In the year 2020, Jerry the average American worker, yawns and wakes up to a dark room as his alarm goes off.  Sitting up in bed, he hits a switch on the wall by his bed adjusting the opacity of his windows, to let in more light.  As he walks to the bathroom, he taps […]

Many technological advances are inundating the military market. Among perhaps tougher Kevlar and new rifles, is the Sarcos® Exoskeleton: a revolutionizing robot that complements the human body to attend to the most inhuman tasks possible. While some may imagine that lifting two hundred pounds is a struggle, this machine […]

Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student Hao-Chih Yuan holds a sample of a semiconductor film on plastic. (Large image)

New thin-film semiconductor techniques invented by UW-Madison engineers promise to add sensing, computing and imaging capability to an amazing array of materials.
Historically, the semiconductor industry has relied on flat, two-dimensional chips upon which to […]

Let’s not deny the obvious- that the iPhone is a conglomeration of the supreme features of all phones that have come to pass in the up and coming telecommunications age. It’s the best of all the phones out there. We’ll ignore how they […]

There was a flurry of activity a few months ago regarding the secret Microsoft product release planned for Wednesday morning by the same team that worked on the Xbox™ and the Zune™ devices. Blogs and technology sites were out in full force with predictions and well-crafted rumours, building hype for what was thought to be […]