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by Alfred Poor | December 23, 2015 | General News, Health
This is the time of year that “Silent Night” can be heard in nearly every shopping mall and restaurant across the land, but there are people who yearn for a silent night all year long. If your partner snores, it can be difficult to get a good night’s...
by Alfred Poor | December 22, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
According to Strategy Analytics, about 690 million households have broadband Internet service worldwide. Of these, nearly two thirds — more than 450 million — have WiFi wireless networking. One company hopes to capitalize on this market penetration by...
by Alfred Poor | December 21, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have become a miracle material; researchers are finding wide ranging applications from transparent conductive layers to solar cells to printable electronics. Scientists at the University of Texas Arlington (UT) is working on a new device that...
by Alfred Poor | December 18, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
Wearable and mobile electronics all require one thing: electricity. Unfortunately, strapping on battery packs is not always a convenient solution. While energy harvesting has great promise for producing the power that we need, the problem of how to store it until...
by Alfred Poor | December 17, 2015 | General News, Health, Medical
In many ways, humans are electrical beings. From nerve impulses to changes in the conductivity of our skin and other body parts, electrical charges play a major role in many of our essential functions. Empatica is a company in Cambridge, MA, that is trying to harness...
