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Next up: Smart homes

You've got a smartphone and maybe a smart TV, and may have heard that smart refrigerators are in the works. Next up: the smart home.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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Intel previews 1Gbps DOCSIS 3.0 gateway capability

Intel Corporation has recently previewed its first DOCSIS 3.0 cable gateway solution that is capable of 1 gigabit per second (Gbps). The Intel Puma 6 technology solution will help enable service providers to meet consumer ...

Technology / Telecom

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Scientists invent revolutionary chipset for high-speed wireless data transfer

Here is a new microchip that can transfer data the size of 80 MP3 song files (or 250 megabytes) wirelessly between mobile devices, in the flick of a second. Or how about transferring a typical 2-hour, 8-gigabyte DVD movie ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Inventor of first wireless TV remote control dies at 96

Eugene Polley, who in 1955 invented the first wireless remote control for television, has died of natural causes, his longtime employer Zenith Electronics said Tuesday. He was 96.

Technology / Other

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wearable electronics - the next fashion fad?

(Phys.org) -- When most of us think of electronics, we think of the sturdy stability of silicon and plastic. Flexibility is a trait that belongs to the organic world, where materials come in all shapes and ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Creating action-inspiring tornado warnings

One year ago this week, 158 people died when a tornado with winds greater than 200 mph struck Joplin, Mo. Even though the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued tornado warnings and activated ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

T-ray madness: Scientists score wireless data record

(Phys.org) -- Wednesday headlines trumpeted how "Japanese researchers smash Wi-Fi records" and "Scientists show off the future of Wi-Fi." The excitement is for good reason. A team of scientists have broken ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 9 | with audio podcast weblog

Getting in tune: Researchers solve tuning problem for wireless power transfer systems

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new way to fine-tune wireless power transfer (WPT) receivers, making the systems more efficient and functional. WPT systems hold promise for charging electric ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Wireless startup LightSquared files for bankruptcy

LightSquared Inc., which hoped to create an independent wireless broadband network in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday.

Technology / Telecom

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 6

New protocol enables wireless and secure biometric acquisition with web service (w/ Video)

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed and published a new protocol for communicating with biometric sensors over wired and wireless networks—using some of the same technologies ...

Technology / Other

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wearable devices track people via wireless network

Mobile technology is opening new channels for remotely monitoring family members and others who need to be tracked.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Germany's T-Mobile to cut 900 US jobs

Germany's T-Mobile, the fourth-largest wireless telecommunications company in the United States, said Tuesday it would cut 900 jobs as part of a company-wide restructuring.

Technology / Telecom

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Panasonic to release 65-inch Interactive Plasma Display

Panasonic Corporation announced today it will start shipment of its 65-inch "Interactive Plasma Display" (TH-65PB1), incorporated with electronic pen functions, in Japan, the U.S., and Europe at the end of ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Several antennas in one: A major innovation for mobile communications

(Phys.org) -- Scientists at EPFL have developed a single antenna that is capable of transmitting the same data as a two-antenna system. This achievement will be more than useful for future communication systems.

Technology / Engineering

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New twist on ancient math problem could improve medicine, microelectronics

A hidden facet of a math problem that goes back to Sanskrit scrolls has just been exposed by nanotechnology researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of Connecticut.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast