Intelligent Machines DARPA has an ambitious $1.5 billion plan to reinvent electronics The US military agency is worried the country could lose its edge in semiconductor chips with the end of Moore’s Law. by Martin Giles 2018-07-30T07:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Smart Mouthguard Monitors Your Saliva and Your Health Researchers demonstrate a wearable system for tracking chemicals in saliva that may correspond to fatigue and other health issues. by Mike Orcutt 2015-09-09T13:20:00-04:00
Rewriting Life How Well Can Bionic Eyes See? New computer simulations illustrate the limits of prosthetic eyes and suggest pathways for making them better. by Mike Orcutt 2015-08-07T00:00:00-04:00
Electronic Inks Make 3-D Printing More Promising A startup called Voxel8 is using materials expertise to extend the capabilities of 3-D printing. by Kevin Bullis 2015-03-05T00:00:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy A New Way to Make Sheets of Graphene Technique might enable advances in display screens, solar cells, or other devices. 2014-05-25T14:45:24-04:00
New Approach to Making Graphene Could Lead to Workable Transistors Using DNA to synthesize and align ultra-thin graphene ribbons could represent a way to manufacture graphene transistors that don’t leak. by Mike Orcutt 2013-09-12T00:00:00-04:00
A Battery and a “Bionic” Ear: a Hint of 3-D Printing’s Promise Laboratory advances hint at how additive manufacturing technology could change the way some electronic devices are made. by Mike Orcutt 2013-07-04T00:00:00-04:00
Connectivity Microchip Adapts to Severe Damage An integrated circuit that adjusts to damage shows a way to make ordinary chips more efficient and reliable. by Katherine Bourzac 2013-03-25T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Why China’s Homemade Microchips Will Struggle to Displace Western Giants Loongson is making steady progress toward a viable microprocessor, but its chosen architecture could keep it from supplanting its rivals. by Phil Muncaster 2012-12-19T17:02:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Making Stretchable Electronics A startup prepares to manufacture electronics that conform to skin, arteries, and organs, allowing new surgical and measuring methods. by David Talbot and Kyanna Sutton 2012-08-21T00:00:00-04:00
