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Fastest Computer: One Million Trillion 'Flops' Per Second Targeted
February 22, 2008 Preparing groundwork for an exascale computer is the mission of the new Institute for Advanced Architectures, launched jointly at Sandia and Oak Ridge national laboratories. An exaflop is a thousand ... > full story -
Turning 'Funky' Quantum Mysteries Into Computing Reality
February 21, 2008 The strange world of quantum mechanics can provide a way to surpass limits in speed, efficiency and accuracy of computing, communications and measurement, according to new research. Quantum mechanics ... > full story -
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Wizkid Robot Homes In On Human Faces And Encourages Interaction
February 20, 2008 There's a kid waiting to meet you at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Like any kid, it will amuse you, it will ask you lots of questions, and it might even bother you a little bit. But unlike ... > full story -
Strengthening Fluids With Nanoparticles
February 20, 2008 Liquids embedded with nanoparticles show enhanced performance and stability when exposed to electric fields. The finding could lead to new types of miniature camera lenses, cell phone displays and ... > full story -
US Not Set Up To Trace Nuclear Terrorist Device In Aftermath, Report Says
February 20, 2008 The first question asked after an atomic explosion in the US (or elsewhere) would be, "Who did this to us?" But the US ability to answer that question rapidly has faded since the end of the Cold War. ... > full story -
Computer Analysis Of 911 Calls From California Wildfires Offers Potential Early Warning System
February 17, 2008 When confronted with emergencies or natural disasters, such as the wildfires that raged through San Diego and Los Angeles counties last October or the tornadoes that recently hit the southern US, ... > full story -
Graphene Holds Promise For Spintronics
February 15, 2008 Graphene is a nanomaterial combining very simple atomic structure with intriguingly complex and largely unexplored physics. Since its first isolation about four years ago researchers suggested a ... > full story -
Wireless Monitoring Of People And Things: Future Of Social Networking?
February 14, 2008 If you need information, the Internet offers a wealth of resources. But if you're hunting down a person or a thing, a computer's not much help. That may soon change. Electronic tags promise to create ... > full story -
'Recordable' Proteins As Next-generation Memory Storage Materials
February 12, 2008 Move over, compact discs, DVDs, and hard drives. Researchers in Japan report progress toward developing a new protein-based memory device that could provide an alternative to conventional magnetic ... > full story -
New Method For Taxi, Delivery Dispatch Reduces Wait Times
February 10, 2008 Human-computer interaction has not improved enormously since Mark Twain's time, when the typewriter was invented. A European research task force hopes to change that by making human-computer ... > full story -
Engineers Create Record-setting High-frequency Circuit That Could Slash Costs For Detectors
February 8, 2008 Engineers have crafted the world's highest-frequency circuit made with a common type of semiconductor transistor, a step that could slash the price of detectors useful in earlier cancer detection and ... > full story -
Hand-held Computers Prod Older Adults To Exercise More, Study Shows
February 8, 2008 Specially programmed PDAs, or personal digital assistants, can prod middle-aged and older Americans - the most sedentary segment of the U.S. population - into increasing their physical activity ... > full story
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