About one month ago, we announced that General Electric managed to develop roll-to-roll OLEDs and this means that one day we could decorate our room with paper-thin lights with controlled intensity and colors. This technique it’s similar with printing press which means that they are very efficient but the researchers need to make it more cost-effective.
The man who made it all possible is Anil Duggal, Advanced Technology Leader for Organic Electronic at GE Global Research who also promises that soon, these OLEDs will be very cheap that everyone will afford …

Researchers from the University of Glasgow, Scotland have developed a nanotechnology that will revolutionize the “world of storage”. The scientists managed to create a chip that increases the capacity of conventional MP3 Players by 150,000 times which leads to a total of 500,000 GB.
According to Prof. Lee Cronin, one of the authors of the research, they developed a switch the size of a molecule and they were “able to assemble a functional nanocluster that incorporates two electron donating groups, and position them precisely 0.32 nm apart so that they can …

Graphene is a material discovered about four years ago and it consists of a single layer of graphite. Now, a team of researchers from the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester managed to develop world’s smallest transistor using this innovative material.
Some scientists say that this material can replace the silicon in the next years. A transistor is an of/off switch and is indispensable for microchips and for most of electronics. The leaders of the research were Dr Kostya Novoselov and Professor Andre Geim, both from Manchester’s …

In 2006 many MacBooks and ThinkPads were recalled because their manufacturers spotted some problems at the batteries, problems that could make them catch fire. Nowadays, the batteries seem to have regained their safety, but specialists warn that they still can catch fire in case of “mistreatment”.
Researchers are trying to eliminate entirely the risks therefore a team of developers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC, Germany, announced that they replaced the “the inflammable organic electrolytes with a non-flammable polymer that retains its shape”. These words are of Dr. Kai-Christian …

A team of researchers from the Purdue University have managed to create the first Active Matrix display which consists of transparent transistors made of nanowires. These tiny circuits created the display using OLEDs because they can rival with the brightness of the pixels from a LCD screen.
David Janes, researcher at the Birck Nanotechnology Center of the Purdue University, said that this demonstrates that nanowires transistors can be used in displays and other applications. OLEDs were the best solution because they are already used in cell phone and MP3 displays, as …

Humans have always “encountered” diseases and they tried to cure themselves with medicinal herbs. Nowadays we are treating ourselves with all kind of pills, tablets and syrups. The only problem is that sometimes we forget to take on time or we take our medicine too early and this increases the risk of heart attacks.
A company called Proteus Biomedical found the perfect solution for this. The researchers from the aforementioned company developed a system called Raisin that “will let you know” when it’s time to take your medicine. The pills contain …

This year DARPA funded some very interesting and expensive projects, maybe because this year they are celebrating their jubilee. Now, their money are pointed towards Sun Microsystems which are trying to replace the wiring between chips with laser beams. Too hard? Yeah, but with $44 million in their pockets they should be able to complete the research.
Sun’s technology which is based on silicon photonics, should make the next generation computer much faster and energy efficient. This is a five-year project but DARPA and Sun Microsystems are aware that there is …

According to a project involving a concept camera, robots could replace humans in various domains that require delicate tasks. Researchers from Stanford University are trying to put together a digital image sensor which consists of 12,616 with the purpose of generating better 3D images.
This sensor uses a special technique that consists of attaching the lenses directly to the image sensor which means that is not necessary for the main lenses to be high-quality because they are an opening for the lenses. This technology makes the 12,616 lenses to provide a …

Researchers from the UCLA have developed an artificial muscle that is self-healing and it generates enough energy to power up a portable device like an iPod or iPhone. Qibing Pei, one of the authors of the study, said that one day this technique could be used to create walking robots.
The artificial muscle was created from carbon nanotubes which were used instead of electrodes and as a result, the new muscle could expand itself by 200 percent when the electricity comes in and there is no way that the muscle will …

DARPA does it again. Now, their researchers are trying to build a mechanical nanocomputer and some reports say that they are very, very close. This mechanical nanocomputer will be heat-resistant and energy-efficient and it seems like they will be useful for cars, toys and for guns among others.
The secret of mechanical computers consist of the fact they don’t have solid-state transistors or conventional silicon chips, so they can operate at its best even at high temperatures. Also they don’t need so much power to perform and so they don’t require …

About ten days ago we said a few words about the MagLev technology which could enter to the world of computers. Ralph Hollis from Carnegie Mellon University has developed a mouse based on magnetic levitation. You will experience a new set of feelings taking the control over devices or computers to a whole new level, but it could be helpful in medicine, robotics and othe research. Here is a full video of the MagLev mouse in action.

The organic light-emitting diode or OLED technology is really starting to get under everybody’s skin. They look very cool and they lighten up your house or whatever you want. Now, the first OLEDs were printed roll-to-roll, just like a newspaper and the developers of this project are the researchers from GE who worked four years in order to complete this project. We expect that the commercialization of the printed OLEDs will begin very soon.

Researchers at the Tyndall National Institute, Ireland, have developed a miniature LED which could run about 80 years with the help of a battery the size of a coin. The project is called FLAME which means - future lighting applications for miniature entities
This LED measures about 15 microns across, which is very small considering the fact that conventional LEDs measure 300 microns. The mini-LED could be used in various domains thanks to the fact that the light of LEDs is cooler than the light of standard LEDs, but the …

Alcatel-Lucent researchers disclosed researches that are most likely going to revolutionize the internet transmissions, by increasing speeds dramatically. Those researches were presented at the Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference and Optical Fiber Communication Conference and the company stated that they’ve used some new technologies, “including a highly linear, balanced optoelectronic photoreceiver and an ultra-compact, temperature-insensitive coherent mixer.”The researches broke a record, by managing to transmit optical data over 2,550km at an incredible speed of 16,b Tbps. For this to be possible, 164 wavelength-division multiplexed channels modulated at 100 Gbps were …

A research team from University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have managed to “build” a mini-system made of human nervous cells. According to their studies, soldiers will be able to control the battlesuits with the help of their own nerve impulses and cyber-sex could go to the next level, the participants will feel the same pleasure as the one during “normal” sex.
This technology also has a good side - it could regrow human nerves and to repair potential damaged nerves. The first tests were made on rats, were successful, but …