Living in an era of sophisticated tech products, we are familiar with a multiple number of input options. We have come across keyboards, trackpads, mice, touchscreens, multitouch gestures etc. Here a team of researchers from the Université Paris-Sud in France has invented an exceptionally new method to easily provide keyboard shortcuts to computers and other devices. It is a system of tapping on the trackpads or touchscreens with some Morse code-like rhythms instead of using the keyboard shortcuts.

Rhythmic taps on trackpad to replace keyboard shortcuts

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Have you ever imagined a wonder gadget that can help you to monitor the ripeness of fruits and vegetables which you’ve kept in your store, preventing any loss caused by spoilage? Well, in that case your imagination has come true, because an MIT professor and a group of his students from the chemistry department have built a new gadget which can actually sense ripeness in fruits and vegetables.

New sensor can accurately measure fruits ripeness

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Researchers at University of Exeter claim to have discovered the world’s most lightweight, transparent and flexible material capable of conducting electricity. Named as GraphExeter (the later part of the name based on University’s name itself) the discovery comes as a major breakthrough as indium tin oxide (ITO), which is currently used in manufacturing flexible displays is going to get extinct from earth’s surface in coming few years. Scientist had been looking for an alternative and all the focus turned to graphene, being the most flexible and strongest of all transparent materials. Notably, it is also the thinnest among them all with its sheet being just one atom thick. Prior to this resin electrodes have also been used to replace ITO-based displays.

GraphExeter

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The world has been waiting long for its first quantum computer. Time an again we have been told about the vast possibilities that quantum computers can offer.There is a cutting edge research going on in this field with the likes of IBM and Microsoft ready to invest billions for a breakthrough. This time it is Michael Biercuk from University of Sydney, who along with his team claims to discover a tiny crystal of beryllium ions, a quantum computer that could shy traditional computers of the size of universe. The analogy itself points to the possibilities of such discovery.

World’s most powerful quantum computer

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You might remember one of those dreaded days when you had to drive in a dense fog or rain at the night time along a mountainous terrain and the glare of the headlights just adds to the difficulty of the task. You wished you had some kind of magical glasses that would take care of themselves. Researchers from MIT have taken inspiration from nature and have come up with a multifunctional glass made of nano-textures that prevent fog and glare.

Self cleansing and glare-free glass

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Just imagine about a blanket that can tell your doctor in detail of your sleeping disorders and other sleep-related issues? A team of Canadian researchers have shaped up a high tech blanket with this functionality. It can record the real-time data of your body as you sleep and show them on a connected computer.

High tech blanket

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We have some pretty startling figures when it comes to the dreaded ‘waiting list’ of organ transplant patients. In a country like U.S. with presumed advanced healthcare systems, only 15 percent of severely affected patients could receive transplanted kidneys, with the other 92,000 patients being left in the dark. However, the real predicament lies not in the scarcity of kidneys, but it rather alludes to the incapability of the scientific community to come up with an effective yet portable alternative solution for kidneys. That is up till now; because, researchers at UCSF may have finally come up with a credible device that would deliver its functions as a full fledged artificial kidney.

Scientists create the world’s first credible artificial kidney

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Seems like even IT giants such as IBM are unable to run away from the lure of associating themselves with the futuristic electric cars. While Google is still working on its driver-less car, IBM too intends to change the future of automotive industry by developing a lithium-air battery technology that would be capable of providing a 500 miles travel on a single charge. Most EVs today suffer from a low-range of up to 150 miles owing to the batteries that cannot support them for a longer time. With the pressure mounting on the oil prices as these natural resources continue to diminish, the bets are on alternative ways to drive the cars of the future.

IBM’s lithium-air battery to increase your EVs range to 500 miles

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Whether you consider it an unhinging factor or an uphill process, but switching to solar power may not appear simple all throughout (especially, when you have to choose between solar thermal panels or photovoltaic panels). But, here’s something from Guildford-based Naked Energy that combines the best of both for enhanced convenience and better usability. Notably, the British Company recently came up with their new Virtu Hybrid Solar Panel that stands out for its unique design, function and test results.

Virtu Hybrid Solar Panel

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Advanced methods to dissipate heat from electronic gadgets are enormously important. A gadget with overheat means it may either dawdle or halt functioning at anytime. A researcher at the North Carolina State University has worked out a highly efficient and low-cost method to cool electronics devices easily. The technology will help an overheating device like a laser or a power device cool down quickly.

Most efficient way to cool devices

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