For the first time, a primitive movie has been encoded in – and then played back from – DNA in living cells. The research team shows in foundational proof-of-principle experiments that the…
First Battery-Free Cellphone makes calls by harvesting ambient power
University of Washington researchers have invented a cellphone that requires no batteries — a major leap forward in moving beyond chargers, cords and dying phones. Instead, the phone harvests the few microwatts…
A computer that reads body language
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute have enabled a computer to understand the body poses and movements of multiple people from video in real time — including the pose of each…
3-D Chip combines Computing and Data Storage
These days fields ranging from autonomous driving to personalized medicine are generating huge amounts of data. But the ability of computer chips to process this huge amount of data into useful information…
‘Near-Zero-Power’ temperature sensor could make wearables less power-hungry
San Diego, Calif., June 30, 2017 — Electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a temperature sensor that runs on only 113 picowatts of power — 628 times…