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P-Ink Technology Under Development

P-Ink Technology Under Development

The Toronto based Start-Up Company Opalux has developed a new type of electronic ink, based on photonic crystals called P-ink. The new crystal-based e-paper can display colors in a way that current technology has not enabled until now. This promising ...

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Troubleshooting System for WiFi Networks Developed

Scientists from the University of California in San Diego developed an automated troubleshooting system for wireless access networks. The system was initially designed for the UCSD computer science building, but its success resulted in a paper presented by the researchers ...

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Talking Mirror

Talking Mirror

‘Mirror, mirror, on the wall, please go open up the door.’ Think you have seen it all? How about a mirror with a talking avatar that pops-up to notify you each time something happens around the house? When a delivery ...

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Chaotic Sculpture

Chaotic Sculpture

Created by Dr. Benjamin Storch the Manifold sculpture is a unique combination of science and art. The sculpture is a physical representation of the famous mathematical object known as the Lorenz manifold – a complex surface that emerges from a ...

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Sony’s XEL-1 First OLED TV Goes on Sale

Sony’s XEL-1 First OLED TV Goes on Sale

Sony recently announced that it will begin selling its upcoming 11-inch OLED-based TV this December. This will be the first commercial OLED TV model to go on sale, opening the way to a possible revolution in the flat panel display ...

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Audiopad Composer

Audiopad Composer

Two students from MIT have developed an innovative control device, called the Audiopad, to help compose live electronic music. The Audiopad is a tool for composing electronic music, which tracks the positions of objects on a tabletop surface and converts ...

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Wireless High Definition Video Takes Off

Amimon, a California-based startup company, introduced a technology that enables wireless transmission of high definition video streams. Their wireless high-definition interface (WDMI) could eliminate the need for wires while preserving the quality of the video stream. Amimon’s wireless modules, which ...

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USB 3.0 to Come in 2008

USB 3.0 to Come in 2008

During the recent Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San-Francisco, Intel announced that together with its partners it is forming a “promoter group” to push for the creation of a new generation of the most popular connection standard ever created – ...

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Philips Lights Your Clothes

Philips Lights Your Clothes

Philips has developed a light-emitting textile called Lumalive. Beneath the outer fabric you will find a layered system containing flexible arrays of colored light-emitting diodes (LEDs), visible from the outside only when the display panel is switched on. This integration ...

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Sony Blurs the Line Between Video and Stills

Sony Blurs the Line Between Video and Stills

Sony has developed a prototype of a new image sensor, CMOS (or complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) sensor, which should provide continuous imaging from all pixels at the high frame rate of 60 frames per second. The new high-speed CMOS sensor is ...

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