Gadgets not lasting as long as you would like them to? Welcome to planned obsolescence

Intentionally manufacturing products with short lifespan is dangerous amid rapid growth for the electronics industry  

DoIT to provide subsidies for recycling e-wastes

New technique can make flexible electronics self-repairing too

Researchers claim the new technique is novel as it does not require rare materials or the addition of any complex circuitry

Ozone conundrum

Refrigeration and air-conditioning industry has switched to ozonefriendly hydrofluorocarbons. But these are super global warming gases and need …

Is safety the real concern?

Fear about safe use of natural refrigerants is more a political agenda and less a concern for safety

BIS to revisit safety standards on use of hydrocarbons in fridges and ACs

CSE had recommended amendments to a standard which would allow wider use of the refrigerant

Reviewing refrigeration standards

There is an urgent need to assess flammable refrigerants with changing technology

Defining High Ambient Temperature crucial to HFC phase-down

A population weighted effective temperature model is being recommended by experts at the 37th Open-Ended Working Group meeting in Geneva

A smart idea

Economic growth has unleashed an enormous appetite for home appliances among the Indian middle class. At their current level of energy efficiency,…

The gas game

Fluorocarbons, which created a hole in the ozone layer, have generated intense global debates. But these have been more about business than …

In-depth viewing

New stereoscopic systems hope to popularise 3D viewing again

In cooler light

Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation, well... laser was, naturally, thought to be a superheater. But, soon it will be used as …

Identity? No more crisis

A new version of the memory cards could spell a radical shift in our notions of identity cards, passports or quite simply any kind of …

IEEE infuriates

Lend me your ears

Hitachi, the Japanese electronics corporation is admirably manipulating the wonders of science for the much ignored field of telecom for the deaf.…

Watch your step

Heat watch

Knock, knock

Count the stars

Bringing the cinema home won't be easy

Electronic companies worldwide, who are trying to develop a new generation of televisions, are finding the going tough

Rushing into cyberspace

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Face to face

Leading firms are using various technologies to grab a share of the gigantic market created by the need to provide the Indian electorate with …

On the verge of a breakthrought

The electronics industry is poised for a quantum jump as a group of Indian scientists claim to have developed a silicon-based, light-emitting diode.

Chip off the new block

Researchers try enhancing the capacitance of microelectronic capacitors

Cleanliness drive