Tag Archive for 'research'
I don’t know much of anything about the science behind batteries, but I do know that a battery life boost of 10x is something I am very interested in. Apparently the gist of what’s needed to get that sizeable of a boost is to change the platform or anode from the carbon that is currently [...]
Well meaning scientists decided to create a smart bra. This bra was fastened to a few women who were size D cup or above to see where the strain and discomfort was. They used a special ‘revolutionary’ fabric containing sensors.
Indiana, the great sock-shaped state in the heartland of North America. It has everything: corn, rolling landscapes, me, researchers studying gamers learning techniques. What more could you ask for from a state?
Indiana University researchers are delving into the gaming world. They’ve found that students who are avid gamers learn better with [...]
The first is Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which I assume is somewhere near Oak Ridge Nuclear facility in Tennessee. The second was the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the famous site of the A-Bomb testing and development.
So the engineers at Hokuto System are the ones behind this, but basically they are recycling cell phone components and using a custom made board to make pocket sized computers. It looks like they are stealing the screen, RAM/ROM chips, processor, audio chips and interfaces, and CMOS sensors from the phones and putting them on [...]
Since I’m a humble tech writer I can laugh at the news that a mere 5-percent of European cellphone users expressed any sort of desire to view TV on their handsets in the next twelve months; if I were a carrier, happily upgrading my network to cater for exactly that sort of mobile media (or [...]
Tricky to demonstrate Fraunhofer Research’s latest developments in 3D display technology without, well, buying you all a 3D display to show it on, but you’ll have to take our word for it that their IFA 2007 displays were tremendously impressive. The Free2C display is intended to give engineers and physical modellers the chance to view [...]
Ever felt like making a rude gesture at your watch? I know sometimes when I’m running late I curse time for obviously having sped up and thus ruin my day. But in the future you might have to be careful; a gesture out of place and you may just wipe your hard-drive. Researchers at the [...]
Somewhere along the line we’re going to have to start differentiating exactly what we mean by “multi-touch”. In Apple’s world it’s the skin-sensitive capacitive touchscreen on the iPhone, which can respond to multiple fingers prodding and stroking at it at once. In Lenovo’s world (and that of other Tablet PC manufacturers) it means a touchscreen [...]
Market research can be tricky - I know I’ve lied to someone surveying me, so I always try to take results with a generous pinch (or shovel) of salt. I’d tentatively say that, going by The EQUS Group’s findings, the well-recognised brand name of Google or Yahoo! would be a good place to launch a [...]
