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3/4/10
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Purdue Univ. researchers have developed a miniature device capable of converting ultrafast laser pulses into bursts of radio-frequency signals, a step toward making wires obsolete for communications in the homes and offices of the future.
Feb 22 | News
Built by university students in Missouri, the tractor-tread-equipped robot relies on an infrared camera and LIDAR technology to relay photographs of tight interior spaces like buildings or caves. Suitable for hunting terrorists or structural damage, the robots weighs about 200 pounds and costs $25,000. Future versions will likely get lighter and smaller.
Feb 18 | News
An artificial foot that recycles energy otherwise wasted in between steps could make it easier for amputees to walk, its developers say.
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A Microsoft researcher has won the $250,000 Turing Award, one of technology's most coveted prizes, for his work helping design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer.While at Xerox Corp.'s famed Palo Alto Research Center, or PARC, in the 1970s, Charles Thacker...
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The information technology unit of General Dynamics Corp. has won a $228 million contract to modernize a phone system for the Federal Aviation Administration over 10 years, the company announced Tuesday.The company will provide technology updates and maintain the FAA's Administrative Voice...
2 hours ago | News
Cisco Systems Inc. announced Tuesday that it is upgrading one of its biggest pieces of networking hardware, a router that's used to power the most trafficked parts of the Internet backbone.Routers play an important role as the Internet's traffic cops, shunting packets of data to their...
4 hours ago | News
Microsoft is rolling out the new design for its MSN Web portal in the U.S.The software maker is saying goodbye to MSN.com's blue background and its blocks of text links. Instead, starting Tuesday, the site is sporting more white space and fewer categories.Microsoft Corp. hopes to get more Web...
5 hours ago | News
A senior Google executive welcomed on Tuesday a U.S. decision to relax restrictions on exporting Internet communications services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba.Bob Boorstin, Google's director of policy communications, said the Web search company would now be able to offer some of its other products...
5 hours ago | New To Market
The new OSTAR Compact LED from OSRAM has been developed specifically for use in vehicle headlights. Despite drawing just 5 W, the device provides 300 lumens of power and meets ECE/SAE color binning requirements for use on motor vehicles.
8 hours ago | News
The chairman and CEO of printer and copier maker Lexmark International Inc. received compensation worth $2.2 million in 2009, down 36 percent from the year before, according to an Associated Press calculation of figures filed with regulators.Paul Curlander, 57, drew a salary of $1 million in...
9 hours ago | News
Dassault Systèmes (DS) announced that BMW and DS have signed a strategic 5-year global agreement to pave the way to meet the automotive market’s new challenges.
20 hours ago | News
State and regional economies can benefit from Missouri's push into biotechnology and the life sciences, Gov. Jay Nixon said Monday."There is no sector of our economy riper for opportunity than the life sciences," the Democratic governor said, speaking to about 300 scientists and businesspeople...
Mar 8 | News
Posted by Pamela Passman Corporate Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs Pamela Passman, Corporate Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs Earlier today while speaking to the annual conference of the National Association of Workforce Boards in Washington...(