cell phones

Imagine a self-powering cell phone that never needs to be charged because it converts sound waves produced by the user into the energy it needs to keep running.

It's not as far-fetched as it may seem.

As more of us gravitate to smartphones with features such as Web surfing, e-mail and video, we're putting more demands on cell phone batteries.

(University of Michigan) Metal alloys can fail unexpectedly in a wide range of applications -- from jet engines to satellites to cell phones -- and new research from the University of Michigan helps to explain why.

GPS sales have doubled each year since 2006. But the market is an intensely competitive one, more so now with a growing number of GPS-capable cell phones.

Not everyone is melding their music with their cell phones, but a growing number of consumers are, with more choices than ever for finding a music phone that strikes the right note.

A group has demonstrated software that for the first time enables deaf and hard of hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone.

As cell phones move into younger hands, various GPS locator services are being used by parents to follow those hands as children go from home to school, or to friends' houses or after-class programs.

Electronic devices get smaller and more complex every year. It turns out that fragility is the price for miniaturization, especially when it comes to small devices, such as cell phones, hitting the floor.

Wouldn't it be great if they bounced instead of cracked when dropped?

(Clemson University) Electronic devices get smaller and more complex every year. It turns out that fragility is the price for miniaturization, especially when it comes to small devices, such as cell phones, hitting the floor.

Wouldn't it be great if they bounced instead of cracked when dropped?

Little ones have lots of tech-related toys from which to choose, from pretend cell phones to night vision goggles.