Researchers design flexible transistors

The manufacturing-friendly process could transform the wearables industry. A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised a method to create flexible silicon based transistors in an affordable and impressively fast way. The technique involves using beams of electrons in order to create reusable molds of the patterns that they want, in a…

Bang and Olufsen’s BeoPlay A1: A small wireless portable speaker which packs a punch

The BeoPlay A1 – when you cannot just compromise on audio quality and looks. Danish electronic giant, Bang and Olufsen, is commonly associated with high-end audio gear, and with the launch of its BeoPlay A1, its smallest portable speaker, do expect a world class audiophile-grade device. The portable Bluetooth-enabled wireless speaker, is small enough to…

European Commission starts Antitrust proceedings with Google over Android

This has taken political colours with President Barrack Obama almost terming it as protectionism. Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s commissioner for competition, has begun probing on Google’s perceived anti-competitive behaviour vis-a-vis its Android operating system. Vestager has to prove and establish that Google has been abusing its dominant position by hindering competitors from developing Android…