Gadgets: Energizer battery charger is 'smart'

In the 1960's family television series "The Addams Family," Uncle Fester used to put a light bulb in his mouth and it illuminated, demonstrating ability to generate power. These days this would come in very handy with the ...

The development of a smart desk for teamwork projects

New technologies are changing the way people work; in recent years, many companies have tended towards using large open plan spaces, without individual offices, which help to facilitate teamwork. With this in mind, Pynk Systems ...

World class circuits by chip architects

Thanks to their designs, the battery of a mobile phone stays charged for longer, the signal is better and more data can be transmitted for a lower price. The Integrated Circuit Design group headed by Prof. Bram Nauta at the ...

Advances in Seismic Safety and NextGen NanoSensors

(PhysOrg.com) -- In between spring and fall quarters, engineering professors at  UC San Diego are working to keep society safe, healthy and on the leading edge of smart technologies through a variety of research projects ...

Mobile phones to aid interior design

Research into using simple video clips to build up a virtual 3D environment has won a Best Paper award for a team from the Department of Engineering.

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