IOGEAR Inc. has recently introduced a new product that wirelessly connects between Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports and Video Graphics Array (VGA) ports. Using such a connection, users are able to add a high-resolution display to extend their desktop completely ...
CES on a Netbook and a Bit More
The Future of Things editor takes the plunge and goes to work on CES armed only with his netbook. How did it hold up and what can be learned from this experience about the future of mobile computing? CES with ...
DesCom – Future Desktop
Designer Sung-kyu Nam has built a new concept product, combining the desktop table with the personal computer. Nam named his creation DesCom, a combination of the words ‘desk’ and ‘computer’. Samsung hopes to manufacture the DesCom. Most designers’ concept products ...
Desktop Supercomputer Developed
A new computer architecture and program design has made the building of a desktop supercomputer prototype possible. Uzi Vishkin and his University of Maryland colleagues have succeeded in designing a computer with 64 parallel processors, and have defined a suitable ...
Wireless Power Demonstrated
Researchers from MIT were able to light a 60watt light bulb wirelessly from a distance of about 2 meters. If the MIT scientists have their way, in a few-year’s time we will all be charging our cellular phones, MP3 players ...