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Hook Your Car Up to the Internet

Electronic Devices

by Lisa Zyga | March 28, 2008

If the thought of a long road trip without full Internet access makes you jittery, a new in-car Internet connection could fulfill your high-speed needs.

MIT spin-off plans to manufacture cheap, efficient solar cells

Technology

by Lisa Zyga | March 27, 2008

Researchers from MIT have improved commercial solar cells that will soon be significantly cheaper and more efficient than those available today. Ely Sachs, a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, predicts ...

Boston Dynamics: Quadruped Rough Terrain Robot Prototype

Electronic Devices

by Mary Anne Simpson | March 26, 2008

Boston Dynamics has released a prototype of an all-terrain robot, BigDog. The quadruped robot is equipped with a computer featuring sensors that aid its movements over harsh terrain. The robot is powered by ...

Luxim´s tiny plasma lightbulb outshines LEDs

Electronic Devices

by Lisa Zyga | March 20, 2008

A Tic-Tac-sized lightbulb that gives off as much light as a streetlamp may offer a peek at the ultra-efficient lighting of the future. The bulb, developed by Luxim of Sunnyvale, California, uses plasma technology ...

Huachuca Biometrics Device Separates Friends from Foes

Electronic Devices

by Lisa Zyga | March 17, 2008

A new mobile device is enabling US soldiers in Iraq to determine if individuals on the streets are civilians or insurgents, no matter what kind of clothing they wear or names they give.

´Mind Gaming´ Could Enter Market This Year

Electronic Devices

by Lisa Zyga | March 14, 2008

In a Harry Potter video game being developed by Emotiv Systems, players can lift boulders and throw lightening bolts using only their minds. Just as physical movement changed the interface of gaming with Nintendo´s ...

Tiny Brain-Like Transistor Controls Nanobots

Nanotechnology

by Lisa Zyga | March 12, 2008

For years, researchers have been building tiny nanobots that could one day serve a variety of purposes. But, until now, nanobots couldn´t work together.

A cellphone base station in every home

Electronic Devices

by Lisa Zyga | March 10, 2008

If you´ve ever had trouble getting a connection for your cellphone in your home, you could soon take matters into your own hands. Instead of relying on an overworked base station, consumers may be able to have ...

Silicon Light Bulbs to Compete with Fluorescent Bulbs

Electronic Devices

by Lisa Zyga | March 06, 2008

Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1880, and, since the 1920s, the incandescent light bulb has remained largely unchanged. While that´s a testament to Edison´s ingenuity, it´s also a bulb that uses up ...

Merchant Terminals Provide New Method For Stealing Customer´s Credit Cards

Electronic Devices

by Mary Anne Simpson | March 04, 2008

UK based Timesonline reports a flurry of credit card fraud in the first half of 2007. Researchers at Cambridge found chip and PIN merchant terminals lack necessary security encryption. The merchant terminal can be programmed ...

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