Aereo, the startup that offers television stations over the Internet starting at $8 a month, says it will start service in Atlanta on June 17.

Technology - Telecom

May 14, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Communicating with light may soon get a lot easier, hints recent research* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland's Joint Quantum Institute ...

Physics - Optics & Photonics

Jan 09, 2013 5 / 5 (10) 9 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the heart of digital photography is a chip called an image sensor that captures a map of the intensity of the light as it comes through the lens and converts it to an electronic signal.

Technology - Engineering

Apr 03, 2012 3.8 / 5 (4) 0 |

Salamandra robotica II is a last generation amphibious robot developed by the Biorobotics Laboratory at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). It is the guest of honor at the booth of Syrobo, ...

Electronics - Robotics

Mar 19, 2013 4.5 / 5 (10) 6 |

(Phys.org)—Justin Rattner, Chief Technology Officer at Intel, got up on stage at a recent Developer Forum sponsored by the company and talked about some of the communications technology it's working on; ...

Electronics - Hardware

Sep 17, 2012 4.8 / 5 (5) 4 |

(Phys.org)—Scientists from IBM Research and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland unveiled a technological achievement in signal conversion technology that can improve Internet ...

Technology - Semiconductors

Feb 28, 2013 4.8 / 5 (13) 6 |

Two teams of DARPA performers have achieved world record power output levels using silicon-based technologies for millimeter-wave power amplifiers. RF power amplifiers are used in communications and sensor ...

Technology - Semiconductors

Mar 27, 2013 4.2 / 5 (5) 0 |

(Phys.org) —A new-generation analog-to-digital converter (ADC) developed by a joint IBM-EPFL team has the potential to greatly increase the speed and volume of data that can be transferred over the Internet.

Technology - Semiconductors

Mar 27, 2013 5 / 5 (8) 1 |

It's a digital world. Or is it? NASA technologist Jonathan Pellish isn't convinced. In fact, he believes a computing technology of yesteryear could potentially revolutionize everything from autonomous rendezvous ...

Technology - Semiconductors

Nov 27, 2012 4.7 / 5 (14) 1 |

A new, extremely energy-efficient processor chip that provides breakthrough speeds for a variety of computing tasks has been designed by a group at the University of California, Davis. The chip, dubbed AsAP, is ultra-small, ...

Technology - Engineering

Apr 22, 2009 4.7 / 5 (21) 4

Conventional CMOS image sensors are not suitable for low-light applications such as fluorescence, since large pixels arranged in a matrix do not support high readout speeds. A new optoelectronic component ...

Technology - Semiconductors

Jan 03, 2012 4.9 / 5 (8) 0 |

Medical radiography is basically a species of photography. Historically, the patient's limb would be positioned between an x-ray source and a photographic plate. The plate would be exposed and developed, ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Apr 23, 2013 not rated yet 0

(AP) -- A new flavor of Wi-Fi, with longer range and wall-piercing power, could show up in wireless gadgets a year from now if the Federal Communications Commission works out the last details of new spectrum ...

Technology - Telecom

Sep 13, 2010 4.7 / 5 (6) 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1811, Joseph Fourier, the 43-year-old prefect of the French district of Isčre, entered a competition in heat research sponsored by the French Academy of Sciences. The paper he submitted ...

Other Sciences - Mathematics

Nov 25, 2009 4.2 / 5 (37) 9

(AP) -- Think the digital TV transition is over? Not quite. Many viewers have found that they can't pick up certain stations after the switch, even with the right TVs or converter boxes. The stations are still trying to ...

Technology - Telecom

Sep 18, 2009 not rated yet 2