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Thermoelectric Generator Harvests Renewable Energy, Yours

Benji Jerew — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:31:00 +0000

As pointed out in a famous movie, human beings generate a lot of extra heat. This renewable energy source could be harvested, hopefully not to power some robot-horde, but perhaps some of tomorrow’s wearable devices. Take, for example, the smartwatch, a wireless extension of the smartphone, which not only tells time and date, but can […]

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Smartphone Batteries Soon to Be Charged Through Phone’s Own Display

Mila Luleva — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 05:50:53 +0000

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) might just have discovered the way to keep everyone, who owns a smart phone that runs out of battery super fast, super happy. Their latest development is a new type of silicon-based solar cell, which can be used as a monitor or a smart phone display. Probably by now quite […]

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WaterWonk’s Smartphone Apps Provide Fun Way to Reduce Water Waste

Mila Luleva — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 04:55:57 +0000

Don’t you just wish to be able to calculate how much water you waste or could save by applying only slight changes to your daily routines? How about if I tell you that thanks to all advances in technology, or in smartphone applications to be more precise, you will now be able to not only […]

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ClicLite Solar Power Backup for Your Smartphone

Benji Jerew — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 20:58:14 +0000

How often do you get to the end of the day and realize that your smartphone’s battery is down into the single digits? ClicLite could be a solution, a solar-powered backup battery and flashlight. There are plenty of backup power solutions out there to give you an extra boost when your smartphone’s hit those critical […]

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Tesla Model S Gets New Smartphone App

Benji Jerew — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:51:08 +0000

The more we advance technologically, the more we get connected. Whether or not this has led to further human connectivity or isolation is best left to another blog, but at least we know that we can get in contact with our acquaintances half-a-world away. Whether it’s to look at the 1,000,000th Cute Kitten picture or […]

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Monitoring Pollution Levels Using Your Smartphone

Mila Luleva — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 06:03:46 +0000

Air quality can now be monitored in real-time through smartphone devices using small fleet of portable pollution sensors. The invention is developed by scientists at University of California, San Diego. CitiSense is the first ever air-monitoring system that can potentially help people with chronic conditions from being exposed to pollutants. In addition, this system allows […]

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New Photovoltaic Device Recovers Smartphones' Lost Screen Light

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:00:25 +0000

Do you own a smartphone? I do. And I charge it every day, in the evening. I even have a friend who charges his iPhone two or three times a day, but he’s an extreme talker. However, great efforts are being made by scientists at the University of Cambridge toward making batteries last longer by […]

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