News tagged with life technologies

LED lights point shoppers in the right direction

Looking for an item in a large department store or mall can be like searching for a needle in a haystack, but that could change thanks to a hybrid location-identification system that uses radio frequency transmitters and ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Life Tech, Illumina unveil one-day genomes

Life Technologies Corp. and Illumina Inc. unveiled rival genetic-sequencing machines Tuesday that both say can map a person's genome in a single day.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Invisible computing comes to Asia tech expo

A robotic cook, a colouring book that comes to virtual life and movies that read your mind are some of the innovations on show at a cutting-edge computer technology exhibition in Hong Kong this week.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Some families have taken steps to avoid feeling overwhelmed by communications technologies, study shows

An international study, led by Anna Mieczakowski, Tanya Goldhaber and Professor John Clarkson at the Engineering Design Centre (EDC) here at the Department of Engineering, has found that one in three people in the UK has ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Getting a sneak peek at Qualcomms new processors

(PhysOrg.com) -- A reporter over at MobileTechWorld happened upon an internal presentation, written by Qualcomm, that tells the story of its upcoming system-on-a-chip technology. It outlines four new chipsets ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

Apple iPad 2 on sale in 25 countries

Apple's eagerly-awaited iPad 2 will go on sale Friday at 16:00 GMT in 25 countries in Europe, Oceania and the Americas, two weeks after its official launch in the United States.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

What's mine is virtually yours: Collaboration between mobile phone users can speed up communications

Applications on modern wireless devices make demands on data rate and connectivity far beyond anything experienced in the past. One way to meet these stringent requirements is to give the device multiple antennas or multiple-input ...

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sample shipments of 30nm process 4-Gigabyte DDR3 SO-DIMM out by Elpida

Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced it has begun sample shipments of its newly developed 30nm process 4-gigabyte DDR3 SO-DIMM. The new memory module was built ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Scientists look deeper for coal ash hazards

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency weighs whether to define coal ash as hazardous waste, a Duke University study identifies new monitoring protocols and insights that can help investigators ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Finding frugal aliens: 'Benford beacons' concept could refocus search for intelligent extraterrestrial life

(PhysOrg.com) -- For 50 years, humans have scanned the skies with radio telescopes for distant electronic signals indicating the existence of intelligent alien life. The search — centered at the SETI Institute ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 20, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (30) | comments 39 | with audio podcast

Logitech Announces Logitech Wireless Desktop MK710 With Three-Year Battery Life

Whether you're catching up on your e-mail, updating your status on Facebook or just doing a little shopping, you don't want any unnecessary inconveniences. To help you enjoy a comfortable and hassle-free laptop ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 10, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Curtain falling on 'Digital Decade'

While it got off to a rocky start with the overhyped Y2K bug and dotcom bubble, the era dubbed the "Digital Decade" by Microsoft's Bill Gates has turned out to be a dizzying period of innovation.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 8

Google routes World Bank data to fact seekers

Google is adding World Bank figures to Internet results in a bid to make hard facts about countries worldwide easier to find.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Danaher buying MDS, Life Technologies unit

(AP) -- Danaher Corp. said Wednesday it will shed about twice as many existing jobs and plants as previously announced and also buy a global provider of medical instruments to analyze molecules.

Technology / Business

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Future is Ultra-Thin: Intel Introns New Ultra-Low Voltage Chips

Today at Computex, Intel Corporation introduced four new processors, including a low-power version and a value chipset, to usher in mainstream "ultra-thin" laptops.

Electronics / Hardware

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0