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Vise Squad: Putting the Squeeze on a Crystal Leads to Novel Electronics

Vise Squad: Putting the Squeeze on a Crystal Leads to Novel Electronics

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A clever materials science technique that uses a silicon crystal as a sort of nanoscale vise to squeeze another crystal into a more useful shape may launch a new class of electronic devices ...


Putting the squeeze on an old material could lead to 'instant on' electronic memory

Putting the squeeze on an old material could lead to 'instant on' electronic memory

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The technology of storing electronic information - from old cassette tapes to shiny laptop computers - has been a major force in the electronics industry for decades.





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NIST shows on-card fingerprint match is secure, speedy

NIST shows on-card fingerprint match is secure, speedy

Technology / Other

created Apr 02, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A fingerprint identification technology for use in Personal Identification Verification (PIV) cards that offers improved protection from identity theft meets the standardized accuracy criteria for federal ...


Samsung Introduces 90-Nanometer High Performance Smart Card IC

Samsung Introduces 90-Nanometer High Performance Smart Card IC

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 12, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced today its 90-nanometer smart card IC with high data storage capacity for subscriber identity module (SIM) cards and mobile ...


Using your car key as a credit card?

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 22, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- BMW Group Research and Technology and NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, have unveiled a prototype of the world’s first multifunctional car key. The prototype features ...


'Smart' holograms help patients help themselves

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 04, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Patients with diabetes, cardiac problems, kidney disorders or high blood pressure could benefit from the development of new hologram technology. The new "smart" holograms, which can detect changes in, for example, blood-glucose ...


Post Office card error leaves Italians in the red: report

Technology / Other

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A computer glitch left Italian Post Office customers in the red by processing card transactions at 100 times their value, Italian press reported Thursday.


Improving Security of Handheld IT Devices

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created Aug 29, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Handheld devices such as personal digital assistants are becoming indispensable tools for today’s highly mobile workforce. Small and relatively inexpensive, these devices can be used for many functions, including sending ...


Infineon, Intel to Develop High-Density SIM Card Solutions

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 13, 2007 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Today at the Cartes Trade Show in Paris, Infineon Technologies announced a strategic technology collaboration for the development of optimized chip solutions for high-density (HD) SIM cards with Intel Corporation.


LG Viewty Smart (LG-GC900)

LG's Viewty is Back: Viewty Smart (LG-GC900)

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

LG Electronics announced today Viewty Smart (LG-GC900), a brand new camera phone with an Intelligent Shot Mode that makes it easy to take great pictures by automatically analyzing scenes and adjusting camera ...


You don't have to be smart to be rich, study finds

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 25, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (19) | comments 0

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to make a lot of money, according to new research. A nationwide study found that people of below average intelligence were, overall, just about as wealthy as those in similar circumstances ...


Just in the time for holiday shoppers: Hira offers advice on breaking credit addiction

Just in the time for holiday shoppers: Personal finance professor offers advice on breaking credit addiction

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An October survey of 3,800 consumers by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling found that more than two thirds (68 percent) planned to pay in cash for their holiday purchases this year, ...



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