News tagged with electron device
Blood simple circuitry for cyborgs
Could electronic components made from human blood be the key to creating cyborg interfaces? Circuitry that links human tissues and nerve cells directly to an electronic device, such as a robotic limb or artificial eye might ...
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Data storage takes an electric turn
(PhysOrg.com) -- German scientists from the Forschungszentrum Julich and the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle have discovered the basis for the next generation of memory devices. In ...
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Major advance in understanding how nanowires form
New insights into why and how nanowires take the form they do will have profound implications for the development of future electronic components. PhD student Peter Krogstrup from the Nano-Science Center at ...
Mar 25, 2011 |
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evoMouse and Magic Cube: New mouse and projector keyboard devices (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The mouse, sometimes it is your best friend and sometimes it is the carpal tunnel inducing, hand cramping pain in the buttocks, but what if it didn't have to give you those cramps? What if ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Fundamental discovery could lead to better memory chips
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers at the University of Michigan have found a way to improve the performance of ferroelectric materials, which have the potential to make memory devices with more storage ...
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Room-temperature spintronic computers? Silicon spin transistors heat up and spins last longer
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah researchers built "spintronic" transistors and used them to align the magnetic "spins" of electrons for a record period of time in silicon chips at room temperature. The ...
Mar 15, 2011 |
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NEC develops technology to control devices with the tap of an arm
NEC Corporation announced today the development of technologies that enable users to control consumer electronics with the tap of an arm.
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Laser pulses crystallize amorphous silicon, create nanostructured surface ideal for solar-cell applications
The importance of silicon for almost every element in modern-day electronic devices and computers is due largely to its crystalline atomic structure. Crystalline silicon, however, is much more expensive to ...
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Probing atomic chicken wire
(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene, the material that makes up pencil "lead," could someday make electronic devices smaller, faster and more energy-efficient. Providing the first detailed analysis of graphene on boron ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Samsung releases 1-Gbit DRAM chip with 512-pin wide I/O interface
(PhysOrg.com) -- Samsung Electronics announced the development of a 1-Gbit DRAM chip. It features a 512-pin wide I/O interface that is designed for a variety of mobile applications including smartphones and tablet PC's.
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Researchers control conduction, surface states in topological insulator nanoribbons
In recent years, topological insulators have become one of the hottest topics in physics. These new materials act as both insulators and conductors, with their interior preventing the flow of electrical currents while their ...
Feb 14, 2011 |
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A new type of composite material with peapod structures can help improve performance of lithium-ion batteries
Lithium-ion batteries are used to power a wide range of electronic devices, including computers, cameras, digital audio players and calculators. Tremendous effort has been devoted to the development of lithium-ion ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Mobile sales up 32 percent last year: Gartner
Worldwide mobile sales increased 32 percent last year and smartphone shipments surpassed those of personal computers for the first time in the fourth quarter, according to tracking firms.
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Industry researchers predict future of electronic devices
The just-released February issue of the Journal of the Society for Information Display contains the first-ever critical review of current and future prospects for electronic paper functions.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Atomically thin 'switch' makes for smarter electronic devices in the future
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new transistor made from graphene - the world's thinnest material - has been developed by a research team at the University of Southampton.
Feb 08, 2011 |
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