Researchers Hope to Mass-Produce Tiny Robots
Aug 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny robots the size of a flea could one day be mass-produced, churned out in swarms and programmed for a variety of applications, such as surveillance, micromanufacturing, medicine, cleaning, ...
Intel Develops Tera-Scale Research Chips
Sep 26, 2006 |
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Intel Corporation today described the significant technical challenges that need to be addressed if computing, from personal devices to giant data centers, is to keep up with increasing demand by consumers ...
Samsung Launches World's First PCs with NAND Flash-based Solid State Disk
May 23, 2006 |
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Samsung Electronics will release the world’s first PCs embedded with a 32-Gigabyte NAND flash-based solid state disk (SSD). This marks the first time that NAND flash has moved into a commercial mobile computing ...
Sharp unveils ultra-sensitive touch-screen LCD
Aug 31, 2007 |
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Japan's Sharp Corp, a leading producer of liquid crystal displays, on Friday unveiled a new LCD system equipped with an ultra-sensitive touch screen.
The Earth in 3D
Feb 20, 2006 |
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Look down at the world from above - take a virtual stroll along narrow high-rise city streets and open squares. At CeBIT scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut ...
Wired Wallpaper Offers Alternative to Outlets
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Feb 12, 2008 |
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Philips has recently designed a type of wallpaper with conducting stripes running through it, enabling electrical devices to be hooked up to just about anywhere on the wall.
Existing Technologies Combine to Make Automated Home
Apr 30, 2006 |
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The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan), Ymatic Ltd., and Biometrica Systems Asia Co. Ltd. have jointly developed a novel automated home – not with new technology, but with ...
Japanese Trade Show Introduces Quick Wireless Recharger
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Oct 02, 2007 |
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The Japanese electronic trade show Createc is taking place today and runs until October 6, 2007. A prototype wireless recharger created by the joint efforts of Seiko Epson and Murata Manufacturing LTD will ...
Verizon, Samsung Introduce SCH-u740
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Feb 15, 2007 |
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Yesterday Verizon Wireless and Samsung announced the availability of the SCH-u740 -- a slim, sleek and stylish messaging device with a dual-hinge. The handset's unique design allows for communications options ...
Jumping robots take clues from nature
Jul 06, 2007 |
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A group of mechanical engineers from the University of Bath has a peculiar interest in flying squirrels, fleas, and grasshoppers. Inspired by animals considered to be excellent jumpers, the researchers have ...
Assistive robot adapts to people, new places
Apr 10, 2007 |
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In the futuristic cartoon series "The Jetsons," a robotic maid named Rosie whizzed around the Jetsons' home doing household chores--cleaning, cooking dinner and washing dishes.
New chip design delivers better performance, longer battery lilfe
Apr 19, 2006 |
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Anyone who uses a cell phone or a WiFi laptop knows the irritation of a dead-battery surprise. But now researchers at the University of Rochester have broken a barrier in wireless chip design that uses a tenth ...
One Laptop Project reaches critical stages
Feb 09, 2006 |
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The One Laptop Per Child project, an effort spearheaded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Laboratory and joined by several corporate partners and international governments, has moved closer ...
Nokia E50 business device for mobile professionals
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May 19, 2006 |
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Nokia today announced the latest addition to the Nokia Eseries family of business devices, the Nokia E50.
Japanese Researchers Develop Portable 3D Display System
Sep 29, 2006 |
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NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it has co-developed a portable, seven-inch 3D display system with Associate Professor Yasuhiro Takagi of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. Both still images and video can ...
