Information technology

The future of chip manufacturing

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.

LiquidText software supports active reading with fingertip gestures

30 Jun 2011

Nanomagnets offer food for thought about computer memories

29 Jun 2011

NIST 'nanowire' measurements could improve computer memory

25 Jun 2011

Transferring computing tasks across devices

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

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

New software tool helps evaluate natural cooling options for buildings

07 Jun 2011

Scientists contest claims over arsenic eating bacteria

28 May 2011

World record in ultra-rapid data transmission

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.

Home-computer users at risk due to use of ‘folk model’ security

26 May 2011

Researchers use palm to work as iPhone touchscreen

24 May 2011

Interface Ecology Lab unveils contactless ZeroTouch technology

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

Fundamental discovery could lead to better memory chips

16 Apr 2011

Computers, sensors to curb electricity use in buildings

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

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

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

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

Fundamental discovery could lead to better memory chips

23 Mar 2011

NHS testing computer programme to aid diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease

08 Mar 2011

Computer scientists develop smart, less obtrusive tracking system

07 Mar 2011

Computers may fit on a pen tip as new technologies usher in the millimeter-scale computing era

24 Feb 2011