Waiting hours for your smartphone to charge can be a real nuisance, but a new chip may help you reach full charge in as long as it takes to brew and drink your morning cup of tea. A smart chip about the size of a fingernail has been developed by Professor Rachid Yazami of Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NUS) and could drastically change the way we charge our devices.

RadioShack, the perpetually-near-death electronics retailer with more nostalgia than business savvy, has a new “Chief Creative Officer.” It’s Nick Cannon, the ex-husband of Mariah Carey, host of MTV2’s “Wild ‘N Out” and author of veritable hip-hop chart-toppers like “Pajama Party” and “Your Pops Don’t Like Me.”

While smartphones, smarthomes and even smart wearables are growing ever more advanced, they're still limited by power. The battery hasn't advanced in decades.

John McAfee of McAfee Antivirus software has announced that he will seek the Libertarian Party's nomination for president. His campaign is intended to "disrupt the political status quo," McAfee told USA Today, and as president he would "stop the U.S. from being the world's policeman" and pardon all marijuana users.

The biggest innovations in suitcases in the past year or two have been focused primarily on two things: Giving travelers the ability to track the location of their suitcase, and providing a backup battery for the many modern devices travelers carry. But one company is taking it a step further: This suitcase follows where you lead. "Any object can be smart and robotic," Alex Libman, co-founder and CEO of NUA Robotics, told Mashable. "We want to bring robots into everyday life."

Scientists in the US have designed a reusable lithium-ion battery that will shut down under extreme temperatures and only work again once the device has cooled. The innovation may help to prevent battery fires in specialised lithium-ion technologies. Found in everything from laptops to smart watches, lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous in the modern world and have revolutionised consumer electronics. But flaws have become apparent when the cell is used in some specific industrial settings...

New York area retail vets Ronny Shmoel and Albert Liniado are betting that the third time will be a

It's actually smaller than the light beam it needs to work. We've seen some ridiculously tiny electronics in our day, but this might take the cake. Swiss researchers have built an optical networking switch so small that it's measured on the atomic scale -- in fact, it's smaller than the wavelength of light it needs to transmit data. The system can use just one silver atom to transmit an electrical current between silver and platinum pads. Apply enough voltage and the atom moves into place...

The C.E.O. of Adafruit Industries wants to help others see engineering the way that she does—as a deeply creative endeavor. By Nicola Twilley.

The Raspberry Pi 3 was released earlier this month with some significantly improved hardware, including a quad-core 64-bit ARM CPU, an upgraded GPU, and embedded wireless—updates that will let people use it for a wider variety of tasks than before. For people whose use cases require a decent amount of storage, Western Digital has just announced a specialized low-profile hard drive called the PiDrive.

Logitech’s flagship gaming mouse is impressive, but may fall short of converting wired fanatics. Last week at the 2016 Game Developers Conference, we sat down with Logitech senior product manager Chris Pate, who gave us a hands-on demonstration of the company’s upcoming G900 Chaos Spectrum professional-grade wireless gaming mouse. Being a wireless mouse in a community dominated by wired peripherals, the G900 carries an enormous weight.

New device could help advance the field of molecular electronics

Amazon’s philosophy with the Kindle line has been consistent for nearly 10 years now — to make the device disappear, by making it as close to paper as possible. However, with the release of its latest model, called the Kindle Oasis, Amazon is shining a spotlight on the Kindle design itself. It’s bringing its flagship e-reader back into the consumer tech conversation with a bold device, and it carries with it some new compromises.

University of California, Irvine researchers have created a battery material that can be recharged hundreds of thousands of times.

University of California, Irvine researchers have invented nanowire-based battery material that can be recharged hundreds of thousands of times, moving us closer to a battery that would never require replacement. The breakthrough work could lead to commercial batteries with greatly lengthened lifespans for computers, smartphones, appliances, cars and spacecraft.

Researchers at the University of California have discovered a way to use nanowires to allow lithium-ion batteries in smartphones, electric vehicles and other commercial devices to be recharged hundreds of thousands of times.

This simple Raspberry Pi-Powered Linux laptop uses off-the-shelf parts, can be hooked up to a TV or monitor, and it fits in your pocket.

Full-color electronic paper is finally a reality. But don't expect to flip through vivid comic book e-pages any time soon: The technology will serve as signage for now. E Ink—maker of the ePaper display on your Nook, Kindle, or Kobo—this week unveiled Advanced Color ePaper (ACeP), a high-quality, full-color reflective display. ACeP uses colored pigments and a single layer of electrophoretic fluid to achieve a full color gamut.

Sennheiser has announced a new pair of wireless headphones, the PXC 550, which comes with pretty exceptional battery life and a companion app that allows you to alter audio levels to your liking. The PXC 550 Wireless will last up to 30 hours with adaptive noise canceling engaged, according to Sennheiser, which is ten hours longer than wireless listening on the Bose QC35.

As part of the exhibition Odyssey: Navigating Nameless Seas at the Singapore Art Museum, Korean artist U-Ram Choe has a mesmerizing kinetic sculpture installed entitled Una Lumino Callidus Spiritus that consists of 51 shiny flower-like individual units with translucent shells.