Archive: 03/14/2005
Young Universe Looks Like 'Vegetable Soup'
What did the universe look like when it was only 2 to 3 billion years old? Astronomers used to think it was a pretty simple place containing relatively small, young star-forming galaxies. Researchers now are realizing that ...
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Cell phone survey shows love-hate relationship
More than 80 percent of cell phone users say the device has made their lives easier, a new University of Michigan survey shows. But 60 percent say that public use of cell phones has disturbed or irritated them. Preliminary fin ...
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Single-Chip Solutions from TI Drive VoWLAN into Mainstream Mobile Phones
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today introduced the WiLinkTM mobile Wireless LAN (mWLAN) platform, which includes single-chip solutions to drive Voice over WLAN (VoWLAN) into mainstream mobile phones. With single-chip ...
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Philips introduces UMA mobile phone reference design for phones that automatically switch between cellular and WLAN netw
Royal Philips Electronics announced today a complete Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) semiconductor reference design to make it easy for mobile handset manufacturers to bring UMA-enabled phones to their customers. The new UMA ...
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When liquid crystals with a metal center are 'shaking hands'
Without liquid crystals (LC's) our cell phones and notebook computers would not be possible, for these compounds keep our display screens flat and lightweight. Being a phase of matter whose order is intermediate between that ...
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Jaguar Leaps into Luxury of Bluetooth Wireless Technology
Motorola, Inc. and Jaguar announced the availability of the Jaguar Bluetooth system – a new hands-free in-vehicle communication system using Bluetooth wireless technology – across all Jaguar 2005 model year vehicles. Once a J ...
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SEMATECH Engineers Develop Colorful Testing Device to Ease High-k/Metal Search
SEMATECH engineers have developed an eye-catching test device that allows semiconductor technologists to measure the important electrical characteristic of work function on a single wafer, saving time and increasing ...
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Enhanced Intel Wireless MMX2 Technology Promises To Boost Video, Audio Applications For Mobile Handsets
Intel Corporation today announced enhanced technology to provide mobile handset users with a better multimedia experience, including clearer graphics, faster video, and improved power efficiency. Intel Wireless MMX2 technology off ...
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HP Announces Innovations in Server Networking and Storage Technologies
HP today announced advances in its server networking and storage technologies to help customers simplify their IT infrastructures, improve manageability and performance and lower the costs of enterprise computing environments. Innovating on ...
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Beyond Silicon: HP Outlines Comprehensive Strategy for Molecular-scale Electronics
For the first time, HP has laid out in one place a comprehensive, practical strategy for a computing future beyond traditional silicon technology. The vision – and the challenges – are captured in nearly two dozen papers pub ...
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Asian countries gain prominence in science and technology as US loses ground
The global landscape for science and technology is changing, with increased competition for resources and recognition. That's beginning to look like bad news for the innovative edge the United States has long ...
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New technology for navigating without GPS
A new method for navigation at sea, independent of GPS, is being put forward in a dissertation from Linkoping University. Today merchant marine, military, and recreational boat traffic all rely on the global satellite sys ...
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Face to face - in realistic 3D
UK experts develop super-realistic animation system Computing experts at Cardiff University, UK, are developing a super-realistic animation system that simulates the movements of a face, based on speech. The team in the School of Com ...
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Chemicals in tattoo inks need closer scrutiny
As tattoos have grown in popularity, so have complaints of adverse side effects associated with both their application and removal. A new study, done by chemistry students at Northern Arizona University, looked at the chemical ...
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In solution, tiny magnetic wires scatter light
Maneuvering external magnets, scientists can command the direction in which light bounces off tiny, magnetic wires that sway like matchsticks in thick, slow-moving solutions. Announcing her finding at the 229th meeting of ...
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