News tagged with input
NEC unveils gesture controlling device
Japanese technology titan NEC has unveiled a gadget that allows users to control their TV, mobile phone or tablet computer using a virtual input device.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 16, 2012 |
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LED's efficiency exceeds 100%
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that an LED can emit more optical power than the electrical power it consumes. Although scientifically intriguing, the results won’t ...
Mar 05, 2012 |
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New 'soft' motor made from artificial muscles
The electrostatic motor, used more than 200 years ago by Benjamin Franklin to rotisserie a turkey, is making a comeback in a promising new design for motors that is light, soft, and operates without external electronic controllers.
Feb 15, 2012 |
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Paddlefish sensors tuned to detect signals from zooplankton prey
Neurons fire in a synchronized bursting pattern in response to robust signals indicating nearby food.
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Random noise helps make signals clearer
Scientists have shown the energy conditions, under which a weak signal supplied to a physical system emerges as a stronger signal at the output thanks to the presence of random noise (a process known as stochastic resonance), ...
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Researchers identify signals triggering dendrite growth
A study in worms that are less than a millimetre long has yielded clues that may be important for understanding how nerves grow.
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Controlling robotic arms is child's play
Move your arm and the robot imitates your movement. This type of intuitive handling is now possible thanks to a new input device that will simplify the control of industrial robots in the future. But that ...
May 13, 2011 |
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Build safety into the very beginning of the computer system
A new publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides guidelines to secure the earliest stages of the computer boot process. Commonly known as the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), this ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 29, 2011 |
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'Can you hear me now?' Researchers detail how neurons decide how to transmit information
There are billions of neurons in the brain and at any given time tens of thousands of these neurons might be trying to send signals to one another. Much like a person trying to be heard by his friend across ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 25, 2011 |
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Google releases Chrome 11 beta with HTML5 speech input API
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ah the beta version. It is a special time in a new versions life, when the world at large gets a first look at what the end product will be. Kind of a like a sonogram for new technology. Of ...
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Web-crawling the brain
The brain is a black box. A complex circuitry of neurons fires information through channels, much like the inner workings of a computer chip. But while computer processors are regimented with the deft economy of an assembly ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2011 |
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The next operating system
At the most basic level, a computer is something that receives zeroes and ones from either memory or an input device — like a keyboard — combines them in some systematic way, and ships the results ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 24, 2011 |
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The brain as a 'task machine'
The portion of the brain responsible for visual reading doesn't require vision at all, according to a new study published online on February 17 in Current Biology. Brain imaging studies of blind people as they read words ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Brain's clock influenced by senses
Humans use their senses to help keep track of short intervals of time according to new research, which suggests that our perception of time is not maintained by an internal body clock alone.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 20, 2011 |
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High-speed response hysteretic control DC-DC converter LSI series developed by Panasonic
Panasonic Corporation has successfully developed a new high-speed response hysteretic control DC-DC converter LSI series. The new LSI chips are well suited for applications which require fast load transient ...
Dec 24, 2010 |
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