power consumption
Graphene Foam Detects Explosives, Emissions Better Than Today’s Gas Sensors
A new study from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute demonstrates how graphene foam can outperform leading commercial gas sensors in detecting potentially…
The impending revolution of low-power quantum computers
By 2017, quantum physics will help reduce the energy consumption of our computers and cellular phones by up to a factor of 100. For research and industry, the…
The perfect clone: RUB researchers hack RFID smartcards
Professional safecrackers use a stethoscope to find the correct combination by listening to the clicks of the lock. Researchers at the Ruhr-University Bochum…
Special issue on advanced microelectronics technologies
Driven by the ever-increasing market demands in computing, communication, and multimedia applications, the microelectronics industry has got rapid development…
New Technology Would Dramatically Extend Battery Life for Mobile Devices
University of Illinois engineers have developed a form of ultra-low-power digital memory that is faster and uses 100 times less energy than similar available…
Fast laser could revolutionize data communications
Today's commercial lasers can send up to 10 Gb of data per second (Gbit/s) through optical fibers. This applies to both conventional lasers and to surface…