First Spintronic Computer Memory Device Successfully Built in Lab
Posted by admin in Computers, Hi-tech on 11. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
EPROM Traditional electronic computer memory, made by Texas Instruments. For years, particle physicists and computer scientists have been promising us vastly improved memory chips based on the spin of individual electrons, but concrete advances have been awfully elusive. Now a team at Ohio State has put together a working device to test spintronic memory, and [...]
Early-Adopting Dolphin Uses iPad Touchscreen to Communicate with Humans
Posted by admin in Science on 03. Jun, 2010 | 0 Comments
Merlin, Learning to Speak Steve Jobs promised us the iPad would change our lives, and while it hasn’t been all things to all people – what about that front-facing camera, Steve? – the beauty of such a device is that developers (to the extent that Apple will allow them, anyhow) are free to get as [...]
Scientists create organic ‘molecular computer’
Posted by admin in Computers, Science on 11. May, 2010 | 0 Comments
Researchers have succeeded in building a molecular computer that can mimic the inner working mechanisms of the human brain Researchers from Japan and the Michigan Technological University have succeeded in building a molecular computer that, more than any previous project of its kind, can replicate the inner mechanisms of the human brain, repairing itself and [...]
Use your face to unlock the door
Posted by admin in Electronics on 09. Jan, 2010 | 1 Comment
A facial recognition door entry access system that also keeps records of people coming and going could be the one accessory your high-tech home is missing. Or it could be that you run a business say, without a receptionist, and you want to keep track of employees’ movements in and out of the front door. [...]
10 tech concepts you need to know for 2010
Posted by admin in Future on 01. Jan, 2010 | 36 Comments
From DNA origami to osseointegration, here are the big ideas that will make headlines next year. Get to know them now, before you touch a piezoelectric display or buy your first ultracapacitor. 1. Anthropomimetic Machines No matter how closely a robot resembles a human on the outside, if you crack it open, the jumble of [...]
