The conductive spray paint is called Electrick. As reported by the MIT Technology Review, it was developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University who sought to let regular objects act as ...

Touchscreen smartphones and tablets are so intuitive that even babies can easily learn how to use them. So why can’t any object work like a touchscreen? Everything from guitars to Jell-O might soon be ...

Anthony Cuthbertson is a staff writer at Newsweek, based in London. Anthony's awards include Digital Writer of the Year (Online Media Awards) and Journalist of the Year (Association of Online ...

“Painting a sensor” has a funny ring to it. While the rise of 3D printer has made unusual manufacturing techniques more popular in the maker space, the ability to paint a device still seems like ...

If these walls could talk. A new treatment that smartens up walls might not be about to give your bedroom a voice, but it could give it the ability to track your movements and your use of electronics, ...

A robotic spray process has been developed to apply conductive coatings to battery current collectors, fuel cells, and other energy storage devices that require low-resistance coatings. Conductive ...

London-based Bare Conductive makes paint that conducts electricity. It's called electric paint and it can be used on a variety of surfaces including paper, plastic, wood, cardboard, or glass. Electric ...

Vital electronic systems, used for defence, banking, or power grids, are notoriously vulnerable to electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks, unless protected by Faraday cages. Two Nebraska engineers, ...