New advances in touchscreen technology could make charging your mobile as simple a playing a game of Angry Birds or a bout of frantic texting. Find out how after the jump.
Australian scientists have made a breakthrough that could make your phone’s touchscreen produce a small electrical charge every time you touch it – effectively charging your phone as you use it.
The humble AA battery may seem like a bit of a technological dead-end, but Brother Industries is throwing development resources into a new type of battery that could give hundreds of older devices a new lease of life – self charging batteries.
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With all the furore surrounding violence in games – not to mention the faux-controversy often stirred up by publicity seeking publishers you might be forgiven for thinking that violence is one of the things that gamers look for above all else. Not so, says a new study.
A material that can bend electromagnetic radiation could lead to improved mobile reception in built up areas, according to a new study.
In possibly the weirdest story this week – Tetris can prevent the formation of memories and could be harnessed to prevent Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, say medical researchers.
A prototype robot is ready to show off its ability to replicate its own parts at this week’s Cheltenham Science Festival. The machine, called RepRap, prints 3D objects but rather than put ink on paper it lays down molten plastic which, after building up many layers creates three-dimensional objects.
