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When it comes to antennas, size mattersChicago IL (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 Good things come in small packages. This is especially true in the world of portable wireless communications systems. Cell phones, wearables, and implantable electronics have shrunk over time, which has made them more useful in many cases. But a critical component of these devices - the antenna - hasn't followed suit. Researchers haven't been able to get them much smaller, until now. In a paper published online Tuesday in Nature Communications, Nian Sun, professor of electrical and computer engine ... read more |
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 In smartphone age, the hajj is for sharing Arm outstretched, Abdul Rahman sweeps his mobile phone across the vista of Mecca, the Great Mosque dazzling in the sun, so his son in Tanzania can experience the pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites. ... more | .. |
 The Medici Effect: Highly flexible, wearable displays born in KAIST How do you feel when technology you saw in a movie is made into reality? Collaboration between the electrical engineering and textile industries has made TVs or smartphone screens displaying on clot ... more | .. |
 China demands internet platforms verify users' true identity China has ordered the country's internet platforms to verify users' true identity before letting them post online content, the latest step by authorities to tighten policing of the web. ... more |
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 New wrapping material enables high quality bioimaging A nanosheet made of organic polymers has been developed to prevent the drying and deforming of biological samples, thus enabling high-quality imaging under microscopes. Be it cosmology or biol ... more | .. |
 Samsung eyes reset with new Galaxy Note Samsung on Wednesday unveiled a new model of its Galaxy Note as it seeks to leave behind the debacle over exploding batteries in the previous generation of the device, and mount a renewed challenge to Apple and its soon-to-come iPhone 8. ... more | .. |
 Researchers find more efficient method of monitoring network traffic Researchers at MIT, Cisco Systems and Barefoot Networks have developed a new way to monitor network traffic that gives more flexibility and efficiency. ... more | .. |
 Baidu sells food-delivery unit to Alibaba-backed Ele.me Alibaba-backed Chinese food delivery firm Ele.me will take over the food delivery unit of search engine giant Baidu in a deal that could be worth up to $800 million, the firm and a report said Thursday. ... more |
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 Super-photostable fluorescent labeling agent for super-resolution microscopy Chemists at ITbM, Nagoya University have developed a super-photostable fluorescent dye, PhoxBright 430 (PB430), to visualize cellular ultrastructure by super resolution microscopy. The exceptional p ... more | .. |
 Apple under pressure to dazzle as market slows As Apple and Samsung gear up to launch new flagship smartphones, the market leaders are seeking a wow factor that can help them fend off challenges from rising Chinese-based manufacturers. ... more | .. |
Chinese teen internet addict dies after rehab A Chinese teen has died after spending less than 48 hours at a centre that treats internet addicts, shining a spotlight on the controversial facilities that seek to unlatch people from their screens. ... more | .. |
Online piracy sites blocked in Australia crackdown An Australian court on Friday ordered internet providers to block more than 40 piracy websites after a successful case by leading film distributors, in a major ruling on online content sharing. ... more |
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 Apple's deep pockets could take on Hollywood, Netflix The potential move of Apple into streaming video could reshape an industry which is already feeling the impact from new players like Netflix. ... more | .. |
 Smart windows that go from clear to dark in under a minute Stanford University engineers have developed dynamic windows that can switch from transparent to opaque or back again in under a minute and do not degrade over time. The prototypes are plates of con ... more | .. |
 Alibaba profit nearly doubles on robust revenues Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Thursday its net profit almost doubled in the latest quarter on the back of solid revenue growth in its core shopping business and in cloud computing. ... more | .. |
 Facebook samples China's potential with sneaky app Facebook's sneaky launch of a photo-sharing app in China, where its social network is banned, gives it a small taste of the massive market's potential, but it may have to settle for just that for now. ... more |
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 End of an era as typewriting tests phased out in India The unmistakable chatter of typewriters outside courthouses and government offices will soon fall silent in India's financial capital Mumbai as stenography colleges on Friday hold their final manual exams. ... more | .. |
 Japan gives world-beating fidget spinner a whirl One company in perfectionism-obsessed Japan is claiming it has developed a fidget spinner that whirls longer than any rival on the market - 12 minutes and counting. ... more | .. |
Facebook rolls out video shows, in new challenge Facebook is rolling out a new video service offering professionally produced shows in a challenge to rivals such as YouTube, and potentially to streaming providers like Netflix. ... more | .. |
 Placing insects into CO2-induced suspended animation allows for live micro-CT scanning Until now, insects have been too wriggly to make good subjects for scientists wanting to understand more about insect innards. But an interdisciplinary team of biologists and imaging specialis ... more |
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 Smartphone screen maker Japan Display cutting 30% of workforce Japan Display said Wednesday it would slash 3,700 jobs, or about 30 percent of its workforce, as the struggling smartphone screen maker's chief executive warned it was the "last chance" for a turnaround. ... more | .. |
 US trade commission probing Qualcomm iPhone complaint The US International Trade Commission on Tuesday said it will look into Qualcomm's complaint that Apple is violating its patents in some iPhones. ... more | .. |
 Disney empire strikes back, sort of, with new streaming plan Walt Disney Co. has the potential to shake up the television sector with its plan to offer direct-to-consumer streaming services and take on Netflix on its own turf. ... more | .. |
 Technique enables printable and rewritable color images A chemical process that allows color images to be printed on specially coated paper and then erased so that different images can be printed on the same paper has been developed by researchers at Ric ... more |
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