power consumption
“Out of This World” Space Stethoscope Valuable on Earth, Too
Space is serene, because no air means no sound. But inside the average spacecraft, with its whirring fans, humming computers and buzzing instruments, is about…
Self-assembled nanostructures enable a low-power phase-change memory for mobile electronic devices
Flash memory is a dominant technology in this field, but its slow writing and erasing speed has led to extensive research into a next-generation nonvolatile…
Information technology: Improving the health of machines
A novel adaptive management system boosts the efficiency of wireless sensor networks that monitor surrounding environmentsElectronic engineers in Singapore…
A*STAR’s Data Storage Institute Launches Next Generation 5mm Hybrid Hard Disk Drive
The “A-Drive”, one of the world’s thinnest 5mm hybrid hard drive in a 2.5’’ form factor, was officially launched by Mr. S. Iswaran, Minister in the Prime…
Building Ultra-Low Power Wireless Networks
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have received funding from the National Science Foundation to create distortion-tolerant communications…
Driving an Electron Spin Vortex “Skyrmion” with a Microcurrent
RIKEN, the University of Tokyo, and NIMS succeeded in forming a skyrmion crystal, in which electron spin is aligned in a vortex shape, in a microdevice using…