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New Light-Emitting Solar Cells Could Be Used As Smartphone Displays
In the future, the glass that coats our skyscrapers could also serve as the power plant that keeps the lights on. This is not news. However, with an amazing new material being developed in Singapore, that same glass could also turn your city’s windows into skyscraper-sized displays.
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World’s Tiniest Plasma Transistor Can Make Supertough Electronics
The pink glow you see above is coming from the world’s smallest plasma transistor, an unfathomably minuscule device 100 times smaller than the width of a human hair. It’s not just tiny, it’s tough, and theoretically able to withstand brutal environments. And it could massively change consumer electronics.
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One Day, Your Smartphone’s Screen Could Be Used To Test Blood
Patients who rely on the use of coagulants to limit the formation of blood clots in their veins also require frequent and regular trips to the hospital for tests to monitor their blood flow. It’s a time-consuming side effect that researchers at EPFL hope they have solved with a portable test that relies on a…
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In-Car Facial Recognition Detects Angry Drivers To Prevent Road Rage
Passengers in a car can help calm an angry driver when another vehicle cuts them off. But when a driver is alone, that anger can easily turn into road rage which puts everyone at risk. So researchers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne — or EPFL for short — are working on an in-car facial…