Recharge cell phones with soda pop and vegetable oil
Researchers looking for new, cheap energy sources might want to look in the food pantry and junk food aisle at the grocery story. Sugary drinks as well as vegetable oils and plain old table sugar could one day be used to recharge cell phones, laptops and other portable electronics. Sound crazy? Not according to scientists who recently reported a remarkable "first" at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Read More...
Operate your cell phone or remote by simply tapping palm
London: Researchers at Potsdam University in Germany have developed an ‘imaginary phone’ that lets you keep your phone in your pocket and use apps or answer calls by tapping your hand. Patrick Baudisch and his colleagues envision someone doing dishes when his smart phone rings. Instead of quickly drying his hands and fumbling to answer, the imaginary phone lets him simply slide a finger across his palm to answer it remotely Read More...
This Cell Phone can run for months on single charge
London: Imagine a mobile phone that runs for months after a single charging. Well, it could soon be a reality as scientists are developing a new battery which they say could be 100 times more powerful than the existing ones. A team of engineers at the Illinois University are developing the new battery which will have “nanotubes” instead of metal wiring. The scientists believe using nanotubes — carbon tubes 10,000 times smaller than a human hair — the battery's life could be extended by up to 100 times, the Daily Mail reported Read More...
A Mobile Phone Application that calculates calories through food pictures
New York: Worried about how many calories you are going to consume in that slice of pizza, chocolate cake or bag of fries? A new iPhone application may help. After taking a picture of the meal with the phone, the app gives a calorie read-out almost instantly. The app, called MealSnap, was developed by DailyBurn, a fitness social network that has created several other fitness and dietrelated iPhone applications Read More...
