News tagged with drive system

Tongue drive system goes inside the mouth to improve performance and user comfort

The Tongue Drive System is getting less conspicuous and more capable. Tongue Drive is a wireless device that enables people with high-level spinal cord injuries to operate a computer and maneuver an electrically ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hitachi ships the industry's first 25-nanometer SLC NAND flash enterprise-class SSDs

Demonstrating its commitment to delivering leading-edge technologies and solutions for enterprise-class servers and storage systems, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) today announced that its ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wireless power could revolutionize highway transportation, researchers say

A Stanford University research team has designed a high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet apart. The ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (27) | comments 66 | with audio podcast

McAfee warns of hacker threat to autos

Cars made smarter with Internet technology are zooming into perilous hacker territory, according to a report by US computer security giant McAfee.

Technology / Other

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 5

A high-tech propulsion system for the next 100 years

Environmentally friendly fuels are not just of interest for use in cars. The University of Birmingham has been operating a canal boat with a fuel cell drive for three years now. In the world of shipbuilding, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

All-flash enterprise storage startup ready (and funded) for battle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pure Storage has announced it has raised $30 million in a new round of funding for its cost-cutting storage system that uses flash memory only. This is its C-round of funding, which brings ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

Rumor: Xbox 360 games to be playable on Windows 8 PC's

(PhysOrg.com) -- A number of different sites are reporting the rumors that are making gamers ears twitch. The rumor says that Microsoft is about to make a big addition to the desktop version of its upcoming ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast weblog

Porsche is developing a system for a self-driving car, no pedal pressing needed

(PhysOrg.com) -- How much of the driving experience are you willing to give up to the computer in your car? Are you OK with cruise control? Anti-lock brakes? Skid control systems? How about taking your feet ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast weblog

Phase change memory-based 'moneta' system points to the future of computer storage

A University of California, San Diego faculty-student team is about to demonstrate a first-of-its kind, phase-change memory solid state storage device that provides performance thousands of times faster than ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Drafting without drivers

Fewer accidents, less fuel consumption, and fewer traffic jams: Autonomous, computer-controlled vehicles have many advantages in road traffic. In particular, if many cars join to form long convoys. On May ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

AIDA 2.0 brings a full panel, plus some, location display to drivers (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you remember the AIDA (Affective, Intelligent Driving Agent) system, which came out roughly a year and a half ago, then you remember that it was a joint project, made by MIT and Volkswagen, ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 04, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Rumors about two new Sony laptops abound

(PhysOrg.com) -- Is Sony trying to out Macbook the Macbook? That is the rumor floating around the tech world today. According to a rumor report, first put out by Sony Insider, the company is allegedly working ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

Gadget of the Year, plus other new gadgets on the block

It's the end of the year so it's time for my unofficial "Gadget of the Year."

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 10, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

High hopes, hard realities for India's 35-dlr computer

The Indian government won headlines around the world when it unveiled a prototype 35-dollar tablet computer in July, but questions are now growing over whether the project is just a pipe dream.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 6

New insights into holiday driving dangers with UA electronic crash data

The Holiday Season is upon us, and many of us will be driving at times and in areas that are new or different from what we normally do.

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0