consumer electronics

Is going ‘organic’ the key to flexible, next-gen consumer electronics?

By Stephanie Liverani / August 5, 2016

Many existing electronic devices use rigid, inorganic materials. So researchers at the Pohang University of Science and Technology in Korea are looking for ways to make electronic devices out of soft, organic materials instead.

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Wearable displays go ‘thin as skin’ with novel transparent oxide thin-film transistors

By Stephanie Liverani / August 2, 2016

Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed a novel method for creating skin-like transparent oxide thin-film transistors that they say will revolutionize wearable displays for consumer electronics.

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Graphene could be key to high-efficiency flexible OLEDs in next-gen consumer electronics

By Stephanie Liverani / June 10, 2016

Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) developed what they say is an ideal electrode structure composed of graphene and layers of titanium dioxide and conducting polymers that could lead to highly efficient, flexible consumer electronics.

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Go thin or go home: Scientists create world’s thinnest lens that could revolutionize consumer tech

By Stephanie Liverani / March 11, 2016

Scientists at Australian National University (Canberra, Australia) created what they describe as “the world’s thinnest lens, one two-thousandth the thickness of a human hair,” which could revolutionize flexible computer displays and miniature cameras.

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See-through semiconductors set to ‘shake up’ consumer electronics industry

By Jessica McMathis / January 5, 2015

Imagine a world in which you could incorporate any kind of consumer electronic device—digital calendars, computer displays, GPS systems, and room-darkening shades—into any type of glass surface. That world is just within reach, thanks to the work of researchers at Oregon State University.

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Study: Americans still love their gadgets, but smarter tech means less energy consumption

By Jessica McMathis / July 24, 2014

A new study shows that despite the fact that U.S. households use more consumer electronic devices than ever before, our electronics are more energy efficient than they’ve ever been. Thanks to smart TVs and a growing shift from desktop to tablet, in 2013 there was a significant decline in the amount of energy our smarter household electronics require.

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Big awards for little SOFC device for powering mobile electronics

By / February 5, 2013

A rerun worth watching: SOFC battery charger liberates electronic devices from the tyranny of the grid. Credit: CES. When the Consumer Electronics Show was going on in Las Vegas last…

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