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Used inside a properly designed chip, this technology could lead to computers that think and learn like a human.  <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/neuromorphic-chips-artificial-neuron/36565/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="36336"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/aroundthehome/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">AROUND THE HOME</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/ikea-wireless-charging/36336/">Ikea to sell furniture with built-in wireless charging</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/">Dario Borghino</a></div> <div class="date">March 3, 2015</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/ikea-wireless-charging/36336/#comments">3 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/ikea-wireless-charging/36336/pictures">11 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/ikea-wireless-charging/36336/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317205132im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/ikea-wireless-charging-8.jpg" title="Ikea will sell both furniture with wireless charging built-in, and accessories that can be..." alt="Ikea will sell both furniture with wireless charging built-in, and accessories that can be..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Starting next month, Swedish furniture colossus Ikea will start selling furniture with built-in Qi wireless charging and a charging kit to build wireless charging into existing furniture.  <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/ikea-wireless-charging/36336/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="36326"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/environment/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">ENVIRONMENT</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/modular-biogas-plant-fraunhofer/36326/">Modular biobattery plant turns a wide range of biomass into energy</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/">Dario Borghino</a></div> <div class="date">March 1, 2015</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/modular-biogas-plant-fraunhofer/36326/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/modular-biogas-plant-fraunhofer/36326/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317205132im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/modular-biogas-plant.jpg" title="A new high-efficiency biogas plant developed at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany could ..." alt="A new high-efficiency biogas plant developed at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany could ..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have developed a "biobattery" in the form of a highly efficient biogas plant that can turn raw materials like straw, scrap wood and sludge into a variety of useful energy sources including electricity, purified gas and engine oil. The new plant design, currently being put to the test in a prototype plant in Germany, is said to be highly modular and economically viable even at the small scale.  <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/modular-biogas-plant-fraunhofer/36326/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="36317"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/electronics/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">ELECTRONICS</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/high-temperature-superconductor-aluminum/36317/">Aluminum "superatoms" hint at a new type of superconducting materials</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/">Dario Borghino</a></div> <div class="date">February 28, 2015</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/high-temperature-superconductor-aluminum/36317/#comments">4 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/high-temperature-superconductor-aluminum/36317/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317205132im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/superconductor.jpg" title="Research into aluminum superatoms may lead to the discovery of a new class of high-tempera..." alt="Research into aluminum superatoms may lead to the discovery of a new class of high-tempera..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Scientists at the University of Southern California have made steps toward discovering a new family of superconductor materials that work at relatively high temperatures, with possible applications in physics research, medical imaging and high-performance electronics.  <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/high-temperature-superconductor-aluminum/36317/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="36320"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/science/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">SCIENCE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/high-performance-flow-battery/36320/">High-performance flow battery could rival lithium-ions for EVs and grid storage</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/">Dario Borghino</a></div> <div class="date">February 27, 2015</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/high-performance-flow-battery/36320/#comments">5 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/high-performance-flow-battery/36320/pictures">2 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/high-performance-flow-battery/36320/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317205132im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/high-performance-flow-battery.jpg" title="PNNL's high performance zinc-polyiodide flow battery approaches the performance of some li..." alt="PNNL's high performance zinc-polyiodide flow battery approaches the performance of some li..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> A new redox flow battery developed at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) more than doubles the amount of energy that this type of cell can pack in a given volume, approaching the numbers of lithium-ion batteries. If the device reaches mass production, it could find use in fast-charging transportation, portable electronics and grid storage.  <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/high-performance-flow-battery/36320/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="36288"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/science/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">SCIENCE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/low-cost-air-pollution-filter/36288/">Low-cost air filter could help Beijing breathe easy</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/">Dario Borghino</a></div> <div class="date">February 26, 2015</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/low-cost-air-pollution-filter/36288/#comments">4 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/low-cost-air-pollution-filter/36288/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317205132im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/low-cost-air-pollution-filter.jpg" title="A low-cost semitransparent air filter can reportedly collect 99 percent of harmful polluti..." alt="A low-cost semitransparent air filter can reportedly collect 99 percent of harmful polluti..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Material scientists at Stanford University have developed a highly effective semitransparent air filter that can collect 99 percent of the very small PM2.5 particles, considered the most harmful to the human respiratory tract. The low-cost filters, which don’t require power to function, could be used to build better protective facemasks, window screens, filtration systems in hospitals, and perhaps even to reduce pollution from cars and industrial smoke stacks.  <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/low-cost-air-pollution-filter/36288/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="36152"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/electronics/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">ELECTRONICS</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/silicon-anode-battery/36152/">Going small with silicon potentially has big implications for lithium-ion battery capacity</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/">Dario Borghino</a></div> <div class="date">February 25, 2015</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/silicon-anode-battery/36152/#comments">5 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/silicon-anode-battery/36152/pictures">3 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/silicon-anode-battery/36152/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317205132im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/silicon-anode-lithium-ion-battery.jpg" title="Researchers at the University of California, Riverside say they have found a way around th..." alt="Researchers at the University of California, Riverside say they have found a way around th..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) have developed a silicon anode for lithium-ion batteries that outperforms current materials and gets around previous issues that would cause the battery to be inefficient and quickly degrade (or even fail catastrophically) with use. As the researchers focus on scaling up production, the advance could pave the way for higher-performance electric vehicles, electronics and all-around portable power.  <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/silicon-anode-battery/36152/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="36151"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/computers/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">COMPUTERS</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/dna-data-storage/36151/">DNA storage could preserve data for millions of years</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/">Dario Borghino</a></div> <div class="date">February 18, 2015</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/dna-data-storage/36151/#comments">1 Comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/dna-data-storage/36151/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317205132im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/dna-data-storage.png" title="In the search for ways to store data permanently, ETH researchers have been inspired by fo..." alt="In the search for ways to store data permanently, ETH researchers have been inspired by fo..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Taking inspiration from the way fossilized bones can preserve genetic material for hundreds of thousands of years, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a "synthetic fossil" by writing digital information on DNA and then encapsulating it in a protective layer of glass.  <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/dna-data-storage/36151/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="36123"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/science/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">SCIENCE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/next-generation-holographic-display/36123/">New technique could lead to bigger, cheaper and color-accurate holograms</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/">Dario Borghino</a></div> <div class="date">February 17, 2015</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/next-generation-holographic-display/36123/pictures">3 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/next-generation-holographic-display/36123/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317205132im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/next-generation-holographic-display.jpeg" title="A new advance could lead to bigger, cheaper and high-fidelity holograms (Photo: D. Smalley..." alt="A new advance could lead to bigger, cheaper and high-fidelity holograms (Photo: D. Smalley..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Microsoft's recent <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/microsoft-hololens-details/35708/" target="_blank">HoloLens</a> announcement has reignited interest in holographic displays, but the current state of affairs suggests that this technology may still be too expensive and limited to become truly widespread. Researchers at Brigham Young University (BYU) and MIT are bridging the gap with a new important step toward the next generation of high-bandwidth, color-accurate holographic video displays that could span the size of an entire room at one tenth the cost of state of the art devices.  <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/next-generation-holographic-display/36123/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="35922"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/electronics/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">ELECTRONICS</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/energizer-high-performance-recycled-batteries/35922/">Energizer's "EcoAdvanced" batteries are partially made from recycled cells</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/">Dario Borghino</a></div> <div class="date">February 4, 2015</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/energizer-high-performance-recycled-batteries/35922/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317205132im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/high-performance-recycled-batteries.jpg" title="A new line of partially recycled alkaline batteries from Energizer could pave the way to g..." alt="A new line of partially recycled alkaline batteries from Energizer could pave the way to g..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Energizer has announced a new line of high-performance AA and AAA alkaline batteries that are in part made by recycling old cells, in what's claimed to be an industry first. Although currently only four percent of the battery comes from recovered materials, the plan for the company is to grow that percentage tenfold over the next 10 years and eventually use recycled materials in all its future cells.  <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/energizer-high-performance-recycled-batteries/35922/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div id="pagination"> <div class="next_prev"> <span>1</span> <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/2/">2</a> <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/3/">3</a> <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/4/">4</a> <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/5/">5</a> <a href="/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/2/" class="next_pagination">Next </a> » </div> </div> <div class="dotsontop">  <div id="search_form_bottom"> <form action="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317205132/http://www.gizmag.com/search/" id="cse-search-box-bottom"> <span class="title">Looking for something? 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