Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing innovative techniques to improve existing methods used in location-detection systems. Unlike Global Positioning Systems (GPS), their project utilizes wireless devices in a whole new manner, offering potential applications new ways to ...

Researchers from University of Southern California recently published a study that describes the communication between different parts of the brain. The new paper might help future researchers understand better the wiring of the human brain, although scientists conducted the experiments ...

European researchers have collaborated to create the first robot ever to collect waste on demand. The new unit, dubbed “DustCart”, could be useful for the Old Continent’s narrow streets, as it can go through almost every passage and automatically clean ...

Western Digital recently introduced its TV Live HD media player featuring network capability and full high-definition (HD) resolution. The new device offers users the ability to play content (mostly videos) stored on USB and network drives. Furthermore, it is capable ...

TASER, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based company, has designed the AXON system, a tactical networkable computer that combines advanced audio-video record and capture capabilities worn by first responders. An audio-video earpiece imager, speaker, and microphone integrate into the two-way communications loop between ...

Creating an on-the-fly wireless communications networks is a fundamental element of fire fighting, dealing with hostage situations, and other emergencies. However, it is challenging to assemble such networks without delay and dependably. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) ...

Avaak has developed a wireless multi-camera system called the Vue Personal Video Network. The Vue is designed for home monitoring, but may garner interest in the business world as well. For home use, two wireless remote cameras using mesh technology ...

Engineers at Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology, are applying electro-optic technology to locate tunnels used by terrorists to smuggle weaponry. The research, led by Dr. Assaf Klar and Dr. Raphael Linker of the faculty of civil and environmental engineering, ...

Fusion-io has recently introduced the ioSAN, which is the world’s first networked enterprise Solid-State Drive (SSD). The new product makes it possible to extend the raw power of SSD across the network and can be deployed as networked, server-attached storage ...

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 ...