Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 127 vote(s)
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Intel on Thursday showed off a wireless electric power system that analysts say could revolutionize modern life by freeing devices from transformers and wall outlets. | |
Microsoft Releases First Public Beta for 'Longhorn' April 26, 2007 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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This feature-complete, third beta brings with it the ability to simplify administration tasks via improved event logging, task scheduling, enhanced remote management and the scripting capabilities of Windows PowerShell. | |
 Research puts finger on virtual iPhone button July 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A virtual tactile keyboard could hold the key to making the iPhone easier to use. | |
 Solar Cells with 60% Efficiency? January 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 156 vote(s)
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Nuclear Engineer Lonnie Johnson, best known for his invention of the super soaker squirt gun, has recently designed a new type of solar energy technology that he says can achieve a conversion efficiency rate ... | |
 Chain Mail Fabric a Perfect Fit February 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 99 vote(s)
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Contemporaries of the ancient Greeks might find something familiar within the walls of the Micro and Nanotechnology Lab at the University of Illinois. In constructing a new type of smart fabric, researchers ... | |
 New virus identified on Yahoo! Messenger May 22, 2006 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 51 vote(s)
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Users of Yahoo! Messenger beware, a new worm is on the loose. | |
 A baseball cap that reads your mind May 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
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It looks like an ordinary baseball cap. But when you put it on, the cap detects and analyzes the electroencephalogram (EEG) signals from your brain. It can even tell you if you’re getting too sleepy when driving ... | |
 Kites could provide electricity for 100,000 homes August 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 111 vote(s)
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High-flying kites tethered to generators could supply as much as 100 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 100,000 homes, according to researchers from the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. ... | |
Silicon Image Unveils Breakthrough Next Generation 6.0 Gb/s Serdes Technology August 24, 2005 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Silicon Image, Inc.announced its next generation multi-rate MSLPhy™ Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) technology, an integrated circuit transceiver that converts parallel data to serial data and vice-versa, capable of operating ... | |
Tests show 'artificial sun' is reliable January 15, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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A series of tests run by Chinese scientists on an experimental thermonuclear reactor have found "the artificial sun" is a reliable energy generating process. | |
New search engine 'revolutionary' September 06, 2005 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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A 26-year-old PhD student from the University of New South Wales has patented a new way of exploring the web that could revolutionise existing search engines.
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 Princeton professor foresees computer science revolution February 17, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 86 vote(s)
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At the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Bernard Chazelle, professor of computer science at Princeton University, plans to issue a call to arms for his profession, challenging ... | |
 Google chief admits to 'defensive component' of browser launch September 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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Google's chief executive admitted Thursday there was a "defensive component" to the Web search giant's launch of its own Internet browser, thereby pitting it against Microsoft's dominant software. | |
 Silent, microchip-sized 'fan' has no moving parts, yet produces enough wind to cool a laptop March 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 112 vote(s)
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Engineers harnessing the same physical property that drives silent household air purifiers have created a miniaturized device that is now ready for testing as a silent, ultra-thin, low-power and low maintenance ... | |
 Brain on chip: Nerve tissue interfaced with a computer chip June 02, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 70 vote(s)
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Before informational input perceived by the mammalian brain is stored in the long-term memory, it is temporarily memorised in the hippocampus. Understanding the function of the hippocampus as an important player ... | |
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