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Wearable Solar Cells: The Next Generation

In the future you may be wearing solar cells that will be integrated with your blouse or jacket to ensure that your laptop or smartphone can be charged as you walk.

Bluetooth 5 Tracker Helps Find Keys, Vehicles or Smartphones

The tracker supports Amazon Echo, Philips Hue, IFTTT and NEST.

Drone Uses in the Construction Industry

The current state and use of the technology and what the future might hold.

Safety Watch Instantly Notifies Guardians When User Engages the One Touch Alarm

Carah is an analog watch with smart capabilities and built-in SOS safety alert.

Tight-Space Power Supplies

Bel Power Solutions has expanded its portfolio to include new power supply units specially engineered for use in tight spaces.

Video: New App Tracks Meals in Under 10 Seconds

Evolve Health has launched a new mobile app that helps users stay updated on their health and track their calorie intake with an artificially intelligent (AI) health advisor named Eva.

AI Can Now Evaluate the Quality of Short Stories

Can artificial intelligence recognize a good story when it sees one?

Counterfeit Components: Fake Parts, Real Dangers

In the world of electronics, the supply chain is susceptible to a particular type of vulnerability: counterfeiting.

Spaser Nanolaser Can Detect and Eliminate Cancer Cells in the Bloodstream

A nanolaser known as a spaser can serve as a super-bright, water-soluble, biocompatible probe capable of finding metastasized cancer cells in the blood stream and then killing the cells.

Electronic Skin is the Newest Development in Wearable Health Monitors

There is a new electronic skin microsystem that will change the way you monitor your health.

Video: New Method for Plant Genetics Speeds up the Plant Identification Process

Researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew have discovered new opportunities for plant sciences that are now available with portable and real-time DNA sequencing for the first time.

A Wireless Emulator for 5G Research

NYU researchers have built a wireless emulator suitable for 5G systems featuring massive bandwidths and hundreds of antenna elements.

Five High-Tech Ways Sensors Can Be Used for Security Applications

Smart home products have started to gain a lot of traction in the past decade, particularly with regard to security. The heart of these smart home security devices is the sensors that continually monitor and notify the homeowner with varying degrees of frequency, depending upon the homeowner’s preferences.

TU Munich Reveals Second Pod for Elon Musk's SpaceX Hyperloop Competition

The pod will be made of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic.

Video: Soft Robots that Can Self-Heal

Researchers damaged three prototypes in tests and they healed and resumed tasks.

Five Gadgets to Watch the Solar Eclipse Without Glasses

From binoculars and telescopes to moonroof covers and DIY creations.

Researchers Use Computer Simulated Predictions of the Solar Eclipse to Predict Detrimental Space Weather

A team from Predictive Science Inc. (PSI), in San Diego is one of the groups taking advantage of this eclipse.

New Computing Systems for Linux, BSD

Raptor Computing Systems has announced that Talos II secure workstations, rack-mount development kits, mainboard bundles and mainboards are now available.