Due to the overwhelming worldwide reaction to TFOT’s “Mempile – Terabyte on a CD” article and the numerous questions posted both here and on many other websites the company decided to grant us an additional Q&A published here for the ...
Gigabit-Wireless Technology Around the Corner?
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are studying the possible uses of extremely high radio frequencies in order to achieve broad bandwidth and high data transmission rates over short distances. A team of scientists from the Georgia Electronic Design ...
Philips 132 Inch 3D Wall
Philips recently showcased a new gigantic member of its WOWvx 3D display, measuring a whooping 132 inches (335.28 cm). The huge size was achieved by combining no less than nine 42-inch Philips 3D displays in a 3×3 display setup. The ...
The Largest Picture in the World
The world’s largest photograph, taken by the world’s largest camera, will be presented for the first time next month at an exhibition at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. The Guinness-certified photograph was created in the course ...
It’s a Kind of Magic – Computerized Telekinesis
“NeuroSky” – a California-based company has developed video games, which can be controlled by… your brain. The technology, which sounds as if it came straight off the pages of a science fiction novel, is in fact based on recent developments ...
PICO Enables Two-Way Man-Machine Interaction
Digital interactive displays, which respond to human touch, have been evolving rapidly in the last few years. Dr. James Patten who works in the field of industrial design advanced the idea of interactive displays to a new level by developing ...
Flash Memory Capacity to be Doubled
A new flash memory fabrication process is able to double flash memory capacity. Startup Company Nanosys claims that the use of metal nanocrystals may have a dramatic effect on the storage capacity of flash devices. According to the company, the ...
Falkirk Wheel
The Falkirk Wheel, which was opened in May, 2002, is named after the city of Falkirk in central Scotland. The wheel is a huge rotating boat lift connecting two main canals in the area and is one of Scotland’s most ...
Plastic Transistors in Future Flexible Displays
A new organic semiconductors transistor production process was recently reported by scientists from Carnegie Mellon University. This development makes the production of plastic transistors with enhanced electrical and mechanical properties possible. Nanowire assembly of a block copolymer (rr-PH3T and 57 ...
2007 Lite-On Awards
The Lite-On Awards 7th annual ceremony was held earlier this month, under the theme “Foreseeing the Future”. This large-scale industrial design competition, hosted by the Taiwanese “Lite-On” company, awards inventions in various industries, which put new technologies into use in ...