Today, Wi-Fi is everywhere, allowing people to stream movies on their smartphones, connect laptops to printers and so on. Despite its ubiquitous presence, this wireless computer networking technology is known to consume large amounts of energy, and is responsible for draining the batteries of all connected devices. A team of researchers at the University of…
We here at HEXAPOLIS have discussed in details the various potential applications of graphene - the two-dimensional carbon allotrope. And now a group of resourceful researchers over at MIT have found yet another use for the one-atom thick wonder material, with its crucial impact envisioned in most of the world's electricity-producing power plants. To that…
James and Jake Dyson exemplify the old saying, "Like father, like son". Founder of the Britain-based Dyson company, Sir James is an industrial designer, best known for inventing the Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner. Other inventions by the company include Ballbarrow, a modified wheelbarrow featuring a ball in place of the wheel and Dyson Air-Multiplier, a redesigned…