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Electronics 'Missing Link' Brings Neural Computing Closer
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Assistant Professor Wei Lu is leading a research effort to make brain-like computers using memristors.
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An Express Lane From Camera to Computer
Intel is developing the Light Peak fiber-optic link, cable technology that will transmit 10 gigabits of data per second bidirectionally, and is expected to scale...
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Amarsi Project Could See Robots Learn From Co-Workers
The AMARSi project aims to build humanoid robots that can autonomously learn and develop motor skills in open-ended environments just as humans do.
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Supercapacitors Boost Efficiency
University of Waikato researchers have developed working prototypes of a supercapacitor that could enable mobile phones and laptop computers to run longer between...
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Conquering the Chaos in Modern, Multiprocessor Computers
A group of computer scientists have found a way to tame multiprocessor computers, which behave in wildly unpredictable ways even as they become widespread in the...
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Institute Says It Can Mass-Produce Graphene
Scientists have leaped over a major hurdle in efforts to begin commercial production of graphene, a form of carbon that could rival silicon in its potential for...
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Could This Be The Robot Servant Who Will Serve You Breakfast In Bed?
Tokyo University researchers have created Kojiro, a humanoid robot that is learning to mimic how people walk.
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Silicon-on-Silk Electronics Developed For Potential Biomedical Applications
University of Illinois researcher John Rogers has collaborated with a team at Tufts University to develop silicon-on-silk electronics, which could one day function...
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Quantum Dots Could Lead to Faster Computers
An international team of scientists has developed a new type of semiconductor that could lead to faster and more efficient computers.The new research centers on...
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Printable Sensors to Detect Fingers Without Touching
The European Union 3Plast research consortium plans to develop sensors that can be printed onto plastic film and attached to everyday objects. The sensors are...
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'micro-Rings' Could Nix Wires For Communications in Homes, Offices
Purdue University researchers have developed a device that uses micro-ring resonators to convert laser pulses into bursts of pulsating radio-frequency signals that...
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China's Fastest Supercomputer to Have China-Made Chips
China's fastest super computer "Tianhe-1," is to be equipped this year with China-made central processing unit (CPU) chips, replacing the only part of the computer...
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Security Pros Question Deployment of Smart Meters
The country’s swift deployment of smart-grid technology has security professionals concerned that utilities and smart-meter vendors are repeating the mistakes made...
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For Smaller Chips, Borrow 18th-Century Tricks
A new take on a centuries-old printing technique could shrink silicon chips and lead to advances in ultra-high-density computer storage. Computer chips are made...
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Magnetic Solder to Wire 3-D Chips
A new type of solder can be melted and shaped in three dimensions under the force of a weak magnetic field. Using a magnet to pull the solder up through narrow...
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Faster Optical Switching Through Chemistry
New molecules produced at Georgia Tech could enable engineers to build all-optical data routers, ultimately leading to transmission speeds as high as two terabits...
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New Frontiers: The Nanoscience/neuroscience Intersection
Is it possible to build supercomputers that can replicate the human brain, or to develop nanotechnology that can lead to an implantable chip for interfacing with...
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Prace Evaluated Additional Prototypes For Next Generation Architectures
The Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe's work package for future petaflop computer technologies beyond 2010 recently assessed 12 prototypes for next-generation...
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Physicists Build Basic Quantum Computing Circuit
Exerting delicate control over a pair of atoms within a mere seven-millionths-of-a-second window of opportunity, physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
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