jan 23, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
The January Kickstarter Hardware Roundup

The January Kickstarter Hardware Roundup

Start your year off right with some of these neat Kickstarter projects: the first full-color 3D-printer, an open-source machine vision module, and 6LoWPAN devices to help you expand your IoT projects.


News Jan 21, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
IBM’s 2017 “5 in 5” Predictions: AI, Lab-on-a-Chip Tech, and Smart Sensors

IBM’s 2017 “5 in 5” Predictions: AI, Lab-on-a-Chip Tech, and Smart Sensors

IBM has released their “5 in 5” in which they predict five important innovations that will happen within the next five years.


News Jan 19, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Teardown Tuesday: Bluetooth Laser Distance Measurer

Teardown Tuesday: Bluetooth Laser Distance Measurer

What's inside the Suaoki Bluetooth laser distance measurement tool?


News Jan 17, 2017 by Mark Hughes
The Resurgence of BattleBots and Robot Wars

The Resurgence of BattleBots and Robot Wars

Battlebots (US) and Robot Wars (UK) have made a comeback. How will modern technology change the game?


News Jan 14, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Devices with Programmable Genes? The US Army Wants to Put Bacteria into Electronics

Devices with Programmable Genes? The US Army Wants to Put Bacteria into Electronics

What's the US Army using bacteria for in their electronics R&D?


News Jan 12, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Teardown Tuesday: Occipital 3D Structure Sensor

Teardown Tuesday: Occipital 3D Structure Sensor

Occipital's structure sensor works with iPads and other devices to create 3D models of the environment. This article takes a look inside one.


News Jan 10, 2017 by Mark Hughes
Teardown Tuesday: Virtual Drumkit PCB for Drumsticks

Teardown Tuesday: Virtual Drumkit PCB for Drumsticks

In this Teardown Tuesday, we will look at the PCB that makes up the core of the Freedrum system.


News Jan 03, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
New Electric Vehicle Battery Sensor Design Could Reduce EV Costs

New Electric Vehicle Battery Sensor Design Could Reduce EV Costs

Electric vehicle batteries (EVBs) are used to power electric vehicles (EVs). Generally, each cell requires its own voltage sensor, however, this might have changed in a recent breakthrough.


News Dec 28, 2016 by Donald Krambeck
InvenSense: The End of the Road for a Sensor Pioneer

InvenSense: The End of the Road for a Sensor Pioneer

TDK's takeover of MEMS specialist InvenSense shows that the humble sensor is going to be a crucial building block in future designs.


News Dec 24, 2016 by Majeed Ahmad
“Germ-Zapping” Robot Aims to Make Hospitals Cleaner and Safer

“Germ-Zapping” Robot Aims to Make Hospitals Cleaner and Safer

Through the emission of short, intense pulses of light, the Xenex robot is able to sanitize large spaces in a small amount of time - a function quite useful for trying to eliminate the risk of hospital acquired infections like C.diff and MRSA.


News Dec 23, 2016 by Ami Vyas
Pune Researchers Turn Insulating MOFs into Semiconductors

Pune Researchers Turn Insulating MOFs into Semiconductors

Researchers from Pune, India, have turned Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) into functional semiconductor material. How can such a material be used in the electronics industry and how is it made?


News Dec 22, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
Smaller, Self-Healing Transistors Being Developed for Chip-Sized Spacecraft

Smaller, Self-Healing Transistors Being Developed for Chip-Sized Spacecraft

Chip-sized spacecraft might be what gets us to the farthest reaches of space, starting with Alpha Centauri.


News Dec 19, 2016 by Chantelle Dubois
Could Disposable Printed Electronics Be the Future of Packaging?

Could Disposable Printed Electronics Be the Future of Packaging?

Silicon-free printed electronics could give rise to tech that's designed to be thrown away.


News Dec 16, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
3D-Printed Heart-on-a-Chip Can Predict Efficacy of Pharmaceutical Drugs

3D-Printed Heart-on-a-Chip Can Predict Efficacy of Pharmaceutical Drugs

Embedding sensors into an entirely 3D-printed heart-on-a-chip, researchers hope to reduce the time required for expensive testing of drugs.


News Dec 15, 2016 by Dr. Steve Arar
Teardown Tuesday: Leap Motion Controller

Teardown Tuesday: Leap Motion Controller

The Leap Motion Controller is a gesture tracker that is capable of tracking all ten fingers simultaneously.


News Dec 13, 2016 by Mark Hughes
Teardown Tuesday: USB Power Meter

Teardown Tuesday: USB Power Meter

In this Teardown Tuesday, we will split, smash, crack, and sand our way into a USB power meter to see how it's made.


News Dec 06, 2016 by Robin Mitchell