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- Mystery of the printed diode solved
- Building much smaller, greener electronics: Atom-scale, ultra-low-power computing devices to replace transistor circuits
- Monitoring neighborhood electricity consumption over 24 hour cycle
| Mystery of the printed diode solved Posted: 07 Jul 2014 01:16 PM PDT A thirteen-year-long mystery that has involved a long series of researchers has finally been solved. A new article presents a diode in printed electronics that works in the GHz band, which opens up a new opportunity to send signals from a mobile phone to, for example, printed electronic labels. Energy from the radio signal is collected and used to switch the label's display. The diode being printed means that it is both cheap and simple to manufacture. Researchers have long known that the diode works, but not how and why.  |
| Posted: 07 Jul 2014 12:25 PM PDT The digital age has resulted in a succession of smaller, cleaner and less power-hungry technologies since the days the personal computer fit atop a desk, replacing mainframe models that once filled entire rooms. Desktop PCs have since given way to smaller and smaller laptops, smartphones and devices that most of us carry around in our pockets. Scientists are now developing atom-scale, ultra-low-power computing devices to replace transistor circuits.  |
| Monitoring neighborhood electricity consumption over 24 hour cycle Posted: 04 Jul 2014 10:46 AM PDT With more and more households owning one or even two electric cars requiring charging overnight, how will we manage it without sacrificing our hot morning shower and fresh bread for breakfast? This is the headache now facing the electricity supply companies. But this isn't their only problem. What use is it to those homeowners, who have installed a modest solar panel system on their roofs, when the sun is heating the pavement in the middle of the day and no one is at home to use the energy?  |
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