Search results for wearable electronics

Nanomaterials Nov 25, 2013

Highly stretchable fiber-shaped supercapacitor based on carbon nanotubes

(Phys.org) —A mobile telephone display for your jacket sleeve, ECG probes for your workout clothes—wearable electronics are in demand. In order for textiles with built-in electronics to function over longer periods of ...

Energy & Green Tech Aug 7, 2013

Scientists create tiny bendy power supply for even smaller portable electronics

Scientists have created a powerful micro-supercapacitor, just nanometres thick, that could help electronics companies develop mobile phones and cameras that are smaller, lighter and thinner than ever before. The tiny power ...

Consumer & Gadgets Jul 21, 2013

Google-owned Motorola Mobility on job hunt for wearables director

Motorola Mobility, which Google acquired in 2012 for $12.5 billion, is doing a serious talent search for a newly minted "Senior Director Industrial Design-Wearables," according to a recent job posting that lists Chicago as ...

Hi Tech & Innovation May 15, 2013

Smarty pants: Wearable electronics will recharge your life

Imagine having a wafer-thin touchscreen on your sleeve which, like a scene out of a Philip K. Dick novel, gives you all the functionality of a smartphone without the awkwardness of a cumbersome battery.

Nanophysics Oct 26, 2011

Stretchable graphene transistors overcome limitations of other materials

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to fabricating stretchable, transparent electronics, finding a material to make transistors from has been a significant challenge for researchers. They've explored a variety of conventional ...

Telecom Jul 6, 2011

A body-centric perspective

Dr. Dominique Paul, a Research Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, was invited to present her work on wearable electronics at the recent Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Body-Centric ...

Jan 11, 2006

Wearable iPod gear at Macworld

Sometimes it's the strange and almost accidental discoveries that become the most useful. This is especially true at a technology conference like Macworld Expo, wherein an obscure but good idea can be transformed into a wide ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 11, 2024

Transferring laser-induced graphene at extremely low temperatures for ultrathin bioelectronics

A recent study published in Nature Electronics discusses stretchable graphene–hydrogel interfaces for wearable and implantable bioelectronics.

Nanophysics Jul 13, 2021

This device harvests power from your sweaty fingertips while you sleep

Feeling extra sweaty from a summer heat wave? Don't worry—not all your perspiration has to go to waste. In a paper publishing July 13 in the journal Joule, researchers have developed a new device that harvests energy from ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 16, 2021

Wearable sensors that detect gas leaks

Gas accidents such as toxic gas leakage in factories, carbon monoxide leakage of boilers, or toxic gas suffocation during manhole cleaning continue to claim lives and cause injuries. Developing a sensor that can quickly detect ...

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