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Jun 9, 2021

A Completely New Type of Camera Can Actually See Through The Human Body

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, mobile phones

Circa 2017 could be used on smartphones to scan the body for illnesses.


Medical techniques for looking inside our bodies have come a long way, but in the future it looks like doctors may be able to see absolutely everything going on under our skin.

Researchers have invented a new kind of camera that can actually see through structures inside the human body, detecting light sources behind as much as 20 centimetres (7.9 inches) of bodily tissue.

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Jun 1, 2021

New universal law of human mobility

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, mapping, mobile phones

Mapping how humans move will help in future pandemics.


How people move around cities follows a predictable and universal pattern, scientist say, which will be crucial not only for urban planning but also controlling pandemics.

By analysing mobile-phone tracking data from across four continents, the team confirmed that people visit places more often when they don’t have to travel far to get there.

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May 29, 2021

New Solid-State Lithium Battery Can Be Recharged 10,000 Times

Posted by in categories: chemistry, computing, mobile phones, sustainability, transportation

Harvard University researchers have made a breakthrough in battery tech: a long-lasting solid-state lithium battery.

“A lithium-metal battery is considered the holy grail for battery chemistry,” researcher Xin Li told the Harvard Gazette.

Strong, cheaper, faster: Most of today’s electric vehicles (EVs) are powered by lithium-ion batteries, the same type of battery you’ll find in your laptop or smartphone.

May 26, 2021

USB-C is about to go from 100W to 240W, enough to power beefier laptops

Posted by in categories: computing, mobile phones

Soon, the majority of portable PCs won’t need to be equipped with an ugly barrel jack and a proprietary power brick to charge. The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has just announced that it’s more than doubling the amount of power you can send over a USB-C cable to 240 watts, which means you’ll eventually be able to plug in the same kind of multipurpose USB-C cable you currently use on lightweight laptops, tablets, and phones to charge all but the beefiest gaming laptops.


Extended Power Range.

May 26, 2021

Tartu researchers are turning soil into batteries

Posted by in categories: computing, mobile phones, sustainability, transportation

Amazing: 3


The President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid at the Tartu University laboratory. Photo: Mattias Tammet / Office of the President of the Republic of Estonia.

As the world is running out of lithium, planet-friendlier batteries are waiting to hit the market. We are using up lithium, the essential metal in rechargeable batteries. Some experts estimate that there won’t be any lithium left by 2035, and some say that it may already disappear within four years. Who should lose sleep over this? Anyone with a smartphone, a laptop or an electric car. Without lithium, they would have to be plugged in at all times.

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May 26, 2021

You can live to 150? Scientists create app that shows human lifespan could nearly double

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, mobile phones, robotics/AI

An iPhone app that estimates biological aging discovered that life expectancy has the capacity to be almost double the current norm.


GEYLANG, Singapore — Have you made any plans for the 22nd century yet? A new study finds you might want to think about it because it’s possible for humans to live to see their 150th birthday!

Scientists in Singapore have developed an iPhone app that accurately estimates biological aging. It discovered that life expectancy has the capacity to be almost double the current norm. The findings are based on blood samples from hundreds of thousands of people in the United States and United Kingdom.

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May 22, 2021

Robotic ‘Third Eye’ Lets You Walk Safely While Looking At Your Phone

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, robotics/AI

It may not look nice, but maybe it can help prevent accidents. 😃


It’s generally good to watch where you’re going while out walking around, but if you’re someone who just can’t resist a glance at your phone – or a full scrolling session – then this industrial design student’s third eye is for you.

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May 18, 2021

Google Keynote (Google I/O ‘21)

Posted by in categories: health, mobile phones, sustainability

Tune in to find out about how we’re furthering our mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

0:00 Opening Film.
1:26 Introduction, Sundar Pichai.
7:07 Workspace.
34:54 Safer With Google.
43:00 Helpful Information.
1:13:30 Design + Android.
1:41:29 Health.
1:50:43 Sustainability.

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May 18, 2021

Governments are deploying ‘wartime-like’ efforts to win the global semiconductor race

Posted by in categories: computing, mobile phones

These clever semiconductors make our internet-connected world go round. In addition to iPhones and PlayStations, they underpin key national infrastructure and sophisticated weaponry.

But recently there haven’t been enough of them to meet demand.

The reasons for the ongoing global chip shortage, which is set to last into 2022 and possibly 2023, are complex and multifaceted. However, nations are planning to pump billions of dollars into semiconductors over the coming years as part of an effort to sure up supply chains and become more self-reliant, with money going toward new chip plants, as well as research and development.

May 17, 2021

Future sparkles for diamond-based quantum technology

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, quantum physics, supercomputing

Marilyn Monroe famously sang that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but they are also very popular with quantum scientists—with two new research breakthroughs poised to accelerate the development of synthetic diamond-based quantum technology, improve scalability, and dramatically reduce manufacturing costs.

While silicon is traditionally used for computer and mobile phone hardware, diamond has unique properties that make it particularly useful as a base for emerging quantum technologies such as quantum supercomputers, secure communications and sensors.

However there are two key problems; cost, and difficulty in fabricating the single crystal diamond layer, which is smaller than one millionth of a meter.

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