We’ve been pretty busy lately (which ironically it’s a good problem to have) but spending the past few months pulling some late nights with some coffee help kept us focused on the task and we’ve finally managed to finish the new version of our beloved website!

What’s new?
We refurbished our website not only with design in mind but also with SEO (Search Engine Optimization).

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So having said all that, engineers of the university of Illinois have developed a type of ultra-low-power digital memory that is faster and uses 100 times less energy than similar available memory. This new technology could give future portable electronic devices much longer battery life, meaning the times between having to recharge will grow further and further apart. The team, led by ECE Assistant Professor Eric Pop, will publish its results in an upcoming issue of science magazine and online in the March 10 Science Express.

“I think anyone who is dealing with a lot of chargers and plugging things in every night can relate to wanting a cell phone or laptop whose batteries can last for weeks or months,” said Pop, who is also affiliated with the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at Illinois.

The flash memory used in mobile devices today stores bits as charge, which requires high programming voltages and is relatively slow. The industry however, has been exploring alternative methods to deliver faster, but higher power phase-change materials (PCM). In PCM memory a bit is stored in the resistance of the material, which is switchable.

The research group managed to lower the power per bit to 100 times less than existing PCM memory, by simply focusing on the size. Metal wires were replaced by carbon nanotubes – these tiny tubes are only a few nanometers in diameter which translates to about 10,000 times smaller than a human hair.

“The energy consumption is essentially scaled with the volume of the memory bit,” said ECE graduate student Feng Xiong, the first author of the paper. “By using nanoscale contacts, we are able to achieve much smaller power consumption.”

A small bit is created by placing a small amount of PCM in a nanoscale gap formed in the middle of a carbon nanotube. The bit can be switched on and off by passing small currents through the nanotube.

“Carbon nanotubes are the smallest known electronic conductors,” Pop said. “They are better than any metal at delivering a little jolt of electricity to zap the PCM bit.”

Nanotubes are also a much better alternative because they do not degrade with the same pace as normal metal wires.

Using these lo-power PCM bits in electronic devices could increase battery life significantly. To put this into perspective, a smart phone uses about one watt of energy and a laptop runs on more than 25 watts.

“Anytime you’re running an app, or storing MP3s, or streaming videos, it’s draining the battery,” said ECE graduate student Albert Liao, a co-author. “The memory and the processor are working hard retrieving data. As people use their phones to place calls less and use them for computing more, improving the data storage and retrieval operations is important.”

This new technology could eventually lead to for instance devices harvesting its own thermal, mechanical or solar energy, which essentially means that a battery may eventually not even be needed. The technology may also eventually cut the expense at supercomputing datacenters by a large percentage.

“Even though we’ve taken one technology and shown that it can be improved by a factor of 100, we have not yet reached what is physically possible. We have not even tested the limits yet. I think we could lower power by at least another factor of 10,” Pop said.

This concept, called SkinDisplay, employs advanced piezoelectric technology, which stiffens materials using electricity. In this way, you could press your finger down on the back of your phone and the raised letters would form an imprint that allows you to read your texts in a more tactful manner! This technology also has rather obvious applications to Braille reading systems for blind people.

Watch how it works

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If you are like me and enjoy travelling while visiting museums but you don’t have that much time on your side to fully appreciate the beauty of art than Google once more has the answer.

Google introduced the Google Art Project which works like street view but  for art. You will be able to walk through some of the world’s most prestigious museums in 3D space. With Google Art Project you can easily discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.

Discover more about ‘the behind the scenes’ via Google Art Project dedicated youtube channel

Experience it yourself: http://www.googleartproject.com/

First person animation views of your home before construction works have started are not a dream for the future. You can walk through your fancy building and have a look at how things will shape up beforehand. Interior decorations and building presentation can be tackled more effectively this way.

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Take a look at our animated short movies portfolio