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New INOR Configures, Monitors Temperature Transmitters without Supply Voltage, Cables

June 7, 2019

Intuitive and easy to use INOR Connect app makes it easy to configure a signal converter

Improving Security as AI Moves to Smartphones

April 24, 2019

Researchers unveil a tool for making compressed deep learning models less vulnerable to attack

Engineering for High-Speed Devices

April 1, 2019

New research explores graphene-silicon devices for photonics applications

Smartphone Test Spots Poisoned Water Risk to Millions of Lives

March 27, 2019

A biosensor has been developed that attaches to a phone and uses bacteria to detect unsafe arsenic levels

Scientists Use a Blender to Reveal What's in Our Smartphones

March 14, 2019

Researchers hope to demonstrate why we should all take a keener interest in what is contained within everyday electrical item...

'Unclonable' Tag Combats Counterfeiters

February 7, 2019

Researchers have created an "unclonable" tag that can never be replicated, even by the manufacturer

Cartilage Could Be Key to Safe 'Structural Batteries'

January 11, 2019

Your knees and your smartphone battery have some surprisingly similar needs

New Technique Offers Rapid Assessment of Radiation Exposure

January 10, 2019

New technique turns smartphones, thumb drives, and other electronics into "your own personal radiation detector"

Bacterial Protein Could Help Find Materials for Your Next Smartphone

December 20, 2018

A newly discovered protein could help detect, target, and collect from the environment the rare-earth metals used in smartpho...

Mobile Apps for Scientists

December 3, 2018

Fostering productivity at the bench or in the field

Researchers Create Smartphone System to Test for Lead in Water

September 27, 2018

Unlike most commercially available tests, it can detect levels below EPA standards

The Ultimate 'Smell Test': Device Sends Rotten Food Warning to Smartphones

June 27, 2018

When it comes to the "smell test," the nose isn't always the best judge of food quality

Deep Learning Transforms Smartphone Microscopes into Laboratory-Grade Devices

April 11, 2018

The advance could help bring high-quality medical diagnostics into resource-poor regions, where people otherwise do not have ...

Screen Time Before Bed Linked With Less Sleep, Higher BMIs in Kids

December 14, 2017

Using digital devices before bed may contribute to sleep and nutrition problems in children

New Technology Makes Artificial Intelligence More Private and Portable

November 14, 2017

New deep-learning AI software produced with that technology is compact enough to fit on mobile computer chips for use in ever...

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