Flexible Touch Screen Made with Printed Graphene
• Nidhi Subbaraman via Technology ReviewsSheets of atom-thick carbon could make displays that are super fast.
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Technology: Computer Hardware
New Inks Could Mean Cheaper OLED Screens
• Katherine BourzacDuPont has developed a printing process to bring down the cost of high-performance displays.
3-D Movie Camera
• Technology ReviewA new model weighs just seven pounds and is the first professional-quality camcorder to combine all the necessary components for 3-D filmmaking: lenses, camera head, and twin memory card recorder.
Breakthrough in All-Optical Processing Could Bring Terabit Data Speeds
• PopSci.comDo you think your connection speed is fast? Do you tout your torrent bit rate? Perhaps your rig is swift, but there's no reason it couldn't be many times faster.
Microsoft investigates laptop battery drain with Windows 7
• Phys.orgOne of the Windows Vista problems that Windows 7 was supposed to solve was the drain on laptop battery life, but while Windows 7 has made a number of significant improvements, Microsoft is now investigating reports its new operating system reduces b
Apple's Jobs unveils 'intimate' $499 iPad tablet
• APApple Inc. will sell the newly unveiled tablet-style iPad starting at $499, a price tag far below the $1,000 that some analysts were expecting. The iPad, which is larger in size but similar in design to Apple's popular iPhone, was billed by CEO Steve
New Coding Could Make Internet 99 Percent More Energy Efficient
• PopSci.comFor most people, conserving energy means turning off lights in empty rooms. But for the researchers at Bell Labs, the massive energy savings lurk in the 1's and 0's of the code that regulates the Internet.
The End of the CrunchPad
• Tech CrunchTwo weeks ago we were ready to publicly launch the CrunchPad. The device was stable enough for a demo. It went hours without crashing. And then the entire project self destructed.
Intel: Chips in brains will control computers by 2020
• News LinkBy the year 2020, you won't need a keyboard and mouse to control your computer, say Intel Corp. researchers. Instead, users will open documents and surf the Web using nothing more than their brain waves. Scientists at Intel's research lab in Pit
Ionic batteries could multiply battery life by 11
• News LinkA new development by partly government-backed Fluidic Energy could potentially extend the battery life of notebooks, cars and other devices well beyond existing lithium-ion cells. It's nnown as Metal-Air Ionic Liquid (MAIL).
Digital Watermark: Bar Code Celebrates Birthday, Is It Evil?
• Mondo FrazierThe bar code turned 57 yesterday. It's everywhere, but is it evil?
Technology Review - Keep an Eye on the Future,... it's coming faster than you think
• Technology Review
Thomas Jefferson: Crypto Rebel?
• Wendy McElroy"American history has been punctuated by periods in which the National
government had to respond to sweeping social, economic and
technological developments." Speaking of cyberspace as a "new tool",
the government claims that technology raises new issues to which it
must respond in new ways.
Dual-screen laptop on sale by Christmas
• TelegraphThe world's first truly dual-screen laptop, which will allow computer users to multi-task while on the move, is due to go on sale by the end of the year. The pioneering PC, known as the Spacebook, is the brainchild of Alaska-based technology firm gScreen. While growing numbers of office workers – especially in the financial industries – use several desktop monitors to track many programmes and information sources at the same time, no manufacturer has yet released a portable equivalent.
Intel, Micron Process Boosts Memory Chip Density
• NewsfactorA new 3bpc technology developed by IM Flash
Technologies, owned by Intel and Micron Technology, can expand the
amount of data stored on flash cards and USB drives. The 3bpc
technology comes as smartphones like Apple, Inc.'s iPhone boost demand
for NAND chips. And 3bpc is expected to help as chipmakers approach
performance limits.
One Time Rebel, TiVo, Goes Over To The Dark Side
• www.tech.yahoo.comTiVo, the creator of the digital video recorder that panicked the TV business by making it simple to skip ads, now flashes banners on TV screens when users pause, fast-forward or delete shows.
Viewers who paused "The Biggest Loser" TV show saw an ad saying "Jenny Craig says you've got more to lose!" If you used TiVo to pause "Iron Chef America" on the Food Network, this popped up: "Sub-Zero: Every cook deserves the best!"
"We were once a foe of the networks, now we've become a friend," said Tara Maitra, TiVo's general manager of content services and ad sales. "We're working with the industry ... to get users to engage in a world increasingly equipped to fast-forward through commercials." Dave Zatz, a 37-year-old network engineer in Herndon, Va., isn't happy about it because he bought a TiVo digital video recorder and pays a subscription to skip ads."It's obnoxious,&qu
3D to bring new dimension, profits to PC world
• ReutersAt a packed stall during the Computex show in Taiwan this week, young
buyers excitedly put on 3D-enabling glasses that turned flat images on
PC screens into solid objects. 3D, long reserved for movie theaters, is emerging as a profitable niche
for the PC world even though it is not quite ready for the masses yet.
Some big names in the chip and display
Five-Dimensional Data Storage
• Technology ReviewA new material could eventually be used to store vast amounts of data on a disc. InPhase presented a prototype that stores 713 gigabytes per square inch.
Tim Berners-Lee: The next Web of open, linked data
• TED20 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. For his next project, he's building a web for open, linked data that could do for numbers what the Web did for words, pictures, video: unlock our data and reframe the way we use it togeth
Unveiling the "Sixth Sense," game-changing wearable tech
• TEDThis demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine "Minority Report" and
Breakthrough battery can charge up in seconds
• UK TelegraphScientists at MIT have invented a battery that can charge in seconds, promising a revolution in power storage that could also help green cars and renewable energy.
The headset that will mimic all five senses and make the virtual world as convincing as real life
• http://www.dailymail.co.ukA virtual reality helmet that recreates the sights, smells, sounds and even tastes of far-flung holiday destinations has been devised by British scientists.
Scientists Make Advances On 'Nano' Electronics
• WiredTwo U.S. teams have developed new materials that may pave the way for ever smaller, faster and more powerful electronics. A film material capable of storing data from 250 DVDs onto a surface the size of a coin.
A New Route to Terabit Memory
• Technology ReviewPolymers that arrange into nanostructures could store terabits on a square inch.
Nanodot Advance Threatens Moore's Law
• arcleinAlso it suggests that we have finally found the limits of Moore’s Law, at least as far as devices working with electrons. It has been an amazing fifty years or so. And now for our next trick?
I See Your Petaflop and Raise You 19 More
• WiredJust a year after the world's fastest supercomputers broke the petaflop barrier by performing one thousand trillion calculations per second, nuclear physicists are planning a 20-petaflop machine in conjunction with IBM.
IBM To Build Supercomputer For U.S. Government
• www.physorg.comThe U.S. Government has contracted out IBM to build a massive supercomputer bigger than any supercomputer out there. The supercomputer system, called Sequoia, will be capable of delivering 20 petaflops (1,000 trillion sustained floating-point operati
Find may revolutionize computers
• The Edmonton Journal"Roughly speaking, we predict there could be a 1,000-time reduction in power consumption with electronic computers built in this new way," said Wolkow, a physicist at the University of Alberta.
Apple's first Macintosh turns 25
• News.BBC.co.ukThe project to create the Macintosh was started by legendary computer maker Jef Raskin and the original machine had a 9in screen in an upright beige case, 128k of RAM, internal floppy drive, and came with keyboard and single-button mouse.
SDXC memory cards promise 2TB of storage, 300MBps transfer
• egadgetSDXC (SD eXtended Capacity) stores more than 4,000 RAW images, 100 HD movies, or 60 hours of HD recording with a transfer rate of up to 300MBps. The first batch of retail cards will hit before March with read/write speeds up to 104MBps in unknown cap
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