🔋Samsung's folding battery, vodka-powered robots inspired by Cheerios, new tech that can "smell" earthquakes

Following Huawei's Mate XT, the world’s first triple-screen foldable phone, Samsung is now developing a tri-fold smartphone of its own.

In support of that initiative, the company is also developing other cutting-edge technologies, such as the foldable battery.

Designed for the tri-fold gadget generation, Samsung appears to be examining the feasibility of a multi-hinge battery design that allows it to fold alongside the screen. Samsung is reportedly aiming for a launch next year. If testing succeeds, the device could debut by 2025. Dive deeper into this Must-Read.

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🔋 Samsung could unveil world’s first foldable battery in new tri-fold phone

Samsung’s foldable battery patent, which is currently in development, focuses on optimizing capacity, output, and folding angles to improve efficiency and maximize battery space.

The patent illustrations show a book-style foldable phone and a quad-fold concept, suggesting that folding batteries may be included in the next models, such as the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6. By using more space within foldable phones, such batteries could greatly extend battery life.

If the product is a success, it could raise the bar for foldable phones by improving both functionality and design to appear to tech-savvy customers.

🤖 Vodka-powered robots inspired by Cheerios move easily, can be used in industries

As the robotics industry continues to advance rapidly, researchers are exploring new ways to power robots. Harvard University claims to have created tiny robots fueled by Vodka. Funny enough, the stronger the alcohol, the better.

They 3D printed round plastic pucks to exploit how the Marangoni effect in robots, which allows beetles to float across ponds.

At peak speeds, the robots moved 6 centimeters per second, and in some experiments, the pucks were propelled for as long as 500 seconds. Using multiple pucks allowed researchers to create larger devices, even “the Cheerios effect,” which is when cereal clusters together.

🌍 Caltech’s new tech can peer deep inside tectonic secrets to smell earthquakes

Just in from CalTech: they have developed a new seismic technology called distributed acoustic sensing (DAS).

The DAS method probes the Moho, a mysterious boundary that separates Earth’s brittle crust from its flowing mantle, by analyzing reflected seismic waves.

By sending pulses of light down the cable, researchers can detect even the slightest vibrations in the ground caused by earthquakes or other disturbances like traffic.  DAS will allow researchers to map the Moho’s structure with high resolution over vast areas. This could provide detailed insights into this crucial geological boundary.

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