New evidence on mobile phones
A study released this week has found no link between mobile phones and brain cancer - but an Australian expert says that if we really want to understand their health effects, we might need to ask...
View ArticleJamming may leave GPS in the wilderness
SCRAMBLED SIGNALS: Australian researchers have raised concern over the growing vulnerability of global positioning system devices to accidental and intentional attack.
View ArticleNano-films charge our future
EVERLASTING POWER: Nano-films have the potential to harness the body's movement to power electronic devices, say Australian scientists.
View ArticleResearchers develop electronic 'tattoo'
WAFER THIN: A hair-thin electronic patch that adheres to the skin like a temporary tattoo could transform sensing, gaming and spying.
View ArticleCan solar storms unleash communications chaos?
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: The more reliant we become on electronic gadgetry, the more vulnerable we are to a solar superstorm. Dr Karl tries to look on the sunny side.
View ArticleCotton t-shirt to charge mobile phones?
SUPER T-SHIRTS: Engineers say they have successfully transformed a cotton t-shirt into a flexible, highly conductive component, which is capable of charging devices.
View ArticleElectronics that vanish without a trace
RESORB CIRCUITS: US researchers have developed a new kind of electronic device that dissolves in fluids.
View ArticleNew material for stretchy electronics
BENDY CIRCUITS: Scientists in Switzerland have come up with a material mimicking the way tendons connect to bones.
View ArticleLook mum, no glasses in 3D breakthrough
3D BREAKTHROUGH: Three-dimensional movies on your mobile phone are within reach after US researchers developed a 3D image display that can be viewed without special glasses.
View ArticleBug-eyed about new camera technology
BEE'S KNEES TECHNOLOGY: Taking their cue from nature, engineers have built a camera using stretchable electronics that scans the world like a fly's compound eye, with a wide field of view and no...
View ArticleSmartphones to help fight stress from noise
NOISE APP: Stress-causing noise could now be monitored in urban areas using a new app developed for smartphones by Australian scientists.
View ArticleThe story of Wi-Fi
VIDEO FROM THE VAULT: How a team of Australian radio astronomers solved the problem of high-speed wireless internet.
View ArticleGPS: The 'next big thing'
VIDEO FROM THE VAULT: In this video from 1992, Graham Phillips explains an amazing new-fangled thing that could turn out to be very useful.
View ArticleTowards 2000: Introducing the amazing compact disc
VIDEO FROM THE VAULT: Dust-proof, scratch-proof and read by a laser (!) - in 1982 this technology was sure to challenge the dominance of the long-playing record.
View ArticleHospitals bugged by dirty mobile phones
FILTHY PHONES: Mobile phones are a risk to public health, an Australian study has found. But it has nothing to do with electromagnetic fields and tumours.
View ArticleNew wearable device monitors sweat to track health in real time
SWEAT IT OUT: Scientists develop a breakthrough wearable monitor that measures chemicals in your sweat to track changes in your body such as dehydration and fatigue.
View ArticleStretchy batteries and solar cells take wearable technology to next level
BENDY BATTERIES: Scientists have developed thin, soft stretchy batteries and solar cells that can be applied to the skin like a band-aid.
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