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Health

New device helps Parkinson’s patients track symptoms at home and improve care

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Patients with Parkinson's often don't know how fast their disease is worsening or if their medications are working.

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Technology

4+ hours of using a smartphone impacts adolescent health

PLOS

However, for lighter users, rates of adverse health measures were no greater than for nonusers.

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Health

Study reveals ideal daily step count for longer life: 8,000 steps

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Daily step counts linked to mortality and heart health.

Male patient opening his mouth for the doctor to look at his throat
Health

Your tongue reflects your health

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Review of a computer-based system for diagnosing diseases by analyzing tongue color.

Image showing Eight green perovskite LED substrates in Congreve’s lab glow as researchers shine ultraviolet light on them.
Invention

Perovskite LEDs get a boost, but at the expense of longevity

Dr. Prajakta Banik

The Efficiency-Stability Trade-Off in Perovskite LEDs.

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Invention

Affordable mass manufacturing method for micro-LED displays

Vidya Nagalwade

Continuous roller printing efficiently transfers thousands of microscopic semiconductor devices in a single shot.

Image showing the spin property of electrons and holes
Technology

Smartphone screens can be used to map magnetic fields

Vidya Nagalwade

Hand-held magnetic field imaging can used for construction safety & medical diagnostics.

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AI & Machine Learning

Glasses with AI can read a silent speech

Vidya Nagalwade

Acoustic sensing enables silent speech recognition without eyewear.

Mobile Phone Dark mode
Technology

Phone’s dark mode doesn’t necessarily save much battery life

Editorial Team

But there are a few ways that users can take better advantage of the feature.

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Technology

Scientists invented a smartphone-controlled soft brain implant

Amit Malewar

Wirelessly rechargeable soft brain implant controls brain cells​.

Students used their smartphone over 8h/day on average during lockdown
Health

Students used their smartphone over 8h/day on average during lockdown

Pranjal Malewar

Those reporting poorer sleep quality also used these devices more.

Excessive smartphone, social media use may be linked to mental distress
Health

Excessive smartphone, social media use may be linked to mental distress

Pranjal Malewar

The study highlight factors that should be among the factors considered by clinicians and researchers who work in the field of youth mental health.

Social Science

Just being around your cellphone affects your thinking

Pranjal Malewar

A framework of trying to understand if technology, or media in general, are mirrors or modifiers of human behavior.

Associate Professor Matthew Hill, Dr Mahdokht Shaibani and Professor Mainak Majumder with the lithium-sulphur battery design.
Technology

New lithium-sulphur battery makes cell phone work for five continuous days

Ashwini Sakharkar

It also enables an electric vehicle to drive more than 1000km without needing to “refuel”.

The handheld technology allows farmers to identify plant diseases in the field. Photo credit: NC State University
Plants

Smartphone-based portable device diagnoses plant diseases in the field

Amit Malewar

Every plant releases volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as they 'breathe' through the pores in their leaves. But when a plant is diseased, the type...

Mobile screen
Invention

New technique could make screens brighter, with better contrast and longer life

Ashwini Sakharkar

If you have ever tried to watch any video on a tablet on a sunny day, you know you have to tilt it at...

Dr. Randall Bly, an assistant professor of otolaryngology at the UW School of Medicine who practices at Seattle Children’s Hospital, uses the app to check his daughter’s ear.Dennis Wise/University of Washington
Technology

Researchers developed a smartphone app that can hear ear infection in children

Ashwini Sakharkar

An ear infection may occur when fluid builds up in the middle ear behind the eardrum and is infected. Any kind of fluid build-up...

Scientists blended smartphone to reveal what’s inside
Invention

Scientists blended smartphone to reveal what’s inside

Pranjal Malewar

Smartphones, mobile phones with more advanced computing capabilities and connectivity than regular mobile phones, came onto the consumer market in the late 90s. The...

Study finds that hackers could guess your phone PIN using its sensor data
Technology

Study finds that hackers could guess your phone PIN using its sensor data

Amit Malewar

According to a new study, advanced mobile phone instruments, such as the accelerometer, spinner, and vicinity sensors, speak to potential security powerlessness. Utilizing a blend of...

Women More Prone To Smartphone Addiction Than Men
Social Science

Women More Prone To Smartphone Addiction Than Men

Amit Malewar

Smartphone owners: particularly younger adults use the smartphone for more than just calling and messaging. 44% of cell owners have slept with their phone next...

Technology May Let You Charge Smartphone with a Finger Swipe
Nanotechnology

Technology May Let You Charge Smartphone with a Finger Swipe

Amit Malewar

In the hustle and bustle of modern life, there are so many important elements like a smartphone. Smartphone plays an important role in our...

How smartphone screen affect your body
Science

This is How Smartphone Screen Affects Your Body

Amit Malewar

Smartphones are becoming a part of our daily lives. Everyone carries a cell phone. Additionally, everyone is becoming conscious about their health, but they...

Google's New Smartphone: Pixel And Pixel Xl
Technology

Google’s New Smartphone: Pixel And Pixel Xl

Amit Malewar

For the first time, Google has announced its new smartphones, Pixel and Pixel XL. These smartphones can bring people the best of Google through...

New Fabric Uses Sun And Wind To Power Devices
Technology

New Fabric Uses Sun And Wind To Power Devices

Amit Malewar

Scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology developed a new fabric that gathers power from both the sun and the wind. Scientists have combined...

Holoflex: world's first holographic flexible smartphone
Technology

Holoflex: world’s first holographic flexible smartphone

Amit Malewar

Scientists recently have developed the Holoflex: the world's first holographic flexible smartphones’. Without any kind of helmets, it allows the user to interface with...

Flexible Android Smartphone
Technology

Reflex: A Flexible Android Smartphone

Amit Malewar

From the University of Queen's Media Lab, Canada, Researchers have developed world's first flexible android smartphone named as 'ReFlex' by using bend sensing to...

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