Wires – the one stretch of material that makes the line between true mobility and the quest for plug-points. The search for wireless power solutions has been on for quite a while. Wikipedia tells us that the principles underlying the basis wireless energy transfer date back to 1825. The advent of computing systems as our … Continue reading The Quest for Wireless Power Technology
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Nanochip Brings 100GB to a Single Chip
Memory has been getting more power efficient and faster with more bits for the buck. Nanochip, a start-up from Silicon Valley is developing a prototype based on IBM’s Millipede project. An excerpt from ZDNet The Nanochip design is a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System, or MEMS, device. A descendent of IBM’s Millipede device, it uses polarization instead of … Continue reading Nanochip Brings 100GB to a Single Chip
Harnessing Muscle Power for Portable Devices
Generating energy to power devices from muscle movements may just be the next big thing to make wireless mobility truly mobile. On one side there is the efforts on in the field of increasing the power capacity of batteries. At the same time there is immense research going on in powering devices by converting the … Continue reading Harnessing Muscle Power for Portable Devices
Technology of Tomorrow Lies in Today’s Chipsets
For the innovations that have driven usability across the web and the proliferation of computing devices, the innovations on the silicon front have been critical. It is the chipsets of today that showcase and drive the technological innovations on the computing front for tomorrow and Michael Copeland of CNN has brilliantly captured that in his … Continue reading Technology of Tomorrow Lies in Today’s Chipsets
Trends on the UI and Hardware Side
This past year saw a flurry of activities on the UI side from some of the biggest names in the tech industry. Now, innovation and research is a part of technology but what matters to consumers is how much of the innovation actually makes it to products. Technology review has a great up write-up on … Continue reading Trends on the UI and Hardware Side
Back to the Basics: What is Biotechnology?
Biotechnology deals with the pieces of technology that are related with the biological aspects of our world. The biotechnology mainly contributes in the food science, medicine and agriculture sector. According to the definition in more technical terms, biotechnology is the modern science which contributes in the efficient utilization of biological processes and biological organisms. In … Continue reading Back to the Basics: What is Biotechnology?
Airlines Need to Wake Up and Embrace Technology
Now that I’m traveling by air more often, I’m frequently astounded by the inanities and bureaucratic nightmares of modern airlines. While I’m certain many share a disdain for airlines, I’m specifically annoyed at the ways they seem to go out of their way to appear technologically backwards. Take for example this AP report on the … Continue reading Airlines Need to Wake Up and Embrace Technology
802.11n, What Is It?
802.11n is, simply, the new standard for wireless or WIFI. So what does this mean to you; well 802.11n will provide a better wireless signal over the current standard 802.11b/g. Think of wireless like Playstation, at first Playstation was pretty cool, and then Playstation 2 came out. PS2 ran faster, had fewer flaws, and more … Continue reading 802.11n, What Is It?
Time Management Tips for Using Email
Electronic mail appeared as a blessing. It would let you communicate with friends, family and co-workers in a matter of seconds, regardless of where they were around the world. With such a fantastic communication tool, however, other problems emerged. Just ask any manager of a big corporation and he will tell you that 40% or … Continue reading Time Management Tips for Using Email
Wireless Disrupting Land Lines?
As the wireless penetration rate increases across the United States, some interesting data starts to emerge. During the second half of 2006, more than 3 out of 20 American households did not have a land line telephone, and of those without a land line telephone, most had at least one working wireless telephone. The National … Continue reading Wireless Disrupting Land Lines?