In March, the market value of all bitcoins in circulation reached one billion dollars , attracting new investors, but also closer scrutiny from regulators. Last week, Dwolla shut down an account which funds MT Gox, the most popular online bitcoin exchange, after the Department of Home...
A lot of awesome stuff happened up in [Bruce Land]‘s lab at Cornell this last semester. Three students – [Pat], [Ed], and [Hanna] put in hours of work to come up with a few algorithms that are able to simulate stereo audio with monophonic sound . It’s enough work for three semesters o...
"High-definition," "high-fidelity" 3D vision. Obviously, the biggest deal for robotics is the improved 3D sensing. We're not sure what "high-definition" means , exactly, but it's definitely better, possibly 1080p 60fps better. The sensor itself operates based on time of flight (like a...
The Vine app is all the rage these days. It lets you shoot six-second videos on your iPhone and easily post them on the Internet. The problem is that [Sean Hodgins] doesn’t find the time limit to be useful for traditional video. But you can cram a lot more info into a half-dozen secon...
BRUSSELS, Belgium – A three-year project with a budget of 360 million euro (about $465 million) has been set up in Europe to support the industrialization of the fully depleted silicon-on-insulator (FDSOI) manufacturing process. The project, called Places2Be, is led by FDSOI pioneer S...
New packaging is key for semiconductors, says IDT v-p Pietro Polidori no comment richard wilson 2013/05/22 Pietro Polidori, vice president of Europe, Middle East & Africa for Integrated Device Technology believes that flash memory and new packaging technologies such as through silicon...
Called AGITATE, the device is currently the size of a 5p piece. It requires no battery: when shaken, it converts mechanical energy into radio signals which can be tracked through walls and up to 20km in built up areas. In free space, the device is said to have an estimated range of 20...
Healthcare might seem to be an unlikely target application for the Internet of Things technology, but recent developments show small ways that big-data is going to make an impact on patient care moving into the future. One example is the Aventura Hospital and Medical Center in Aventur...
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Autodesk Adds Features — and Fees — to AutoCAD 360 Mobile App 21 May, 2013 By: Cadalyst Staff New versions of the tool formerly known as AutoCAD WS are offered alongside the popular free version. Twelve million people have downloaded AutoCAD 360 – Autodesk’s free mobile drawing and dr...
Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013 Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14% Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13 Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK AMD falls t...
Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS Press release; Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 22 May 2013] Although global capital spending this year in the solar supply chain is expected to fall to its lowest level since 2006, indications signal that the downturn in invest...
Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013 Jessie Lin, DIGITIMES Research, Taipei [Wednesday 22 May 2013] Global LED tube lighting shipments in 2013 will increase to 220 million units to account for 5.5% of the entire lighting market, as LED...
Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market Irene Chen, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 22 May 2013] China-based Nanjing Z-Com Wireless has cooperated with IC design houses to begin development of 4G small cell equipment specifically for the China market and expe...
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Broadcom’s CTO on Ethernet’s six key directions Rick Merritt 5/21/2013 9:14 PM EDT MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Luminaries in communications technology gather this week at the Computer History Museum here to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Ethernet. We talked with Broadcom co-founder and...
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Newly minted Intel Corp. CEO Brian Krzanich wasted little time putting his stamp on the company he has worked for for more than 30 years. After officially being handed the reins at Intel last week with the retirement of Paul Otellini, Krzanich sent out an internal memo Monday outlinin...
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Knowing that this desk was built from scratch is pretty impressive. But the motorized legs that raise and lower the desk to any height really puts the project over the top. Surprisingly this started off as a computer case project. [Loren] upgraded his hardware and couldn’t find a case...
筆者は、2013年5月14〜16日に香港コンベンション&エキシビション・センター（Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre）で開催された「香港国際医療機器&医薬用品フェア」（Hong Kong International Medical Devices and Supplies Fair）を訪れました。香港や中国の企業による展示の中にも興味深いものがありましたが、筆者が最も印象深かったのは、その他の国・地域の企業が中国市場進出を狙う姿でした。
It’s that time of the year again where spring is in full force, the sun is shining, birds are chirping and this year’s college graduates are spreading their wings and sending out resumes. Despite at least four years of schooling and tens of thousands of dollars spent on tuition, it’s ...
Image: IBM Vanadium Solution: Ionic liquid can be used to enhance electric fields close to materials. Here, a droplet sits on top of a device containing source and drain electrode contacts, a channel through which current can flow, and a gate electrode. Researchers at IBM have found a...
The University of Colorado at Boulder’s engineering school spearheaded the academic redshirting concept with its GoldShirt program in 2009. The five-year curriculum allows high school students to spend the first year catching up on math, science, and humanities courses before tackling...
