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Freescale Semiconductor staked out an industry first with the commercial availability of its speedy, non-volatile Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory technology, which the Texas company is already producing in volume. The MRAM solution joins the speed of static random access memory and the stabili...
British and U.S. scientists are developing an "emotionally aware" computer that can gauge an individual's thoughts by analyzing facial expressions. The technology could have practical applications for people with autism, researchers said. "People express their mental states all the time through faci...
Microsoft made a major move into robotics this week as the software giant previewed its Windows-based Robotics Studio robot software development platform. Along with a list of robotics partners including Lego, White Box Robotics, and universities around the globe, Microsoft said its robotics develop...
Researchers from IBM and Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated a silicon-germanium processor that, when cryogenically frozen, can operate at frequencies higher than 500 gigahertz, some 250 times faster than the chips of today's mobile phones. The phenomenal jump in chip clock speed may b...
Intel this week signaled research advancements for its tri-gate transistor technology, indicating that along with other emerging methods and manufacturing, it has a technology trifecta lined up for tomorrow's energy efficient chips. Intel researchers said the technologies -- tri-gate insulation, hig...
Seeking to use a novel approach to the problem of patrolling the lengthy border between the U.S. and Mexico, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has proposed using remote cameras that would be connected to the Internet, allowing regular citizens the opportunity to help watch for border-jumpers. Perry has proposed...
Chip maker Micron touted its new image sensor silicon this week, calling it the world's first 8-megapixel image sensor packaged in a standard-sized 1 by 2.5-inch optical format, widely used in today's mainstream digital cameras. A camera using the sensor, unveiled by Micron in prototype form, would ...
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies this week plans to roll out its first hard drives based on perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology. The company is readying its 2.5-inch 160-gigabyte Travelstar hard drive 5K160 designed for notebook and mobile computing this summer at a price tag of US$...
Last year, Congress passed the Real ID Act, a law that calls for standardization of drivers' licenses across the country by 2008. The current reaction from states like California and New Hampshire raises questions about how a national ID system would affect civil liberties, putting welcome pressure...
Last week I visited Hewlett-Packard's lab to see what they have in the works. Lab tours are one of the nice perks of this job. A few months ago I got to see Intel's rather extensive future lineup, and weeks ago I also witnessed Sun's rather disappointing event. However, HP, thanks to its new executi...
Google may be planning to allow users to search the Internet or computer files simply by asking out loud, based on a U.S. patent on a voice-activated search engine technology the search giant was awarded recently. Google gained on buzz and speculation with the publication of the patent, however the ...
From billboards to clothing racks, electronic sign makers have paper products in their crosshairs. Among the technologies threatening paper's signage dominion are super juiced LEDs and electronic inks and papers. Billboards have long been ripe for electronic alternatives, but nature, in the form of ...
Handset vendors have been frantically trying to innovate in an effort to keep their products from becoming commodity items. Consequently, they have incorporated a number of new features into their products, such as cameras, and are offering slim, sleek designs available in a variety of colors. Now, ...
Sun Microsystems is attempting to take the concept of pervasive computing into the mainstream with a new battery-operated platform for development of wireless sensor networks, robotics and personal consumer electronics. Dubbed Project Sun Small Programmable Object Technology, or Sun SPOT, Sun hopes ...
Police in Chicago -- and elsewhere in the state of Illinois -- are dramatically expanding the deployment of stealth cameras to catch alleged speeders. The cameras may be a massive invasion of privacy, however, according to some legal experts who are calling for precautions to be taken with the surve...
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