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Self-assembling computer chips

Self-assembling computer chips

The features on computer chips are getting so small that soon the process used to make them, which has hardly changed in the last 50 years, won’t work anymore. One of the alternatives that academic researchers have been exploring is to create tiny circuits using molecules that automatically arrange themselves into useful patterns.  

Conquering the chaos in multiprocessor computers

Computers should not play dice. That, to paraphrase Einstein, is the feeling of a Univ. of Washington computer scientist with a simple manifesto: If you enter the same computer command, you should get back the same result.

Microrings could nix wires for communications in homes

Microrings could nix wires for communications in homes

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.

Quantifying the electron transport effects of placing metal contacts onto graphene

Quantifying the electron transport effects of placing metal contacts onto graphene

Using large-scale supercomputer calculations, researchers have analyzed how the placement of metallic contacts on graphene changes the electron transport properties of the material as a factor of junction length, width and orientation.  The work is believed to be the first quantitative study of electron transport through metal-graphene junctions to examine earlier models in significant detail.

Turning blueprints green

Turning blueprints green

An open-source program developed at MIT allows architects and engineers to optimize a building’s energy systems early in the design process.

IMEC and Holst Centre achieve breakthrough in battery-less radios

IMEC and Holst Centre achieve breakthrough in battery-less radios

At this week’s International Solid State Circuit Conference, IMEC and Holst Centre report a 2.4 GHz/915 MHz wake-up receiver which consumes only 51 µW power. This record low power achievement could open the door to battery-less or energy-harvesting based radios for long-range RFID or wireless sensor nodes.

Arthritis simulation gloves aid design of products

Arthritis simulation gloves aid design of products

As the U.S. population ages, manufacturers of consumer goods are realizing that many customers may not be as nimble-fingered or sharp-sighted as they once were. To help product designers and engineers address those changing requirements, researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute have been developing evaluation methods and design techniques to identify and address the needs of all consumers.

Computational model to identify genetic interactions

To meet the challenge of interpreting cell image data, a team of researchers developed a novel computational model to identify genetic interactions using high-dimensional morphological data. Integrating very basic prerequisite knowledge of a pathway, their model maps potential interactions within a network by looking for similar morphological features upon genetic perturbation.

Making a leap in quantum computing

Making a leap in quantum computing

A Princeton Univ. researcher has demonstrated a method that alters the properties of a lone electron without disturbing the trillions of electrons in its immediate surroundings. The feat is essential to the development of future varieties of superfast computers with near-limitless capacities for data.

IBM’s latest graphene transistor breaks 100 GHz barrier

A team at IBM working for the Carbon Electronics for RF Applications program funded by DARPA previously achieved 26GHz. But this breakthrough—the world’s fastest cycle speed for graphene—was achieved using wafer-scale graphene processing technology compatible with silicon device fabrication.

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Much ado about next to nothing

Much ado about next to nothing

The recent review of the past 10 years of the National Nanotechnology Initiative--as presented by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology--suggested the rise of nanomanufacturing as the near future of nanotechnology. But the actual proposed funding reflects a cautious approach, even about nanotech in general.

Lunar tires, space MRSA, and resonating microfluidics

Lunar tires, space MRSA, and resonating microfluidics

I typically attend the annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy each year in pursuit of specific coverage. This year, I sought out candidates for coverage in a vacuum technology article, and pulled together some instruments for a spectroscopy guide. But as busy as that kept me, it wasn’t all mass spectrometers and vacuum pumps on the show floor.  

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NuGard Coating Ashburn Hill

NuGard Coating Ashburn Hill

NuGard First Response Protective Clothing are lightweight coveralls, jackets, and pants that provide protection from heat and flame while keeping the wearers body temperature constant.

Multi-Touch Music Maker

Multi-Touch Music Maker

Professor David Wessel shows his multi-touch interface that uses computer technologies that allow him to experiment with fine controls to "caress" the instrument.

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Submersible FlowCAM catches particle images and data in-situ and real-time
Submersible FlowCAM catches particle images and data in-situ and real-time

Fluid Imaging Technologies recently introduced its Submersible FlowCAM particle and cell imaging and analysis system at Ocean Sciences 2010 in Portland, Ore. The remote sensing platform can be used for continuous, unattended monitoring tethered to research vessels or autonomous submersibles.

Daytime running light has just two LEDs

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.

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Analog input board

United Electronic Industries (UEI) released the DNA- and DNR-AI-217 analog input boards. The boards provide 16 differential channels of 24-bit, analog inputs with seven software programmable input ranges from ±10 to ±0.156 Volts full scale.

Rotary table

IntelLiDrives, Inc.’s new rotary table model RR-18-14 from the ROTORING direct drive rotary Series provides angular positioning and is designed to eliminate backlash, friction, and wear problems associated with worm, gear, and belt drives.

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