Many of us have too much junk shoved into our closets, but according to a report released Friday by the National Research Council, we Earthlings also have way too much junk orbiting our planet – and it is becoming a ...
Space Exploration
Sep 7, 2011
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Engineers have developed a device platform that combines electronic components for sensing, medical diagnostics, communications and human-machine interfaces, all on an ultrathin skin-like patch that mounts directly onto the ...
Engineering
Aug 11, 2011
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Electronic ear tags are being used to provide an early warning system that will help farmers identify sick animals within a herd.
Other
Jul 27, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered a way to capture and harness energy transmitted by such sources as radio and television transmitters, cell phone networks and satellite communications systems. By scavenging this ...
Engineering
Jul 7, 2011
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The regulation of personal data varies hugely across countries and sectors, research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) reveals.
Economics & Business
Jun 22, 2011
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Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has developed noise reduction technology that reduces jitter in radio-frequency signals, cutting phase noise by up to 90 percent. This breakthrough opens the way for a further migration ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jun 16, 2011
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Radio-frequency technology developed at the University of Pittsburgh that uses human tissue instead of air as a conduit for radio waves is the basis of the first electronic "tag" system designed to track and monitor orthopaedic ...
Engineering
Jun 10, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking a giant step forward in the creation and production of graphene based integrated circuits, IBM has announced in Science, the fabrication of a graphene based integrated circuit on a single chip. The ...
Fujitsu Laboratories today announced that it has successfully developed the world's first transmitter/receiver (T/R) module using gallium-nitride (GaN)high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) technology that features an output ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jun 6, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- RFID, short for Radio Frequency ID, tags have found their way into a wide variety of applications. These pellets, which are often roughly the same size as a grain of rice, can help us to be reunited with ...
