Silicon oxide memories transcend a hurdle

A Rice University laboratory pioneering memory devices that use cheap, plentiful silicon oxide to store data has pushed them a step further with chips that show the technology's practicality.

What happens when your brain can't tell which way is up?

In space, there is no "up" or "down." That can mess with the human brain and affect the way people move and think in space. An investigation on the International Space Station seeks to understand how the brain changes in ...

Samsung Introduces UltraThin Touch of Color Photo Frame

Samsung Electronics today announced the release of the SPF-87H Photo Frame. With a slim screen depth of 23 mm (.91 inches) and 1 GB of internal memory, the SPF-87H can store up to 3,000 photos, while being powered only by ...

A humanoid robot to liaise between space station crews

A team of French researchers from the Institut cellule souche et cerveau (Inserm/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1), led by CNRS senior researcher Peter Ford Dominey, has developed "an autobiographical memory" for the robot ...

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