That fancy high-speed Phantom camera is pretty much a child’s toy when compared to MIT’s new hardware which can record at 1,000,000,000,000 frames per second. Fast enough to capture slow motion footage of light waves. More »
Using a regular speaker blasting out a narrow beam of sound, researchers have developed an LED that can actually be powered by nothing but audio. Providing a new way to deliver wireless power to devices from greater distances. More »
You know what I needed to rise up to this morning? Michael J Fox playing Johnny B Goode, just like he did in Back To The Future. But not a clip from the film — how about Mr Fox himself rocking it out today? More »
Ever worried what would happen if we ran out of blood in hospitals? Fear no more! Because the first patient ever has been given lab-grown blood — and survived. More »
A vibration in your pocket only tells you that an email or text message has arrived, not what it’s about. So researchers at the Nagoya Institute of Technology have developed a unique communication system that lets written messages be felt on someone else’s hand, without any physical interaction. More »
A new study of 358,403 mobile phone subscribers over an 18 year period suggests that there may be no link between phone use and the prevalence of brain tumours, although Australian experts are cautious about the results. More »
That time you stuck a fork in the electric socket as a youngster? Not only were you learning a valuable lesson about pain, but you may have also been firing up your brain, according to new research. More »
