Waste heat generated by electronics can damage components, and represents a large amount of energy going to waste. Now scientists at the UCB have developed a thin film that could be built into computers, cars or factories to capture and recycle the energy from waste heat.
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Graphene hogs all the headlines about two-dimensional materials, but it might just be the beginning. Researchers have now isolated a 2D form of the soft metal gallium, dubbed "gallenene," which could make for efficient, thin metal contacts in electronic devices.
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In a step towards creating a new class of electronics that look and feel like soft, natural organisms, mechanical engineers at Carnegie Mellon University are developing a fluidic transistor out of a metal alloy of indium and gallium that is liquid at room temperature.
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The machine used to spin up cotton candy may also be the answer to a new generation of self-destructing electronics. A new form of electrical circuitry made of a spinable polymer must be kept above a temperature of 32° C (89.6° F) or it dissolves in water.
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Simmons has released a new flagship electronic drumkit named the SD2000 Mesh Head Electronic Drum Kit, which features expressive mesh drum pads, multi-zone crash and ride cymbals, wireless hi-hat foot controller and a sound module packed with vintage and contemporary acoustic kit sounds.
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Chris Riebschlager and his team were recently asked to come up with something special for a two day music festival earlier this month in Kansas City called Boulevardia. The designers came up with a 12-foot high, 500 lb installation shaped like an electric guitar that visitors could actually play.
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Electronics don't work well in heat, which is a problem because heat is a byproduct of electricity. Researchers have developed a thermal diode that runs on heat instead of electricity. This could lead to heat-resistant computers that function in hot places like on Venus or deep inside the Earth.
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MIT researchers have developed a new way to make smaller circuits that would allow more of them to be crammed onto microchips. The new technique could make patterns smaller than 10 nm by combining several processes already used, which means they could be implemented relatively easily and cheaply.
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Discarded electronics (or e-waste) brimming with valuable and toxic components is building up in landfills around the world, and it’s notoriously tricky to recycle. Now, researchers have a new way to tackle the e-waste issue: freeze it, grind it into “nanodust” and then sort it out.
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NASA is developing silicon carbide electronics that can withstand the incredibly hostile conditions of the planet Venus. The space agency has built integrated circuits that withstood over 520 hours in a simulated Venusian environment without special shielding or cooling systems.
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