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Screen overlay for mobile phones
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Screen overlay for mobile phones

Chinese scientists are developing a transparent material that can be used to cover the surface of touch screens.

December 12, 2018
Equipment can turn light directly into electricity
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Equipment can turn light directly into electricity

US scientists have successfully fabricated a device called optical rectenna. It consists of an antenna, a diode rectifier and is capable of converting directly from ligh…

December 12, 2018
World's fastest 3D chip manufacturing
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World's fastest 3D chip manufacturing

The method of making new 3D computer chips, using materials that are carbon nanotubes, can give processing speeds up to 1,000 times faster than computer chips.

December 12, 2018
Build space elevators in fiction
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Build space elevators in fiction

Thoth Space Technology (Canada) has just been granted a patent for a space elevator design with a height of 20 km, inspired by an English writer's novel.

December 12, 2018
Will the brain 'hack' device appear?
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Will the brain 'hack' device appear?

The most recent company intending to create such a product is Thync, a start-up founded by businessman Isy Goldwasser and neurologist Jamie Tyler.

December 12, 2018