Consumer Electronics

The electronics inside consumer gadgets are often miniaturized versions of bigger components – like phone cameras, for instance – and that applies to the gyroscopes used to help a device orientate itself in 3D space. Now scientists have worked out a way of making these gyroscopes much, much smaller.

​Next time your smartphone freezes, the culprit might actually be the cosmic rays that are constantly raining down on us from outer space. A new study has examined how modern consumer electronics are becoming more vulnerable to cosmic interference, and suggests ways to build better chips.

While removing the gold locked in electronics has heretofore been a toxic and inefficient proposition, researchers now think that a new process will make prospecting for the precious metals in electronics heaps more achievable than ever.

Researchers from the University of Missouri (US) in collaboration with a team from the Federal University of ABC in Brazil (UFABC) have published a paper describing an organic route to light the screens of handheld devices with biodegradable materials.

The Prynt instant camera case promises to let you print photographs directly from your Android or Apple smartphone as you take them. Aimed to be future-proof, the Prynt is also claimed to adapt to different phones as the user upgrades by simply swapping connecting parts, but not the entire unit.

The majority of products you see at CES are forgettable, but every year there's also a handful of innovations that are either the next big thing, or so ambitious and imaginative that we can't help but shine our spotlight on them. These are Gizmag's picks for the best of CES 2015.

Samsung says it has advanced the development of the 802.11ad standard 60 GHz Wi-Fi technology that will soon allow users to download a 1 GB movie in less than three seconds or stream uncompressed high-definition videos from mobile devices to TVs in real-time.

Set to be unveiled at IFA this week in Berlin, the Mota Smart Ring pairs via Bluetooth with an Android or iOS device to display notifications, such as text messages, incoming calls, calendar events and email, right on your finger.

LG continues to attempt to beat the usual avalanche of announcements at CES, revealing it will have a new Ultra PC laptop, a couple of second-generation Tab-Book2 hybrid devices, and a new 27-in all-in-one (AIO) PC at next week's show.

Isowalk does not reinvent the wheel, but it reinvents the walking cane with a new design and wireless.

Panasonic showed its flagship Plasma TV for 2013 at CES: the ZT60 series.

Dual Eyewear brings bifocal design to sports sunglasses.