Business Impact These Tiny Microphones Will Make It Okay to Spill Beer on Your Amazon Echo MEMS microphones from the startup Vesper will make voice-enabled gadgets far more durable. by Elizabeth Woyke 2017-03-31T00:00:00-04:00
News A New Chip Could Add Motion Sensing to Clothing A new kind of accelerometer could bring sophisticated motion sensing to even cheap mobile phones. by Kevin Bullis 2014-08-19T00:00:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Power-Scavenging Batteries Inexpensive chips harvest mechanical energy to charge batteries for wireless sensors. by Katherine Bourzac 2011-08-25T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Making Graphene Nanomachines Practical Graphene devices could make extremely sensitive sensors and superfast electronic switches for consumer electronics. by Katherine Bourzac 2010-12-01T00:00:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Startup Aims for Perfect Pixels A new display offers color video and a reflective e-reader mode. by Kate Greene 2010-06-22T00:00:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Microscopic Solar Cells Could See More Sunlight The new cells promise to be cheaper, more efficient, and even printable. by Katherine Bourzac 2010-01-05T00:00:00-05:00
View Beetle Boat Runs on Surface Tension A tiny bio-inspired boat is powered by the surface tension of water. by Katherine Bourzac 2009-01-22T00:00:00-05:00
Biotechnology A Portable, Cheap Blood-Clotting Test A new microsensor could help millions of patients who rely on blood-thinning drugs safely treat themselves. by Duncan Graham-Rowe 2008-11-10T00:00:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines A New Competitor to LCD A novel pixel design promises to be faster and brighter. by Prachi Patel 2008-07-21T00:00:00-04:00
Hack Hack: The Nintendo Wii Technology Review looks at the inner workings of the Nintendo Wii game console. by Daniel Turner 2007-07-01T00:00:00-04:00
