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Hundreds of gamers flock to Brazil tech fest

Hundreds of geeks and gamers braved Sao Paulo's torrid heat Tuesday to play online video games at the fifth edition of Brazil's Campus Party, an annual, week-long technology fest.

Technology / Software

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

iPad chip designer ARM Holdings posts strong profits

ARM Holdings, the British company whose microchip designs are used to help power Apple's iPads, posted strong fourth-quarter profits Tuesday thanks to keen demand for smarter technology.

Technology / Business

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Russia blames radiation for space probe failure

The head of Russia's space agency said Tuesday that cosmic radiation was the most likely cause of the failure of a Mars moon probe that crashed to Earth this month, and suggested that a low-quality imported ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 4

British pharmacy chain announces roll-out of new smart pills loaded with microchip

(Medical Xpress) -- A new pharmaceutical program that many Britons might find literally hard to swallow, has been announced. Pharmacy chain Lloydspharmacy has partnered with American technology firm Proteus ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Chip companies foresee slower growth

Microchip company executives expect the economy's continuing sluggishness to put a drag on their finances as well as their spending on new hires, capital improvements and research and development efforts next year, according ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

UV lithography: Taking extreme measures

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometime soon, microchip fabricators will take the next major step in the relentless reduction of feature size, from the current minimum of 22 nm down to 10 nm and perhaps even smaller. Getting ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

First molybdenite microchip

(PhysOrg.com) -- Molybdenite, a new and very promising material, can surpass the physical limits of silicon. EPFL scientists have proven this by making the first molybdenite microchip, with smaller and more ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (22) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

A SHARP new microscope for the next generation of microchips

(PhysOrg.com) -- Moore’s Law, hardly a law but undeniably a persistent trend, says that every year and a half, the number of transistors that fit on a chip roughly doubles. It’s why electronics – ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Magnetic attraction: NIST microchip demonstrates concept of 'MRAM for biomolecules'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of Colorado Boulder (CU) have developed a low-power microchip that uses a combination of microfluidics ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Physicists propose solution to constraint satisfaction problems

(PhysOrg.com) -- Maria Ercsey-Ravasz, a postdoctoral associate and Zoltan Toroczkai, professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, have proposed an alternative approach to solving difficult constraint ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Physicists move one step closer to quantum computer

Rice University physicists have created a tiny "electron superhighway" that could one day be useful for building a quantum computer, a new type of computer that will use quantum particles in place of the digital ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

The mark of the beast: tradition or stress?

For animal welfare reasons, many veterinarians are currently promoting the method of implanting a microchip over the traditional practice of branding. However, officials of major sport horse breed registries deny that branding ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cashless parking

Vacant parking spaces in town are thin on the ground. Finding one is just as tiresome as making sure you have the right change for the parking machine. An adhesive microchip on the windshield will make things ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Embedding microchips in ornamental shrubs

Radiofrequency Identification (RFID), or microchip technology, has been used for years in animal identification systems and is now being tested for use in plants. Researchers note that microchip techniques ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NICTA microchip accelerates Australian bionic eye project

NICTA has developed a new microchip which is accelerating progress towards an Australian bionic eye.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0