A revolution is coming in flexible electronic technologies as cheaper, more flexible, organic transistors come on the scene to replace expensive, rigid, silicon-based semiconductors, but not enough is known about how bending in these new thin-film electronic devices will affect their performance, say materials scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Writing in the current issue of Nature Communications, …

  The patent is titled “Windscreen Clearing System for a Vehicle,” which describes how the eye-tracking hardware and software would be put to work. In brief, you, the driver, look in your rear-view mirror and the wipers on the rear window become activated. Eye-tracking tech was in focus with an earlier January announcement of a Jaguar Land Rover tie-in with …

  An official at Chengdu’s city transportation commission said the visit Wednesday was part of an investigation into Uber allowing private drivers to offer their services via the taxi-hailing app, which has established a presence in about 10 Chinese cities. The Chinese government in January banned drivers of private cars from offering such services through apps. Police last week raided …

    The boxing match billed as the fight of the century is over, but the battle over smartphone video streaming of the Las Vegas showdown is just beginning. Revelations that dozens of smartphone users streamed the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather weekend fight have raised questions about how new technologies can get around copyright restrictions imposed at live venues such as …

    San Francisco company Ripple Labs agreed to pay a $700,000 penalty for running a market for XRP, the world’s second largest virtual currency after Bitcoin, outside US financial regulations. The Justice Department said Ripple, a developer of banking payment technologies backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, had not adhered to rules governing money services businesses, especially to prevent …

  Samsung on Tuesday launched the Samsung Portable SSD T1 portable drive in India. Available via popular e-commerce websites, the Samsung Portable SSD T1 comes in three storage capacities. While the 250GB variant is priced at Rs. 12,000, the 500GB and 1TB variants are priced at Rs. 18,000 and 35,000 respectively. SSD drives are faster than regular hard disks and …

  The US space agency has sought ideas from people about what is necessary to ensure a continuous human presence on the Red Planet. The new Nasa challenge invites the public to write down ideas, in detail, for developing the elements of space pioneering necessary to stay on Mars for longer period. This could include shelter, food, water, breathable air, …

  The Gionee Elife E8 smartphone might soon hit shelves as the handset has been spotted on China’s Tenaa mobile certification website. It is worth noting that during the Elife S7 launch in India, the company President William Lu already confirmed the Elife E8 flagship would be launching soon, and that Gionee would also be launching M-series and P-series smartphones …

  The Delhi-based startup in a press statement announced the news and also revealed that a pilot project ran in Delhi-NCR region prior to the final announcement. It added that 500 Xiaomi customers have already used GadgetWood for repair services. Though GadgetWood operates only in Delhi-NCR, the release states that Xiaomi customers across India will benefit from the move. Commenting …

  Microsoft’s latest Surface tablet, the Surface 3, has gone on sale in select countries. Additionally, the company has also introduced a limited period trade-in scheme where Surface RT or Surface 2 owners can trade-in their working Surface tablet to get up to $150 towards a new Microsoft Surface 3. To recall, the Microsoft Surface 3 was priced at $499 …