2) Good vibrations: New tech may lead to smaller, more powerful wireless devices
Date Published: May 3, 2024
What if your earbuds could do everything your smartphone can do already, except better? What sounds a bit like science fiction may actually not be so far off. A new class of synthetic materials could herald the next revolution of wireless technologies, enabling devices to be smaller, require less signal strength and use less power. Posted by UANews
In Matt Eichenfield's lab at Sandia National Laboratories, he and his team use multiple microwave frequencies to characterize a nonlinear phononic mixing device they built on a silicon wafer.