Making Electricity From Dirt
By harnessing power from soil microbes, one engineer is trying to charge cell phones across rural Africa.
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OMG UR Phone Knows UR Texting + Driving!
By analyzing keystrokes of cell phone texters, researchers have developed a way to keep drivers’ hands on the wheel and off their mobile device.
Feds Seek Ban on Cellphone Use for Drivers
As past Miller-McCune articles have shown, driving while using your cellphone is a bad idea, and the U.S. government is doing its best to make sure you can hear that message now.
Does This Make My Antenna Look Big?
Researchers mix technology with fashion, analyze a pharaoh's skin condition, measure the smarts of Scrabble players, and more in this edition of Miller-McCune's "Cocktail Napkin."
Turning Cellphones Into Mobile Microscopes
Researchers across California are working to bring medical microscopes to our cellphones — and vastly improve field medicine.
Researchers Examine Life Without Cellphones
With cellphones increasingly dominating every aspect of U.S. life, some researchers are wondering what happens when we go cold turkey.
Helping World’s Poor? There’s An App for That
Technology, such as the humble cell phone, may knock down some of the impediments that tarnish the name of foreign aid.
Use the Phone While Driving, Get Dumped
Study says using a cell phone while driving causes communication breakdowns that could cause misunderstandings and hurt relationships.
Why the iPhone Won
New research suggests that the iPhone's success is largely due to its ability to offer what other smart phones did not: Browsing was the killer app.