News tagged with microchip
'Fingerprinting' RFID Tags: Researchers Develop Anti-Counterfeiting Technology
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a unique and robust method to prevent cloning of passive radio frequency identification tags. The technology, based on one or more unique ...
China chip maker to pay $200 mln to settle TSMC claims
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) said Tuesday China's top chip maker will pay it 200 million US dollars cash after they settled a long-running dispute over alleged theft of trade secrets.
Nanostructured Integrated Circuit Detects Type and Severity of Cancer
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of investigators from the University of Toronto have used nanomaterials to develop an inexpensive microchip sensitive enough to quickly determine the type and severity of a patient's cancer so that ...
Robotic perception, on purpose
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers developed technology that enables a robot to combine data from both sound and vision to create combined, purposeful perception. In the process, they have taken the field ...
Scientists first to trap light and sound vibrations together in nanocrystal
Oct 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have created a nanoscale crystal device that, for the first time, allows scientists to confine both light and sound vibrations in the ...
SKorea targets world electric car market
Oct 08, 2009 |
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President Lee Myung-Bak Thursday offered full government support to help South Korean firms secure about 10 percent of the global electric car market by 2015.
Cooperative design shaves chip-making costs -- a boost for Europe's bottom line
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A European-sponsored programme that gives universities inexpensive access to state-of-the-art microchip design tools and fabrication techniques, and helps even small businesses fabricate novel ...
Prostate Cancer Treated Using Microfluidics Technology
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By analyzing rare tumor cells in patient's blood, using a special microchip, doctors would be able to predict how a patient will respond to drug treatment. By using microfluidics technology ...
Models begin to unravel how single DNA strands combine
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using computer simulations, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has identified some of the pathways through which single complementary strands of DNA interact and combine to form the double ...
Stimulating sight: New retinal implant developed
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Inspired by the success of cochlear implants that can restore hearing to some deaf people, researchers at MIT are working on a retinal implant that could one day help blind people regain a ...
Taiwan's chip makers still face dangers: analysts
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Taiwan's chip makers, powerful drivers of growth on the island, may have survived their worst crisis ever, but lacklustre sales and new rivals still make these risky times.
Faster searches key to a greener web
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Faster internet search engine processors could be the key to reducing the environmental impact of the worldwide web, according to scientists at the University of Glasgow.
Researchers grow nanowire crystals for 3-D microchips
Aug 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford researchers have developed a method of stacking and purifying crystal layers that may pave the way for three-dimensional microchips.
'Printed chips' could be boon for consumers
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Until now, creating the microchips that power all of our electronic gadgets has been a laborious, complex and time-consuming process costing billions of dollars. But if a Milpitas, Calif.-based startup succeeds, making them ...
New microchip technology performs 1,000 chemical reactions at once
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Flasks, beakers and hot plates may soon be a thing of the past in chemistry labs. Instead of handling a few experiments on a bench top, scientists may simply pop a microchip into a computer ...
