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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
Researchers merge serious gaming, simulation tools to create high-level models for border security
06 Apr 2011
India lags BRIC nations in providing digital access
02 Apr 2011
India lags behind other BRIC nations China, Russia, and Brazil in providing its citizens access to information and communications technology, according to a report by a UK risk analysis firm.
CIPRES gateway provides window to the past
By Jan Zverina | 29 Mar 2011
Warwick University's iPhone app creates virtual classroom for medical students
26 Mar 2011
Professor of Clinical Anatomy at Warwick Medical School, Peter Abrahams, has turned his teaching into bite-size anatomy classes which can be downloaded and used by medical students world-wide
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