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Jan 05, 2006 | 3.6 / 5 (58) | 0

The Japanese maker of the Panasonic brand today announced it has developed a prototype of a 103-inch (2.6 meter) plasma display panel with 1080p (progressive) HDTV resolution. The prototype can deliver more ...

Breakthrough Chip Delivers Better Digital Pictures For Less Power

Dec 07, 2005 | 4.8 / 5 (44) | 0

The next advance in cameras is becoming a reality at the University of Rochester. Imaging chips revolutionized the photography industry, and now the chips themselves are being revolutionized. A pair of newly ...

Reconstructed WW II Code Cracker Colossus Defeated

Nov 16, 2007 | 4.7 / 5 (45) | 0

A monumental achievment in reconstructing Colossus the first code cracker computer used by Allied forces in World War II. In a timed contest between Colossus and the modern PC Colossus was defeated by a modern ...

Two DVDs per second: a tiny chip processes data at extremely high speed

May 12, 2006 | 4.5 / 5 (47) | 0

Siemens researchers working in collaboration with specialists from Infineon have developed a receiver that converts Internet data from fiber-optic cables into electrical signals at breathtaking speed. At present, ...

New Honda Accord drives itself

Feb 01, 2006 | 3.7 / 5 (56) | 0

Japanese car manufacturer Honda has launched a new self-driven car. Dubbed Honda Accord ADAS, the vehicle can change gear and steer itself around bends. While the auto-pilot function will currently only operate ...

Simplicity may be key to robotic self-reproduction

Electronics / Robotics

Jun 05, 2007 | 4.6 / 5 (45) | 0

“Self-reproduction is one of the remarkable feats of biological systems which has remained largely outside the scope of capabilities of traditional engineered systems,” explains Victor Zykov and his colleagues ...

Napkin PC Enables High-Tech Doodling

Jan 05, 2008 | 4 / 5 (50) | 1

Designer Avery Holleman has developed the concept of a Napkin PC, a device that uses e-paper and radio frequency (RF) technology to enable creative groups to collaborate more effectively.

Engineers building first space supercomputer

Oct 26, 2006 | 4.2 / 5 (48) | 1

HAL may soon be getting some company. But unlike the famous computer companion in Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey,” the first space-based supercomputer — so described because it will be by far the most powerful computer ...

Make Free Internet Calls From Your Regular Phone With Internet Phone Wizard

Jan 08, 2005 | 2 / 5 (97) | 1

Telephone communication just got easier --- and cheaper --- with the Actiontec Internet Phone Wizard, a small hardware device from Actiontec Electronics that enables consumers to make and receive free or low-cost ...

Sharp Unveils Solar-Powered TV

Jul 04, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (45) | 10

For the 1.6 billion people living in areas without utility-supplied electricity, Sharp has designed a TV that can get 100% of its power from the sun. The company plans to exhibit the 26-inch LCD prototype ...

Samsung Goes Brave New World With 40-Inch OLED Panel

Oct 30, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (40) | 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Samsung showed off its 40-inch OLED panel at FPD International in Yokahama, Japan. It is a work in progress with a full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080, a contrast ratio of a million to one and ...

Samsung Electronics unveils new 256GB solid state drive

May 26, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (41) | 0

Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the world’s fastest, 2.5-inch, 256 Gigabyte (GB) multi-level cell (MLC) based solid state drive (SSD) using a SATA II interface at the fifth annual ...

Electronic pen first to upload handwriting from plain paper

Mar 03, 2008 | 4 / 5 (45) | 2

The Mobile Digital Scribe by IOGEAR is the first electronic pen that can capture handwriting and drawings from any surface, which can later be uploaded to a computer as text and JPEG files. Unlike other electronic ...

Samsung Now Producing 256GB Solid State Drives