The development of implantable medical electronic devices in the human body is hampered by the lack of suitable materials to use. Most semiconducting materials are stiff and brittle while the human tissue is soft and pliable and because of these incompatible properties, test results are unstable and unreliable.

However, scientist s at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) appears to have taken a leap in implementable electronic research. They studied a very thin nanotube-based material and measured how it responds electrically and optically to extreme strains. According to them, the material continues to conduct electricity of more than 700% and which is stretched seven times from its starting dimensions.

The use of nanotubes is the solution to the problems that faced the development of medical implementable materials because they have high length-to-width ratios, meaning they can bridge the cracked regions to maintain conductivity.

The UCLA team first put the nanotubes into a highly elastic substrate so the films could be properly stretched. They performed the stretching slowly, straining the material both uniformly and non-uniformly. They applied a voltage across the film as it was stretched and measure the changing electrical response.

The randomly distributed nanotube carbons have been studied for a variety of electronics applications. Of which they have displayed a variety of useful properties such as high flexibility, which is a key for developing implantable medical electronic devices. Recent studies also concluded that nanotube carbons are not toxic. So they are safe to implant in human tissue without the adverse effect of poison, infection or complications.

Implantable medical electronic devices will be used to monitor a variety of bodily functions including body temperature, blood pressure, fluid flow and many others. They can also be used to sense chemical, electrical and magnetic properties within the human body without running various tests.

These recent development certainly holds a great promise in the Medical field.

Nobody in the right mind takes joy in constantly untangling fragile earphone wires. With all the tugging and the pulling, you will end up not only damaging your earphones and your wallet but also your chance of relaxation with your favorite music.

Those were the dark earphone days. But now, with the great earphone concept design by Ji Woong, you will never again have to waste our time pulling on earphone cords. Say hello to the Zip-It Earphones! This gadget is basically the product of morphing a zipper with earphones but with a lot more class. When this product becomes reality, it becomes a true work of art and efficiency rolled into one. Bringing it into the market would only mean the era of even better-structured earphones.

A zipper is built into the cord, presumably from the audio jack up to an inch or so from the earphone buds themselves. The volume controls are integrated into the zip pull, which requires twisting to adjust the volume. To prevent accidental volume changes, a button to nullify the function of the volume changer is built-in on the same zipper pull. Talk about efficient. The distance between the left and right earphone bud would adjust with a simple pull and not the usual hold-and-tug adjustment that all earphones producers in the market are presently doing.

Once released, the Zip-It Earphones would easily set the trend for quality earphones.

We all have had our long and stressful days at work and at school. We turn our PC’s and Laptops on and type away, only hoping for the hour clock to move faster.

But now, with the most clever and ingenious USB gadget, you will want to spend all your days beside your PC or Laptop! The USB Aromatherapy Oil Burner is an aromatherapy burner in the form of a USB. Simply plug it into your computer and de-stress!

Its scent can affect you and your peers or co-worker’s moods without even realizing it. It can brighten the day and make the workplace and study area more productive than it is supposed to be.

The USB Aromatherapy Burner is absolutely simple to use. Just place in the aromatherapy oil, which comes included with the USB, into the “X” mark on the outside of the USB. Simply wait a few moments for the aromatherapy oil to warm and soon enough, your USB will emit soothing scents throughout your work and study area.

The USB Aromatherapy Oil Burner comes complete with Rose scented oil. However, the USB can be used with any fragrance which is sold separately.

Buy one and smell away all the unwanted stress in your work and school life!

Who ran to help you when you fell, tell pretty stories and kiss the part to make it well? Who is the one person that stands before you to protect you from harm? Who is the only person in your life that will read your favorite fairy tales and tell you are a prince or princess and kiss you good night? And who is the only person that gives you everything you need? Your Mother.

On Mother’s Day, pay your most humble tribute to your Mother and say I Love You Mom in a cool, hip and techie way.

Moms will always welcome flowers and chocolates though these gifts bring joy to your mother, they does not usually last long. So, to honor mothers on their special day, Total Electronics will give you fresh ideas on the best Tech gadgets perfect for Mother’s Day gift.

Sony Webbie HD MHS-PM1

A big part of being a mom is recording memories: first day at school, a soccer game, playing prince charming or princess in a school play. In the good old days, parents were limited to shooting fuzzy super 8 films. Today, moms can wield tools like Sony Webbie HD MHS-PM1. Sony Webbie is a flashy high definition pocket camcorder that delivers outstanding video quality and offers great features. The Sony Webbie pocket camcorder comes in three great colors; silver, orange and lavender. With this handy high definition pocket camcorder, moms can create and upload crisp and clear videos and send them off to friends and relatives in few easy steps!

Swarovski Heart Ware Vitrail Light USB Memory Pendant

Diamonds will always be a woman’s best friend. Your mom will really jump up and down if you gave her diamond jewelry on Mother’s Day. Well if you can afford it why not, however if you are still struggling to find your way on career diversion roads, it would be best to give her the next best thing; Swarovski Heart Ware Vitrail Light USB Memory Pendant. This 1GB USB memory key can hold about 250 songs or 1,000 photos and it has a high-speed USB 2.0 interface. The memory key is disguised as a heart pendant on a pink silk cord. The polished stainless steel heart is combined with a fully faceted, asymmetrical-cut Vitrail Light crystal. Perfect!

HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition

Let us face it. Not all Moms are fashion-forward. If your mom’s version of pencil skirt and Jimmy Choos is gray sweatpants and a pair of sneakers, it is probably too late for an extreme fashion makeover. But at least you can let her carry something hip and fashionable such as the HP mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition. It boasts a gorgeous original design from fashionista Vivianne Tam that will make Moms feel super-stylish and hot. It comes with pre-loading of Skype as well as application for instant messaging, e-mail, music and web browsing. Best of all, it fits easily in a typical purse or camouflage backpack -if that is what your mom is into. Buy it for her on Mother’s Day and wait for the fashion osmosis to begin.

You still have a few more days to choose from these cool gadgets for your mom and to make your gift more special you can add this simple message:

“There is no velvet as soft as your lap, no rose as lovely as your smile and no path so flowery as that imprinted with your footsteps. Thank you for being the greatest Mom in the world. Happy Mother’s Day Ma. I Love You”

The 55” Samsung LED TV UN55B6000 is, as of the moment, the greenest TV on the market. Philips may have started the green trend in TVs with their “eco-TV” but Samsung has provided a device that not only is easy on the environment, but does not hold back in quality.

The LED backlights satisfy both demands of easy-watching without power consumption. In fact, it saves up to 40% off power than any other TV! LED lights require less energy to light up the screen and actually provide better picture than the regular LCD lights. Samsung even took it a step farther by putting the LEDs in the side rather than covering the entire panel with them. It cuts power down when the TV is on, but also helps to reduce energy consumption when the TV is turned off.

Besides this, in creating the UN55B6000, Samsung left out harmful chemicals likelead and mercury that may leak out of the TV when it is thrown away. Samsung’s Recycling Direct program provides the buyer the option of returning his or her

Samsung-branded electronic devices. It is without a doubt, one of the best and most environment-friendly TV’s of 2009.

The GD900, which LG introduced at the GSMA Mobile World Congress, is branded as the world’s first 13.4mm-thick cell phone with a transparent designed handset.

LG GD900 transparent sliding cell phone has a sleek and striking design. Its transparent keypad has a glow technology applied around its edges to illuminate the etched numbers and is made of a real glass (and not with a high quality plastic) with multi-touch function. This Cell Phone has 7.2Mbps HSDPA connection for fastest browsing experience, 3-inches large screen display and features a matchless vibrational haptic feedback.

Most of its “advanced features” are being kept for the time being during its presentation in the GSMA Convention due to LG’s preparation for the proper launching of GD900 later this year. The company has also designed a dedicated Bluetooth headset to go along with their latest work of art.

In the meantime, the GD900 has a futuristic look that is bound to win many devotees as early as now. As more cell phone manufacturers compete to include new applications and electronic features and style, the simplicity in the user interface tend to get overlooked. Often it is the simple but beautiful gadget that gets to the top of the cell phone popularity chart in the end.

The LG GD900 clear handset phones are expected to show up in stores sometime in the third quarter of 2009 and soon be available in Europe and Asia.

Sharp Mebius PC-NJ70A came as a big surprise to the netbook front, as it boasts a 4 inch touch-screen LCD track pad with 854 x 480 pixel resolution.

This unique track pad has an ambient-light detector that can automatically adjust its brightness based on the surrounding light and function as a secondary display of which you can use it to navigate through menus, game controller, perform functions and as an additional view for your application. It will also respond to stylus for hand writing recognition.

Other features of Sharp Mebius PC-NJ70A are:

· 10.1 LCD display at 1,024 x 600 resolution

· Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor

· 160GB hard drive

· 1GB RAM

· Three USB 2.0 ports

· Ethernet and Wi-Fi connectivity

· Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR support

· Multi-format memory card reader

· VGA

· Audio in/out

Sharp Mebius PC-NJ70A measures 260 x 190 x 23.3 – 39.8 mm and weighs 1.46 kg. Sharp claims Mebius PC-NJ70A has up to 3hrs runtime from the standard battery.

Sharp Mebius PC-NJ70A is set to launch in late May 2009 and priced at around $817.

A new trend has been set by Jawbone with their new brightly colored Bluetooth Headsets! Never again will we relate dull, repetitive colors with Bluetooth gadgets. Goodbye simple, clean-cut silver and hello sugar-coated rainbow! The Jawbone Prime Headsets with earcandy colors are sure to be big hits after its release on the 2^nd of May 2009.

Jawbone designed these earcandy headsets to be comfortable for the ear while reflecting different moods of the user’s personality. It includes interesting color names with their corresponding colors like LILAC for the Jawbone Prime Headset’s Purple appearance, Drop Me a Lime for green and Frankly Scarlet for Red. Other headsets are of the colors yellow and pink.

Besides its vibrant façade, the Jawbone Prime Headset with earcandy colors was made technically efficient as it enables clear voice transmission and blocks winds that go as fast as 10 mph. This is no surprise as only Jawbone Headsets can accurately separate speech from ambient noise. Jawbone, after all, is the best Bluetooth Headset Producers in the market, to date.

With this gadget, there is absolutely no reason for stopping a conversation! Only after 4 hours of talking time and 8 days of standby it needs to be recharged for even more Bluetooth Headset action. This gadget just goes to show that some things in this world can be both undeniably attractive and breathtakingly brilliant!

Jawbone Prime Headsets with earcandy colors come at the price of $129.99 each. And as an add-on Jawbone offers new fit earbuds and an optional ear loop too.

Sony Ericsson could not have chosen the perfect time to launch their newest gadget, the M500 Bluetooth Portable Speaker System particularly well than this summer.

Aimed for those looking to add their own carefully selected playlist as a little background to the up and coming summer months, the MS500 Portable Bluetooth Speaker System has been designed specifically for the use of Sony Ericsson headsets but will also support A2DP and AVRCP Bluetooth profiles. The MS500m has a 2-watt speaker designed for mobility and a durable splash proof shell that is proven to be resilient to any accidental knocks, scrapes and spillages. It also has a wrist-strap and hook allowing it to be tethered to any messenger bag.

Set to become available in black and orange and white and pink color schemes, the Sony Ericsson MS500 portable Bluetooth speaker system is powered by 2 x AA that allows for up to five hours of nonstop music.

Due out later this summer, the Sony Ericsson MS500 will provide Bluetooth connectivity in a water-resistant package. The sports clip and round shape look perfect for clipping to a backpack or bag so that you can hear your music while your phone is tucked safely away. The MS500 will have a range of 32 feet, and it has its own play and volume control buttons so that you can control the device from a distance.

Listening music while you are on a hike, biking, jogging or just lazily sitting on a bench in the park, the Sony Ericsson MS500 Bluetooth Portable Speaker is a perfect companion.

Mouser Electronics Inc. is known for its rapid introduction of the newest electronic products has announced the released of their 1Q 2009 catalog last February 4, 2009.

Catalog #637 (February – April 2009) features 2, 184 pages of the newest products and technologies from over 390 premiere electronic component suppliers in the world. 48 pages of the said catalog features newest electronic products and pages of the products not recommended for new designs were removed to ensure design engineers have access to the latest, most up-dated products available for their new design projects. Mouser has added over 25,000 new products to the online and free print catalog in the last quarter of last year alone.

As of last year, 32 new suppliers were added to Mouser Electronics line card, nine of which were added in this first quarterly edition including, CAlAmp, Hendon Semiconductor, AXSEM, Kamaya, Hirose, Tektronix, Spansion, IAR Systems and Wurth Electronics.

To make it easier for their customers to find the products, the catalog includes section guides printed in four-color, heavy paper stock for quick identification. In addition, colored logos and banners are also added to easily identify new products, new technologies and new suppliers.

Mouse Catalog #637 include exciting products like texaz Instruments’ 2.4 GHz RF front End Range extender CC2591, Freescale’s 8-bit compatibility MC9S08AC128/96, Microchip’s  FCC-cetified RF Transceiver Modules MRF24J40MA, Molex’s SFP+ high speed, Zilog’s ePIR Zdots motion detection SBC and stacked multi-port connector.

“Mouser Electronics excels at rapidly introducing new products so our engineering customers can quickly integrate the newest technology into their new designs,” said Glenn Smith, president and CEO, Mouser Electronics. “By publishing a free, entirely new print catalogue every 90 days and updating our online catalogue and website daily, we give our customers a time-to-market advantage that no other distributor in the industry offers.”