Technology Review – San Diego startup On-Ramp Wireless uses the wifi frequency, but less power, to send data signals 45 miles, thanks to algorithms that make the signals very resistant to noise. On Ramp Wireless website Ultra-Link Processing, transfers data at a very low rate compared with a home broadband connection. But On-Ramp intends to …
The EU “Highly Automated Vehicles for Intelligent Transport” project (HAVEIt), which was launched in 2008 to investigate automated driving solutions, has produced a semi-automated driving system German automaker Volkswagen has unveiled a “temporary auto pilot” function which can drive its vehicles semi-automatically and could be a feature of production vehicles within the next five years. …
www.saffo.com 25 years ago speculations on what nano would deliver First science discipline that focused on the impacts of what would happen with what was being built Thought about the consequences Futurist – hearing the inflection point coming Overestimate early (before infection) and then underestimate later (after inflection) Moore’s law has been the mother of …
University of Cambridge researchers report that they have successfully achieved a transconductance of 0.76 S/m for organic thin-film transistors with 4 V-operation. The team writes: “This is the highest transconductance reported for organic TFTs fabricated using printing, to the best of our knowledge.” Thanks to ultra-low volume (subfemtoliter) inkjet nozzles, small transistors (channel length ~ …
President Obama launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort bringing together industry, universities, and the federal government to invest in the emerging technologies that will create high quality manufacturing jobs and enhance our global competitiveness. Investing in technologies, such as information technology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, will support the creation of good jobs by …
Google Nexus 4G specs are at Boy Genius report Google Nexus 4G will feature a next-generation dual-core 1.2GHz or 1.5GHz CPU, and contrary to reports about it featuring an NVIDIA Kal-El processor, our source indicates it’s most likely an OMAP 4460 or a, ultra low-power 28nm Krait-based Snapdragon. The display is said to be a …
The Carnival of Space 202 is up at Chandra blog The Chandra space telescope research team announced the discovery of baby black holes in the early universe This composite image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) combines the deepest X-ray, optical and infrared views of the sky. Using these images, astronomers …
Researchers at the University of Michigan take another step towards the Holy Grail of neurological technology–a device that would restore natural movement to the paralyzed. The BioBolt, as the implant is called, can act as an interface between the human brain and an external device like a computer. It’s not the first device to do …
Left- Biological scaffolds made of extracellular matrices, Center – mound of ECM powder or pixie dust that regenerate finger tips, Right – pixie dust in a test tube Stephen Badylak is a leading researcher on tissue regeneration. Here is a link to his publications. It appears that they are having success with inducing the regeneration …
Crocus Technology, a leading developer of magnetic semiconductors, today announced its Magnetic-Logic-Unit (MLU) architecture, a scalable evolution of Crocus’ Thermally Assisted Switching™ (TAS) technology, that permits practical implementation of advanced logic and memory capabilities, a first for the industry. This innovation will expand the market for Crocus’ magnetic technology by opening up new applications in …
Scientists have developed a way to transform ordinary sand — a mainstay filter material used to purify drinking water throughout the world — into a “super sand” with five times the filtering capacity of regular sand. The researchers used a simple method to coat sand grains with graphite oxide, creating a super sand that successfully …