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Computer learns language by playing games
12 Jul 2011
Chips hold the key to understanding the human brain
12 Jul 2011
Cientists have taken a key step towards producing a high-performance computer which aims to create working models of human brain functions
New algorithm could help prevent midair collisions
By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 05 Jul 2011
IBM develops low-cost, 100 times faster-than-Flash memory
02 Jul 2011
Unlike Flash, PCM is also very durable and can endure at least 10 million write cycles, compared to current enterprise-class Flash at 30,000 cycles or consumer-class Flash at 3,000 cycles.
The future of chip manufacturing
By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 01 Jul 2011
MIT researchers show how to make e-beam lithography, commonly used to prototype computer chips, more practical as a mass-production technique.
Transferring computing tasks across devices
By ByLarry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 18 Jun 2011
A new system lets you transfer open applications between a computer and a cellphone simply by pointing the phone’s camera at the computer’s screen
Global test run of next-gen internet protocol IPv6 begins today
07 Jun 2011
Around 200 technology companies including Akamai, Facebook, and Google will conduct the first global-scale trial of IPv6 for a 24-hour period, for 24 hours on 8 June
World record in ultra-rapid data transmission
26 May 2011
Scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have succeeded in encoding data at a rate of 26 terabits per second on a single laser beam, transmitting them over a distance of 50 km, and decoding them successfully.
Interface Ecology Lab unveils contactless ZeroTouch technology
16 May 2011
Texas A&M University's Interface Ecology Lab exhibited ZeroTouch, a unique optical multi-finger sensing technology, that requires no contact by the hand and fingers
Tiny, energy-efficient laser for optical communication systems developed
By By Andrew Myers, associate director of communicati | 16 May 2011
Computers, sensors to curb electricity use in buildings
By By Doug Ramsey | 14 Apr 2011
Scientists have come up with a way to use real-time occupancy sensors and computer algorithms to create ‘smart’ heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems
Boffins demonstrate power of mind over cursor
07 Apr 2011
Researchers from Washington University have used a technique, usually associated with identifying epilepsy, for the first time to show that a computer can listen to our thoughts
Future computer vision tools to aid medical research, healthcare
By By Andrea Siedsma | 07 Apr 2011
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