Future NFC Chips Could Be Printed Like Newspapers For Cheaper Gadgets
Small, cheap smart-tag devices that are printed as digital circuits in rolls like newspapers could help kickstart the wireless payment industry. The devices, known as rectennas, combine a rectifier – which converts current from AC to DC – with an antenna, and can harness power directly from radio waves given off by a mobile phone.…
Why a Two-Tone Unibody iPhone Makes Perfect Sense
There’s been much speculation that Apple’s next iPhone will come with a unibody, two-tone design, a significant departure for the company. But fewer people have bothered to ask why. Industrial designer Don Lehman does here for The Tech Block—and comes up with some convincing answers. The image above could be one of four things. 1.…
Slit-Scan Photographs Make for Psychedelic Photo Finishes
Slit-scan photography works much like a rolling shutter does—the sensor continually collects image data but the shutter never actually closes, hence its use in determining a “photo finish”—whatever crosses the camera’s view first, appears first in the photo set. Or at least that’s how its supposed to work. Slit-scan photography is also really useful for…