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New radiation therapy promises relief for overheating laptops

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Our modern age has become accustomed to regular improvements in information technology, says Slava Rotkin, but these advances do not come without a cost.





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This curvaceous humanoid made of layers of cardboard is billed as the first eco-friendly robot

Robo-chefs and fashion-bots on show in Tokyo

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Forget the Transformers and Astroboy: Japan's latest robots don't save the world -- they cook snacks, play with your kids, model clothes, and search for disaster victims.


Searing heat, little package; High-temperature lab-on-a-chip can get hotter than surface of Venus

Searing heat, little package; High-temperature lab-on-a-chip can get hotter than surface of Venus

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created Jul 01, 2004 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Engineers have created a miniature hotplate that can reach temperatures above 1100°C (2012°F), self-contained within a "laboratory" no bigger than a child's shoe. The micro-hotplates are only a few dozen micron ...


IBM Cools 3-D Chips with Water

IBM Cools 3-D Chips with Water

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 05, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (35) | comments 11

In IBM’s labs, tiny rivers of water are cooling computer chips that have circuits and components stacked on top of each other, a design that promises to advance Moore’s Law in the next decade and significantly ...


IBM researchers develop next-generation chip-cooling technologies

IBM researchers develop next-generation chip-cooling technologies

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 26, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (61) | comments 0

At the BroadGroup Power and Cooling Summit in London, IBM researchers presented an innovative approach for improving the cooling of computer chips, an increasingly urgent need given the large amount of heat ...



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