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9/1/10
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Many engineering disciplines rely on supercomputers to simulate complicated physical phenomena. Now, researchers at MIT have developed software that can perform such simulations on an ordinary smart phone. Although the current version of the software is for demonstration purposes, the work could lead to applications that let engineers perform complicated calculations in the field and to better control systems for vehicles or robotic systems.
Aug 20 | News
Four years ago Cambridge, Mass.-based E Ink Corp. and
Taiwan's Prime View International Co. hooked up to create an e-paper display
that now supplies 90% of the fast growing e-reader market. Some are comparing
e-reading to invention of paper by the Chinese 2,000 years ago, but many
question the readiness of the market for paper-less reading.
Aug 18 | News
It's been called revolutionary—technology that lends supercomputer-level power to any desktop. What's more, this new capability comes in the form of a readily available piece of hardware, a graphics processing unit (GPU) costing only a few hundred dollars. Georgia Tech researchers are investigating whether this new calculating power might change the security landscape worldwide. They're concerned that these desktop marvels might soon compromise a critical part of the world’s cyber-security infrastructure—password protection.
5 hours ago | News
According an article from Digitimes, Texas Instruments (TI) vice president of DLP business Kent Novak at a conference has commented that the company's shipments of DLP 3D Ready chips will increase to 2-3 million units in 2011, and the company already shipped over 300,000 from the fourth...
5 hours ago | News
Unlike most biological membranes, polymeric, nanometer-thin membranes are very stable and can withstand considerable pressure. This is an essential requirements for separation processes such as in water purification and desalination. Because their ...
6 hours ago | News
SPIE eesearchers have used InGaP colloidal quantum dots and unconventional fabrication techniques to produce cheaper, smaller PICs integrated onto a single chip.
6 hours ago | News
SiC devices, positioned as a promising next-generation power device technology, are booming in Japan. A collaborative effort by industry, government and academia is gearing up now to ensure that Japan takes and holds the lead in the sector.
Sep 2 | News
Research firm IDC on Thursday lowered its estimate for the growth of personal computer shipments for the year, as second-half shipments will be hurt by a "persistently bleak employment outlook" in the United States.IDC expects growth of 11.8 percent in the second half of the year, which...
Sep 2 | News
Officials say a small plane has crashed in a lagoon off San Francisco Bay.San Carlos Airport project manager Theresa Yee says the plane took off from the airport around noon Thursday and went into the water near Oracle Corp. headquarters in Redwood City.She did not have further details.Federal...
Sep 2 | News
WIDER NET: After pressuring BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. for data on users' traffic, India is now cracking down on other companies that provide encrypted communications.COMPANIES AFFECTED: Gmail provider Google Inc. and Internet phone provider Skype are likely among the companies...
Sep 2 | RD 100 Awards
Normally, if you stick a supercomputer in a dusty, 85° room, you are
asking for trouble. But that is exactly where Green Destiny has
been for the past year. A team led by Wu-chun Feng (pictured) at Los Alamos
National Laboratory, N.M., has built Green Destiny, a
240-processor cluster that takes up just 0.5 m2 and requires
no cooling.
Sep 2 | News
Cisco Systems said Thursday that it plans to acquire Arch Rock Corp., a maker of wireless network equipment for smart grids, for an undisclosed amount.Cisco said Arch Rock will help Cisco with its smart grid applications for utilities. Arch Rock's technology is designed to allow utilities to...
Sep 2 | News
India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications — not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion — to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users' data. That would likely affect digital giants like Google...