Wearable computing

Creating electrical voltage with the help of the heat emitted from the body.

Wearable devices powered by body heat

Hongrui Jiang, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in his lab. Photo: Stephanie Precourt

Tiny solar cells could power personal devices

A flexible electronic material that repairs itself. PHOTO FROM YOUTUBE - COURTESY OF PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

A flexible electronic material that repairs itself

The innovative transistor consists of four types of ink: a conductor (silver), an insulator (aluminum oxide), a semiconductor (cadmium selenide) and a conductor in which an insulating material is integrated (a mixture of silver and indium).

Transistors composed entirely of nanocrystals

Photo: from the MotionX website

Forum - to put together and forget / Philippa Kahn

A man wearing "Google Glass" glasses in Los Angeles, May 2013. Photo: shutterstock

The future of smart glasses / Larry Greenmeyer

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The clothes make the person

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

For rent in Japan - a robotic suit that helps people walk