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IBM 3D TV
Nov 11, 2005 |
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International Business Machines, a worldwide leader in technology innovation, has announced a new and affordable 3D video system that works with normal DLP (Digital Light Processing) televisions. Before now, ...
Is quantum Internet search on the way?
May 06, 2008 |
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In classical computing, random access memory (RAM) is needed to make things “work.” But it is subject to a certain level of energy loss. But what if you could create low-energy quantum access memory (QRAM) that would not ...
Mars' dust storms may produce peroxide snow
Jul 31, 2006 |
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The planet-wide dust storms that periodically cloak Mars in a mantle of red may be generating a snow of corrosive chemicals, including hydrogen peroxide, that would be toxic to life, according to two new studies ...
Rice researchers gain new insight into nanoscale optics
Sep 14, 2005 |
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New research from Rice University has demonstrated an important analogy between electronics and optics that will enable light waves to be coupled efficiently to nanoscale structures and devices. The research is available ...
AT&T to release cellphone with optional projector
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 01, 2009 |
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If cellphones with built-in video projectors are going to take the country by storm, then Dallas will be at the eye of the hurricane.
Selling chip makers on optical computing
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer chips that transmit data with light instead of electricity consume much less power than conventional chips, but so far, they've remained laboratory curiosities. Professors Vladimir ...
Open-source camera could revolutionize photography (w/ Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford photo scientists are out to reinvent digital photography with the introduction of an "open-source" digital camera, which will give programmers around the world the chance to create ...
Scientists create large-area graphene on copper: Faster computers, electronics possible
May 07, 2009 |
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The creation of large-area graphene using copper may enable the manufacture of new graphene-based devices that meet the scaling requirements of the semiconductor industry, leading to faster computers and electronics, ...
World's Largest Tornado Experiment Heads for Great Plains (w/Videos)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 05, 2009 |
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The largest and most ambitious tornado study in history will begin next week, as dozens of scientists deploy radars and other ground-based instruments across the Great Plains to gain a better understanding ...
Team confirms Alps-like mountain range under East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Flying twin-engine light aircraft the equivalent of several trips around the globe and establishing a network of seismic instruments across an area the size of Texas, a U.S.-led, international ...
Secrets Of Stradivarius' unique violin sound revealed, prof says
Jan 22, 2009 |
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For centuries, violin makers have tried and failed to reproduce the pristine sound of Stradivarius and Guarneri violins, but after 33 years of work put into the project, a Texas A&M University professor is ...
Researchers design copper connections for high-speed computing
Feb 11, 2008 |
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As computers become more complex, the demand increases for more connections between computer chips and external circuitry such as a motherboard or wireless card. And as the integrated circuits become more ...
Scientific Balloons Achieve Antarctic Flight Record
Jan 04, 2008 |
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have jointly achieved a new milestone in the almost 20-year history of scientific ballooning in Antarctica, ...
Developing Artificial Retina: Electric Link Between Neurons, Light-Sensitive Nanoparticle Films Created
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 27, 2007 |
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The world's first direct electrical link between nerve cells and photovoltaic nanoparticle films has been achieved by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) and the University of Michigan. ...
Mystery solved: Chemicals made Stradivarius violins unique, says professor
Nov 29, 2006 |
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Answering a question that has lingered for centuries, a team of scientists has proved that chemicals used to treat the wood used in Stradivarius and Guarneri violins are the reasons for the distinct sound produced by the ...
