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Article | 10/12/2012 IBM advances silicon nanophotonics
IBM has demonstrated that it is commercially feasible to bake optical circuitry into silicon processors using existing fabrication techniques, which c...
Article | 10/12/2012 Nintendo reveals early Wii U prototypes
The original concept for Nintendo's new Wii U game controller?
Article | 3/12/2012 Sony to use CMOS sensors to check your skin for blemishes
Sony has developed new technology for using the small cameras in phones and tablets to check the health of users' skin.
Article | 30/11/2012 Japan space agency: virus may have stolen space rocket data
Japan's space agency said Friday that sensitive information on a new long-range rocket project may have been stolen by a computer virus.
Article | 27/11/2012 Fujitsu preps 'world's first' cloud-ready pedometer for dogs
Now, your dog can be in the cloud.
Article | 22/11/2012 NEC is working on a suitcase-sized DNA analyzer
NEC is working on a suitcase-sized DNA analyzer, which it says will be able to process samples at the scene of a crime or disaster in as little as 25 ...
Article | 19/11/2012 Nintendo says U.S. Wii U launch strong, despite software troubles
Nintendo apologized to early buyers of the Wii U for outages on its new online gaming platform, but said sales of its new flagship game console were s...
Article | 10/11/2012 Space-station commander controls Lego robot on Earth with futuristic network
Late last month in Germany, a robot made its first moves on Earth under commands from an orbiting spacecraft.
Article | 31/10/2012 Stanford researchers develop all-carbon solar cell
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a solar cell made entirely from carbon-based materials, they said Wednesday.
Article | 29/10/2012 IBM moving to replace silicon with carbon nanotubes in computer chips
IBM has hit a milestone in its quest to come up with a successor to silicon computer chips.
Article | 22/10/2012 Motorola HC1: Google Goggles for the enterprise
Motorola Solutions has unveiled a head-mounted, voice-controlled computer that's targeted at the military and other industries where workers need hand...
Article | 12/12/2011 Japan group to build smart power grids that treat energy like network data
Using concepts from IT and networking, a Japanese consortium plans to develop large-scale energy grids that will handle power the way the Internet han...
Article | 30/11/2011 Digital photo retouching quantified in new metric
A pair of researchers from Dartmouth University have devised a metric for quantifying how much a digital photograph has been altered by digital photo-...
Article | 29/11/2011 Rohm builds chip that will send data at 30Gbps, through clothing, paper
Japanese component maker Rohm said it has developed an experimental chip that can send and receive signals at terahertz-range frequencies, which can c...
Article | 16/11/2011 Move over Apple, Microsoft could be UI leader
Known for its attractive touch interface, Apple may have some competition in the next generation of user interfaces, according to an analyst.