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Researchers Develop Material That Could Boost Data Storage, Save Energy

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (18) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- North Carolina State University engineers have created a new material that would allow a fingernail-size computer chip to store the equivalent of 20 high-definition DVDs or 250 million pages of text, far ...


Toshiba Adds 32nm mSATA And Half-Slim Solid State Drive Modules

Toshiba Adds 32nm mSATA And Half-Slim Solid State Drive Modules

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Toshiba today announced a series of solid state drive (SSD) modules using the latest generation Toshiba 32nm MLC NAND flash, at Intel Developers Forum 2009. The Toshiba SG2 modules are offered in two types, ...


Verbatim TUFF-'N'-TINY USB drive

Tiny flash drive is also durable

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (8) | comments 6

Just the other day, my son was looking for his flash drive that is a requirement for all college freshmen. His mom was the one who found it due to the loud clanging noise coming from the automatic dryer. ...


Hydrogen Storage Gets New Hope

Hydrogen Storage Gets New Hope from Rechargeable 'Chemical Fuel Tank'

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (17) | comments 19

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method for "recycling" hydrogen-containing fuel materials could open the door to economically viable hydrogen-based vehicles.


IBM Unveils Industry's First Public Desktop Cloud

Technology / Software

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Building on years of industry leadership in desktop virtualization technology, IBM today announced the availability of the industry's first public desktop cloud service.


Mitsubishi, Hitachi eye disc for cloud computing era

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hitachi Ltd., Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. and some other organizations plan to jointly develop a next-generation optical disc that can store 25 times more data than a Blu-ray Disc, with the aim of putting the technology into ...


Beep, beep, oops, what was I doing?

Beep, beep, oops, what was I doing? (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 4

"That blasted siren. I can't focus." That reaction to undesired distraction may signal a person's low working-memory capacity, according to a new study.


16 Gb SanDisk Netbook SDHC: More Storage for Your Netbook

16 Gb SanDisk Netbook SDHC: More Storage for Your Netbook

Electronics / Hardware

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

SanDisk today announced the SanDisk Netbook SDHC removable flash memory card, offering consumers an easy way to significantly increase their netbooks' storage capacity. Consumers simply insert the SanDisk ...


500 GB Micro-holographic discs

General Electric Develops a 500GB Optical Disc

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- G.E. has unveiled a 500 GB micro-holographic disc that is the same size as existing DVD's. The storage capacity is equivalent to 100 DVD's and is aimed at the archive industry but eventually ...


Kindle 2

Report: Amazon's $359 Kindle 2 costs $185 to make

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- If you aren't sure whether Amazon.com Inc.'s latest Kindle electronic reading device is worth its $359 price tag, an analysis by research firm iSuppli may shed some light.


iPod Shuffle

iPod shuffle: Are these earbuds for you?

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Apple has a history of making things without features that many people consider essential.


Dense Chip Schematic

250 DVDs on a quarter: New method of self-assembling nanoscale elements could transform data storage industry

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (35) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- An innovative and easily implemented technique in which nanoscale elements precisely assemble themselves over large surfaces could soon open doors to dramatic improvements in the data storage ...


'Core-Shell' Silicon Nanowires May Improve Lithium-Ion Batteries

'Core-Shell' Silicon Nanowires May Improve Lithium-Ion Batteries

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found a way to incorporate silicon into the structure of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which are used to power a wide variety of portable electronic devices, including ...


Fujitsu to Release New Energy-Efficient 500 GB 2.5'' HDD Models

Fujitsu to Release New Energy-Efficient 500 GB 2.5'' HDD Models

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 11, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Fujitsu Limited today announced that it has developed two new 500 GB 2.5" hard disk drive (HDD) models that feature a rotational speed of 5,400 RPM and deliver industry-leading levels of energy efficiency. ...


Researchers Use Nanowires to Develop Neural Probe That Will Limit Damage to Cells and Biological Tissue

Researchers Use Nanowires to Develop Neural Probe That Will Limit Damage to Cells and Biological Tissue

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 14, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a neural probe that demonstrates significantly greater electrical charge storage capacity than all other neural prosthetic ...