Are your thumbs sore? Well, in case you are texting a lot, you may have got the trendiest new condition – ‘BlackBerry thumb.’ ‘BlackBerry thumb’ refers to a recurring strain injury that’s a result of overusing cell phones to send texts and emails. It is such a common condition that one law agency thinks that employers could [...] Read more…
University of California researchers in collaboration with Samsung have developed a new technology that generates odors to match television images. Viewers can actually smell what’s occurring on television. The team has shown that it’s possible to create “smell-o-vision” by developing a compact box that fits on the back of a TV, capable of generating thousands [...] Read more…
Is your laptop battery dying out on you? Just type more to charge it. That’s what Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology researchers have envisioned – they have come up with a way to power electronics by harnessing the energy from typing. The Australian researchers believe that laptops could soon become self-powered by making use of piezoelectrics - [...] Read more…
In what is believed to be a godsend for people who frequently suffer the frustration of dead batteries, scientists from South Korea have created a device that enables you to charge your mobile just by speaking into it. South Korean electrical engineers have developed an innovative technique which transforms sound into electricity, thereby allowing mobiles to be powered while [...] Read more…
13-year-old Laurence Rook from Surrey, has designed a doorbell which foxes burglars into believing someone’s at home, even though you could be halfway around the globe. When pressed, the ‘Smart Bell’ calls the house owner’s cell phone, allowing them to speak to whoever is standing outside their door; the gadget emits a tiny amount of [...] Read more…
A couple of hours spent gaming or texting every day can have a negative impact on children’s joint health, and the younger the kids, the more severe is the pain, say researchers. Playing computer games & using mobile phones for long periods causes wrist & finger pain in children, with pain levels increasing twofold for [...] Read more…
