November 20, 2008 - Technology News
Coming Soon: Improved Lithium Ion Batteries?
Rechargeable lithium ion batteries provide portable devices that require a lot of energy, such as mobile telephones, digital cameras, and ...
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November 14, 2008 - Technology News
Findings suggest nanowires ideal for electronics manufacturing
The researchers use an instrument called a transmission electron microscope to watch how nanowires made of silicon "nucleate," or begin ...
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October 22, 2008 - Technology News
First antenna-in-package solution for single-chip 60 GHz radio
With the rising demand for low-cost, small-size, high-speed, highly functional and high volume wireless communications, the development of ...
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October 17, 2008 - Technology News
Smart fabrics make clever (medical) clothing
European researchers have developed a smart fabric that can monitor muscular overload and help prevent repetitive strain injury or RSI. ...
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October 9, 2008 - Technology News
ZPower claims its silver-zinc batteries last longer than lithium-ion
A company called ZPower has designed batteries with silver- and zinc-based electrodes that it says will offer up to 40% more computer time ...
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September 25, 2008 - Technology News
New research shows why metal alloys degrade
Metal alloys can fail unexpectedly in a wide range of applications -- from jet engines to satellites to cell phones—and new research from the ...
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September 3, 2008 - Technology News
Parallel 'nano-soldering' technique chosen for year's top-50
The process removes many difficulties. “All of the electroplating is done in parallel,” says Sean Hearne, a Sandia National Laboratories ...
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July 1, 2008 - Technology News
Ex-Intel head pushes electric cars
Former Intel Corp. Chairman Andy Grove has a knack for sensing when circumstances should force changes at a company or an industry - and ...
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May 7, 2008 - Technology News
Contact Through Silver Particles in Ink
Modern cars are full of sensors. The optimum quantity of air in the intake tract of a combustion engine is regulated by thermoelectric ...
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February 25, 2008 - Technology News
Advanced engineered substrates boost chip performance
The Eureka Medea+ Cluster SilOnIS project developed new substrate materials for producing high-speed, low-power integrated circuits. ...
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February 14, 2008 - Industry News
Nokia Unveils 1 Green Phone, 1 Super Phone
The attraction of the Remade lies in its future potential. Although the phone isn't functional, Nokia hopes that similar concepts could be ...
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January 30, 2008 - Technology News
Inkless 'Zink' Printer Fits in Your Pocket
Designed by ZINK ("Zero-Ink") Imaging, the ZINK printer concept doesn´t require ink cartridges or even dye rolls. Instead, it incorporates ...
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January 7, 2008 - Industry News
Motorola Trying to Recapture 'Razr' Edge
A Motorola Razr cell phone is seen at a consumer electronics store in Gloucester, Mass., in this Jan. 19, 2007, file photo. New Motorla CEO ...
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January 7, 2008 - Technology News
Napkin PC Enables High-Tech Doodling
The technology includes a "napkin" holder filled with e-paper napkins, as well as a place for colored pens. When someone gets an ...
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December 13, 2007 - Technology News
Taiwan Scientists Discover Gold Nanoparticles Stabilize Organic Memory
The scientists of the National Chung Hsing University of Taiwan claim break through technology in developing a new low cost memory array ...
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October 11, 2007 - Technology News
Small is beautiful: Incredible shrinking memory drives new IT
German co-laureate for the 2007 Nobel prize for Physics Peter Gruenberg holds a hard disk as he poses in his laboratory. Over the past ...
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September 28, 2007 - Technology News
Model for the assembly of advanced, single-molecule-based electronic components developed at Pitt
Led by Hrvoje Petek, a professor of physics and chemistry in Pitt's School of Arts and Sciences, the project presents a template for ...
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September 27, 2007 - Technology News
Model for the assembly of advanced, single-molecule-based electronic components developed at Pitt
Led by Hrvoje Petek, a professor of physics and chemistry in Pitt's School of Arts and Sciences, the project presents a template for ...
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August 6, 2007 - Technology News
AMD Demonstrates First Graphics Processors to Feature Native DisplayPort 1.1
The testing was completed with a Genesis Microchip DisplayPort receiver. AMD is currently attending the Video and Electronics Standards ...
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July 11, 2007 - Technology News
Elastic circuit connectors designed for rubber-band-like circuits
This stretchable thermometer can wrap around a patient’s forehead like a headband thanks to the horseshoe-shaped metal wires, which can ...
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July 5, 2007 - Technology News
Silicon chip beams light through a liquid-core waveguide to detect one particle at a time
"We've laid the groundwork in the past and shown it's possible to guide light through liquid channels," said Holger Schmidt, associate ...
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June 26, 2007 - Technology News
Bioelectronics: Progress toward drug screening with a cell–transistor biosensor
Now, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried/Munich have shown that such bioelectronic hybrid ...
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April 17, 2007 - Technology News
US Library of Congress makes slow march into digital age
The centuries-old Library of Congress in Washington, seen here, is battling to keep up with the Internet age by digitizing millions of books, manuscripts and photos in an operation that could ...
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April 13, 2007 - Technology News
There's History and Money in Obsolete Computers
In the first purchase of his collection, Sellam Ismail loaded the trunk of his car with old computers he stumbled upon at a flea market for ...
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April 9, 2007 - Industry News
IT Workers Less Confident About Jobs, Finances
Anticipating a hiring slow-down and expressing malcontent in their work, IT worker confidence slipped in March, finds an index released ...
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