Microsoft to reboot tablet effort with new Surface
A year after its flubbed tablet introduction, Microsoft is back with a new Surface.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 22, 2013
7
0
News tagged with first computer
Survey finds women in Britain now own more tablet computers than men
Market research company YouGov has just released its latest tablet computer survey results and reports that women in Great Britain now own more tablet computers than men. They also note that younger people (age 18-34) now ...
Computer simulations show how key properties of nanowires change as the diameter increases
Silicon nanowires are widely recognized as candidates for use in next-generation sensors, battery electrodes and solar cells, and first-principle calculations are an important tool in the development of these applications. ...
Nanophysics
Feb 17, 2012
0
0
Improving emergency evacuation planning with decision-making simulation
A unique disaster-response planning tool takes real-time human decision-making into account to determine effective law-enforcement strategies during evacuations. A University of Michigan researcher contributed to the development ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 5, 2010
0
0
Eco-Computer with a natural wood look
Surfing for hours on the Internet consumes a lot of electricity and is harmful to the environment. However, a new ecological PC saves energy as it operates: It produces about 70 percent less CO2 than conventional computers. ...
Hardware
Aug 2, 2012
2
0
Computer program can identify sketches
(Phys.org)—Computers are good at speed, numbers, and massive amounts of data, but understanding the content of a simple drawing is more difficult. Researchers at Brown and the Technical University of Berlin have produced ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 13, 2012
1
0
Calculations reveal fine line for hydrogen release from storage materials
Hydrogen, the simplest and most abundant element on Earth, is a promising energy carrier for emerging clean energy technology. Hydrogen is the energy carrier that powers fuel cells in electric cars, and can be used to store ...
Materials Science
Jul 17, 2012
4
0
Robots to spur economy, improve quality of life, keep responders safe
Robots are being used more widely than expected in a variety of sectors, and the trend is likely to continue with robotics becoming as ubiquitous as computer technology over the next 15 years.
Robotics
Mar 20, 2013
0
0
Bursts of star formation explain mysterious brightness at cosmic dawn
When scientists viewed the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) first images of the universe's earliest galaxies, they were shocked. The young galaxies appeared too bright, too massive and too mature to have formed so soon ...
Astronomy
Oct 3, 2023
0
214
Silicon Valley 'Hackathon': Coders target deadly California wildfires
Silicon Valley is not going to stop the next California inferno with computer code, but a small army of software developers got together in Fremont, Calif., recently to brainstorm new technology to cut the losses.
Software
May 13, 2019
0
14
