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Track Air Pollution on Your Cell Phone

Anya Kamenetz — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:55:04 -0500

Image: Tiny air quality sensors from Seacoast Science.

Cellphonometry: Can Kids Really Learn Math From Smartphones?

Elizabeth Svoboda — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:00:00 -0500

In middle school, math was Taylor Scott's worst subject by far. "I honestly hated it," says Scott, now a 15-year-old sophomore at Southwest High School in Jacksonville, North Carolina. She'd take notes as the teacher droned on, but she never really wrestled to understand the concepts until she was home alone with her textbook -- and sometimes not even then. Most of the time, her math grades hovered in the B to C range.

Watch Out Apple, Amazon: Qualcomm's E-Reader Will Play Color Video

Kit Eaton — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:52:22 -0500

E-readers may or may not emerge as the must-have gadget of 2010, but nearly all the devices out now have a problem--their screens only do gray scale, and move too slowly for video. But Qualcomm's got an answer for that.

Biomimicry, the Zoo, and San Diego Too

Glenn Croston — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:11:49 -0400

The Biomimicry Symposium held October 1-2 in San Diego brought together engineers, designers, scientists and others turning to nature as a source of inspiration. For cities, businesses, and entrepreneurs looking for the next great thing, the growing field of biomimicry is

Meet the Smartbook: For Everything Your Smartphone and Netbook Can't Do

Kit Eaton — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:11:44 -0400

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the future of mobile computing: The Smartbook. In the same way that a netbook filled a previously unknown need by being something between a laptop and a smartphone, a Smartbook device is halfway between a smartphone and a netbook. And actually, better than either.

Qualcomm's Low-Power "Mirasol" Cell Phone Displays Coming Stateside This Year

Ariel Schwartz — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:12:28 -0400

Blink and you'll miss all the new eco-friendly developments coming from the cell phone industry. Solar power, recyclable materials, e-manuals, and now low-power displays. Unlike LCD displays that shine with their own light, Qualcomm's new "mirasol" cell phone displays, now in production at a Taiwan facility, reflect ambient light.

Qualcomm's Vision of a Wireless Charging Future

Kit Eaton — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:02:33 -0400

"Wires, wires, wires" or possibly "a nest of vipers" could serve as a description for the space beneath my desk, where my MacBook's battery cable snakes through a spaghetti of others from my phone, my digital-picture frame keyring, my wife's phone charger, and my plug-in iPod charger. I wish that all of it were wirelessly chargeable. And it may be...soon, with Qualcomm's new eZone system.

Qualcomm Device Reveals Details About Windows Mobile 7

Chris Dannen — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:09:02 -0400

Today chipmaker Qualcomm [NASDAQ: QCOM] debuted a concept slider mini-notebook computer that could cost as little as $300 and offer 3G wireless access. The device, to be produced by Taiwanese manufacturer Inventec, takes advantage of ultra-small and low-power chips with its slim and compact design. At present, the device runs Linux, but one Qualcomm executive is enthusiastic about the coming Windows Mobile 7. Windows Mobile's next generation of builds will be more laptop friendly, according to the executive, as the chipsets for mobile phones and laptops begin to converge.