News tagged with board computer

Faster computational methods could simulate the power and signal integrity of next-generation electronic systems

The overall performance of modern computers and communications networks is dependent on the speed of electronic components, such as transistors and optical switches, as well as the quality of the wire network ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Children can learn arithmetic faster and better

During the first two years of primary education children can learn to do arithmetic faster and better with the help of a more systematically structured educational programme. For older children, teaching arithmetic with the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Carmakers lure youth with gadgets, sleek design

Dashboards glittering with gadgets, turbo-charged engines and sleek designs are on offer as automakers try to attract young consumers who care more about computers than cars.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google sees Android enhancing home appliances

Google's Android software is best known for powering smartphones, but executive chairman Eric Schmidt sees a future where it could also help devices communicate at home.

Technology / Software

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Foundation readies $25 computer to seed tech talents

(PhysOrg.com) -- A $25 computer targeted to help young people learn about computers beyond uploading pics and downloading documents is about to start volume-production in January. The Raspberry Pi project, a UK-based foundation, will pla ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 24, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 49 | with audio podcast report

Text of Steve Jobs' resignation letter

Steve Jobs, the legendary co-founder of Apple, maker of the iconic Macintosh computer, the iPhone and the iPad, resigned as the company's chief executive Wednesday.

Technology / Business

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

This years Nissan Leaf has battery issues

(PhysOrg.com) -- Only an extremely small amount of new cars go from the lot to the road without owners having some kind of problems. It seems that one part or another will invariably cause problems. As it ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (4) | comments 10 | with audio podcast weblog

Virginia Tech computer science students win grand prize for 3-D competition

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of doctoral students in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering's computer science department, led by associate professor Doug Bowman, recently won first place in the 3-D UI Grand ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers make board games electronic (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A groundbreaking technology developed at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada may make traditional board games a thing of the past.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 22, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Electromagnetic Pulse Cannon Has The Attention Of The USAF (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- According to Flight International, a Canadian company will soon demo an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) cannon that is capable of stopping a car at a distance of 656 feet (200m).

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 21, 2010 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (11) | comments 34 | with audio podcast weblog

Lawmakers seek ban on laptops in airliner cockpits

(AP) -- Lawmakers are moving to ban the use of computer laptops and other personal electronic devices in airline cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles.

Technology / Other

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

'Self-healing' polymer may facilitate recycling of hard-to-dispose plastic

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in The Netherlands are reporting development of a new plastic with potential for use in the first easy-to-recycle computer circuit boards, electrical insulation, and other electronics ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Steve Wozniak joins search startup advisory board

(AP) -- Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak - currently strutting his stuff as a competitor on the ABC show "Dancing With the Stars" - is joining the advisory board of search startup DeepDyve.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Swedish research can make Super Mario more realistic

Computer games are being developed at an ever more rapid pace, and the technical demands are rising, not least regarding graphics boards.  At Mälardalen University in Sweden, researchers have now found a solution to ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (9) | comments 7