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Tech awards go to plane de-icing goo, headlights

Jul 23, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

(AP) -- Camera flashcubes of the 1960s, high-definition TVs and the Nicoderm quit-smoking patch have at least one thing in common: Each found a place over the years on R&D Magazine's annual list of the 100 most technologically ...


Dutch researchers take flight with three-gram 'dragonfly'

Jul 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 32 vote(s) | pda version

(PhysOrg.com) -- On Wednesday 23 July, TU Delft will be presenting the minute DelFly Micro air vehicle. This successor to the DelFly I and II weighs barely 3 grams, and with its flapping wings is very similar ...


Quest: Repairing more hearts with implanted pumps

Jul 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

(AP) -- When it comes to hearts, Taneal Wilson won the lottery. A small pump implanted to keep the 31-year-old alive long enough for a heart transplant somehow helped Wilson's ravaged heart completely recover ...


Closing the hydrogen economic loop

Jul 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 32 vote(s) | pda version

The inventor of the nickel metal hydride (NiMH) technology used for building batteries for countless portable electronic gadgets and now hybrid gas-electric cars believes the hydrogen economy is already upon us.


Japan cautious in iPhone's bid for world dominance

Jul 16, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

(AP) -- Kentaro Tohyama is proud of his new iPhone. He stood overnight in line to get it when the device became available in Japan for the first time. But the 29-year-old computer engineer isn't about to ...


Lenovo Launches Complete PC Solution for Small Businesses with New ThinkPad SL Notebooks

Jul 15, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Lenovo today unveiled a complete computing solution for small-to-medium business (SMB) users that includes the new SL series of ThinkPad notebooks, value-added software and unique new services. The trio of ...


New Intel-Based Laptops Advance All Facets of Notebook PCs

Jul 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Intel Corporation unveiled its Intel Centrino 2 Processor Technology products for laptops today, powered by five new Intel Core2 Duo processors. Close to 250 innovative consumer and business notebook PC designs ...


Verizon open network gets first, unsexy device

Jul 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

(AP) -- When Verizon Wireless announced in November that it would open up its network to any company that wanted to make a device for it, industry watchers had visions of innovative features like cheap international ...


Apple iPhone 3G makes international debut Friday

Jul 10, 2008 | pda version

The iPhone 3G makes its international debut Friday in an eagerly-awaited launch expected to boost Apple's fortunes along with its share of the booming "smart phone" market.


Samsung Launches New Compact Camcorder with YouTube Connectivity

Jul 09, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Samsung Electronics unveiled today the SC-MX20, the successor to the company’s popular SC-MX10 compact digital camcorder. The ideal camcorder for the exploding generation of consumers uploading video content ...


Hyundai to Start Retail Sales of First Hybrid in July 2009

Jul 09, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Hyundai Motor Company plans to start retail sales of its first LPG–electric hybrid vehicle in July 2009. To be sold initially in the Korean domestic market under the Avante badge, the Elantra LPI Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) ...


Canon Announces EOS Rebel XS SLR Camera

Jul 08, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | pda version

Canon USA today announced the introduction of the EOS Rebel XS, a new entry-level digital camera that affordably puts Canon SLR technology such as an Optical Imaged Stabilized lens and easy-to-use professional ...


Powering up microwave amplifiers for a wireless world

Jul 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Four years ago, Europe trailed the rest of the world in microwave amplifier research and development. Now, however, European-designed transistors and amplifiers equal or outperform the competition worldwide. ...


New tool provides better, faster onboard PHEV performance evaluation

Jul 07, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Analysis and evaluation of plug-in hybrid vehicle performance is faster and better, thanks to a new tool developed by Argonne engineers. Called the Argonne Real-Time Data Acquisition (ARDAQ) system, it provides ...


New logic: the attraction of magnetic computation

Jul 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | pda version

European researchers are the first to demonstrate functional components that exploit the magnetic properties of electrons to perform logic operations. Compatible with existing microtechnology, the new approach ...


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