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Electrode material holds promise of 30-year batteries

...Stanford University researchers have given details of a new electrode material they claim holds promise for grid storage batteries that can work... Read more

24 November, 2011 by Martin LaMonica
Virtual reality study probes brain activity

Virtual reality study probes brain activity

...As well as the electrodes, subjects are fitted with a stereoscopic visor that puts them in a... Read more

24 February, 2011 by Tim Ferguson

Scots academics build mechanical arm for fast memory

...South Korea, uses a tiny cantilevered arm to deliver charge to gate electrodes in storage devices. "We've come up with a new way to... Read more

28 March, 2011 by Jack Clark
SRI displays climbing robots, medical tech

SRI displays climbing robots, medical tech

...of glue, grasping or any other assistance. Instead, it relies on charged electrodes that create an attraction with the surface. Photo credit: SRI Read more

28 October, 2010 by Daniel Terdiman
Wireless Ion Selective <endeca_term>Electrode</endeca_term> Autonomous Sensing System

Wireless Ion Selective Electrode Autonomous Sensing System

A paradigm shift in sensing methods and principles is required to meet the legislative demands for detecting hazardous... Read more

13 July, 2011

Thought-controlled robot arm created by US scientists

...able to move a robot arm using their thoughts, after having an electrode-containing device implanted in their brains. Image credit: Nature Two stroke victims... Read more

17 May, 2012 by Jo Best

Cell phone battery dead? Scientists suggest going for a jog to charge it

...Southern California have tipped our friend Graphene as the best material for electrodes in a new design for a flexible organic solar cell. The new... Read more

25 July, 2010

Quantum dots boost graphene's photodetector dreams

...Then, using Nanoscale lithography, they attached the graphene sheet to two gold electrodes, before adding a thin film of lead-sulphide quantum dots to the... Read more

18 May, 2012
IBM spins nanotubes, wire and graphene

IBM spins nanotubes, wire and graphene

...structure of the CNT, with a carbon nanotube connected between two palladium electrodes on top of a hafnium dioxide dielectric gate insulator. Image (b) shows... Read more

8 December, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

Gesture control: Touching the future of computing

...Electrical signals from the muscles would be more difficult for the EMG electrodes on the wrist to detect. "In the next couple of months I... Read more

17 March, 2011 by Nick Heath

Graphene battery claim triggers 2nd Law debate

...describes six cell battery, each cell being composed of silver and gold electrode on a graphene sheet, all suspended in a copper chloride solution. According... Read more

20 March, 2012

Graphene coated DVD + LightScribe = Supercapacitor

...DVD drive and a helping of graphene, the researchers have produced an electrode that could solve this problem. The researchers coated a DVD disc with... Read more

16 March, 2012

Photos of the year: From weird datacentres to a 3D printer that prints chocolate

...in a variety of 3D environments where they interact with different avatars. Electrodes strapped to their head monitor their brain activity in an attempt to... Read more

21 December, 2011 by Nick Heath

Entanglement on a chip: Real world quantum computing

...guide, manipulate and interact single photons - particles of light. Using eight reconfigurable electrodes embedded in the circuit, photon pairs can be manipulated and entangled, producing... Read more

12 December, 2011

Want batteries fit for the Grid? Just add copper

...But it is true. Researchers at Stanford University report a breakthrough in electrode technology they say could make it possible to build rechargeable batteries that... Read more

28 November, 2011

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