by Tim | Aug 20, 2010 | Other
As some of you may have noticed, I’ve made some changes to the site. We are using a new template and I’ve reorganized the categories. I’m sure there will be even more changes made in the next few weeks as we tweak the site for better performance...
by Tim | Aug 20, 2010 | Astronomy
Vesta, a massive asteroid over 350 miles across, is the largest known of its kind. With less than a year remaining until Dawn reaches the giant, scientist wait in anticipation. “There’s nothing more exciting than revealing an unexplored alien...
by Tim | Aug 20, 2010 | Featured, Hardware, Technology
InfoWorld (08/18/10) Williams, Martyn Toshiba says it has achieved a breakthrough in data storage technology that could lead to hard drives with much higher capacities than are currently available. Toshiba says it has developed prototype bit-patterned,...
by Tim | Aug 19, 2010 | Hardware, Technology
New Scientist (08/13/10) De Lange, Catherine National Taiwan University (NTU) researchers have developed a lamp that can convert a multitouch tabletop display into a three-dimensional (3D) projection. Users viewing an image projected onto a tabletop display can zoom...
by Tim | Aug 19, 2010 | Featured, Hardware, Technology
Researchers at Tohoku University have successfully stored 4 trillion bits per square inch, a record for ferroelectric data storage. This is approximately eight times the density of today’s magnetic hard drives. Researchers note that many improvements are...
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