Search Results for: graphene
‘Deep frying’ graphene could help us develop longer lasting batteries
Graphene has long been touted as the miracle material, with scientists promising us all the wondrous things it could help us accomplish. One of those things is better batteries, and a new process could help that happen. Scientists in South Korea have created a highly conductive, stable electrode by spraying droplets of graphene into a…
CES 2015: BonBonBear is the world’s first graphene thermometer
It’s clearly the time for smart temperature-taking tech for children at this year’s CES. Not to be outdone by VivaLnk’s teddy-themed eSkin Thermometer, which has an embedded NFC chip, Linktop Technology is debuting the BonBonBear. The China-based wearables company has developed what it says is the world’s first cloud thermometer to be made from graphene,…
Now miracle material graphene can be used to see through walls
Well, the day when we can’t change clothes or shower in comfort might be coming sooner than we thought. Scientists from the University of Maryland have developed a sensor that can see through walls, and they're looking at making it into goggles. As Gizmodo reports, the sensor works by detecting T-rays (i.e. terahertz radiation), a…
Nokia to work on Graphene, world's strongest material
It sounds a bit like the plot from a graphic novel, but this week Nokia has been given a huge grant of $1.35 billion from the European Union in order to develop graphene, which is described as a "super material", because not only is it mend-bendingly thin, it's also stronger than metal. According to Mashable,…
New Xiaomi 5G smartphone can fully charge in 17 minutes
At a real-life launch, held at London's prestigious BAFTA venue and attended by ShinyShiny, Chinese phone brand Xiaomi announced a new range of 5G enabled smartphones. And while you've probably never heard, or only vaguely heard, of the brand, Xiaomi - pronounced shau-mee - it is in fact the second-biggest mobile phone manufacturer in the…
A new sensor lets doctors see inside the brain
Engineers have developed a new implantable brain sensor that’s transparent, so they can see what’s happening underneath it. The team, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, used scientists’ new favourite miracle material, graphene, to make the sensor. That’s because it conducts electricity well and tends not to be rejected by the body. It also allows them…
Apple confirms working with new materials – iWatch? iPhone 6?
Apple's Design Supremo Jonathan Ive has given a long-ish interview to the New York Times, which is summarised here by The Guardian. In it he says ,well practically nothing interesting. But then again did you really expect him to share too much of Apple's future plans? In among the bluster and the reiteration that Tim Cook…
Night vision contact lenses could soon turn us all into superheroes
It may sound like a power reserved for Superman or one of the X-Men, but according to new research from engineers at the University of Michigan, night vision contact lenses may soon no longer the stuff of sci-fi movies. According to Wired, researchers Ted Norris and Zhaohui Zhong have been working on an ultra-thin infrared…
