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A new type of printed circuit board (PCB) could drastically reduce the amount of electronic waste that ends up in landfills. Although most PCBs are difficult to recycle, such is not the case with this one, which partially turns into a reusable jelly when necessary.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: University of Washington, Recyclable, Transient Electronics

If you want to continuously monitor your body temperature, and you already wear earrings all day long, why not just have those earrings do the job? That's the thinking behind the Thermal Earring, which may someday be coming to an ear near you.Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, TechnologyTags: University of Washington, ear, Temperature

Researchers have combined physics and biology in a study that provides the first direct evidence explaining why we sleep. Viewing the brain like a biological computer whose resources are drained during waking, they demonstrated that sleep resets the brain’s ‘operating system,’ returning it to an ideal state to optimize thinking and processing.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Sleep, Neuroscience, Physics, University of Washington