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Chinese telecom electronics giant Huawei has announced a significant focus shift towards consumer tech. In the wake of a stagnating telecom market, the company is... Read More »
The unusual adhesive ability of gecko feet arises from molecular forces between millions of tiny hairs on their feet and the surface they are trying to stick to. In... Read More »
Phase-change memory (PCM) could be the next big breakthrough in computer memory. In theory, this type of memory will store information by rearranging the atoms in a... Read More »
Rice University researchers recently revealed a means of detecting miniscule amounts of strain using carbon nanotubes. As described in the video, nanotubes are... Read More »
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Aurora SterlingThe applications for permanent structures are also exciting. Imagine being able to detect minute strain in bridges or buildings just as they begin.
Jun 21, 2012
When purchasing a digital camera, one important measurement is the number of pixels on the camera's sensor. Historically, this is measured in megapixels, or... Read More »
In a press release Monday, Intel announced the acquisition of a variety of wireless patents related to 3G, LTE and 802.11 technologies. The acquisition, though... Read More »
Five years ago Christine Ho, UC Berkeley grad student, set out to reinvent the battery. Contemporary technologies did not meet her needs, small size and low... Read More »
North Carolina State University researcher Yaroslava Yingling introduces gold nanoparticles into a solution of double-stranded DNA. The particles are "hairy" ... Read More »
Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology demonstrates digital-attack monitoring system is making cyber security a lot more visually... Read More »
Various studies suggest that certain "neurotrophic factors" could have a significant positive impact on patients suffering from Huntington's disease... Read More »
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Jackie KellyIt's both comforting and frustrating that our blood-brain barrier is this impenetrable. Glad to hear about this innovative way to cross it. I wonder if there are applications for other disorders. Maybe Alzheimer's or Parkinson's?
Jun 19, 2012
Can-type digital television tuners have long been the standard, despite overwhelming reliance on silicon-based electronics in other areas. But now that's changing, ... Read More »
NVIDIA announced today that its latest GPUs will be used in the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, one of Europe's most powerful. This is exactly the kind of... Read More »
For everyone who has ever had too much pomegranate peel and not enough nanoparticles around their house, this may be your lucky day. A collaborative research team is... Read More »
The world of consumer robotics seems to want nothing more than to replace our pets, and dogs have been the perennial focus. The latest offering is the i-SODOG from... Read More »
In a rare Hollywood-based release party, Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer revealed Microsoft's latest Tech offering -- the Surface -- with almost Apple-esque pomp ... Read More »
The new Xtrinsic sensor combines highly-accurate accelerometers and magnetometers for position and orientation sensing in mobile applications. "The Xtrinsic... Read More »
The brain functions very differently from our current computational technologies; neuron linkages are much more complex, and information is sent in spikes of very small... Read More »
Solid State Technology reports that semiconductor sensor sales will grow another 18% in 2012 to a record $5.7 billion. MEMS devices now account for a resounding... Read More »
Fifteen months ago, the Boeing-manufactured X-37B orbital shuttle departed on a 270 day mission. The military was ambiguous about the mission, to "test new space ... Read More »
IBM's BlueGene/Q system, installed at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, tops the list of world's fastest supercomputers... Read More »