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Consumer & Gadgets

Engineers transform smartphones into instruments for studying space

That ordinary smartphone in your pocket could be a powerful tool for investigating outer space. In a new study, researchers at Google and CU Boulder have transformed millions of Android phones across the globe into a fleet ...

Nov 17, 2024

Electronics & Semiconductors

Next-generation video screen can be stretched from 12 to 18 inches

Korean electronics company, LG Display Co., Ltd. has announced on its product development page that it has developed a video screen that can be stretched from its default length of 12 inches to 18 inches.

Engineering

Framework integrates mobile and remote sensing data for population maps

The research team from the Department of Geography at SUNY Buffalo developed an innovative framework that uses a combination of 34 models to map monthly population distributions at fine resolutions. By integrating mobile ...

Oct 29, 2024

Telecom

Can cell phone signals help land a plane? Researchers look to the skies to protect aircraft against GPS outages

Dangling from a weather balloon 80,000 feet above New Mexico, a pair of antennas sticks out from a Styrofoam cooler. From that height, the blackness of space presses against Earth's blue skies. But the antennas are not captivated ...

Oct 22, 2024

Consumer & Gadgets

New tool can detect malware on Android phones

Screen readers, voice-to-text, and other accessibility features have enabled people with disabilities to use smartphones. Yet these same features make the phones more accessible to hackers, too.

Oct 14, 2024

Business

AI probably isn't the big smartphone selling point that Apple and other tech giants think it is

As is their tradition at this time of year, Apple announced a new line of iPhones last week. The promised centerpiece that would make us want to buy these new devices was AI—or Apple Intelligence, as they branded it. Yet ...

Oct 1, 2024

Consumer & Gadgets

A man is driving a car along suburban streets when suddenly he receives a message: "Enter an address on the screen in front of you so that you can get help to find your way."

Sep 26, 2024

Consumer & Gadgets

Meta's AI-powered smart glasses raise concerns about privacy and user data

Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are just one of many wearable tech devices on the market. The glasses, which first launched in 2021, are a collaboration between Meta and Italian-French eyewear company EssilorLuxottica, which owns ...

Sep 24, 2024

Business

After court order, X goes offline again in Brazil

Elon Musk's X social media platform went back offline in Brazil Thursday, a day after it resumed service in contravention of a judicial ban, internet providers said.

Sep 19, 2024

Energy & Green Tech

Carbon fiber structural battery battery paves way for light, energy-efficient vehicles

When cars, planes, ships or computers are built from a material that functions as both a battery and a load-bearing structure, the weight and energy consumption are radically reduced. A research group at Chalmers University ...

Sep 10, 2024