A team of researchers at the University of Cambridge, led by Professor Arokia Nathan are working to develop technologies that would make daily phone charging a thing of the past.
To keep a phone's battery topped up, the team has built a prototype device that recaptures wasted light from and OLED phone screen.
According to researcher Arman Ahnood, only around 36 percent of the light produced by a phone screen is projected forwards
Intel is working on a new CPU line that is designed exclusively for tablets.
It looks as though Intel's upcoming mobile chip, codenamed Medfield, will be making its way to smartphones but steering clear of slates with this new tablet chip taking its place.
Digitimes is reporting that the new tablet processors will be particularly focused on thermal design power (TDP) and performance.
Digitimes, digital timesThe occasionally-reliable Digitimes has heard the news from an anonymous source, so don't take any of this as gospel.
These mysterious sources also added that the company will launch 32nm Saltwell, 22nm Silvermont and 14nm Airmont chipsets over the course of the next three years.
Intel is also looking to reduce power consumption of its processors, with the Medfield chips and these unnamed tablet chips set to come down to 10W in the next two years.
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