smartphone

Camera chip provides super depth resolution for 3D printing

Posted in Hardware on 7th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

You take a snapshot with your smartphone, send it to your 3D printer, and within minutes you have a replica accurate to within microns of the remote original object.

Getting enough sleep?

Posted in Medicine on 4th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

A mobile app helps physicians identify common sleep disorders in patients.

You Can Now Use Your Cellphone As A 3D Modeling Tool

Posted in Hardware on 2nd Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

Researchers have created a new technology that uses the camera and accelerometers in an average cellphone to measure real objects in 3D space.

Turning smartphones into personal, real-time pollution-location monitors

Posted in Hardware on 14th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

Using smartphones and sensing technology to pinpoint times and locations of the worst air pollution, which is associated with respiratory and cardiovascular problems.

By 2020, 80% of the world's adult population will own a smartphone

Posted in Hardware on 2nd Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

The smartphone is probably the fastest adopted technology of all time.