News tagged with mobile computer
Electric Imp serves up plants-thirsty, lights-on control
(Phys.org) -- Electric Imp wants to revive the dream of All Things Internet with its new device launched this week. Its Imp is able to connect devices to the Internet, where you can monitor and control information ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 17, 2012 |
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Intel roadmap leaked for SoC with Ivy Bridge graphics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bridges, trails, piers, and trees are familiar territory words for world travelers but for Intel workers they are more importantly code words and a number of them that are planted on the ...
Mar 24, 2012 |
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Barrier to faster graphene devices identified and suppressed
These days graphene is the rock star of materials science, but it has an Achilles heel: It is exceptionally sensitive to its electrical environment.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Quantum tunneling results in record transistor performance
(PhysOrg.com) -- Controlling power consumption in mobile devices and large scale data centers is a pressing concern for the computer chip industry. Researchers from Penn State and epitaxial wafer maker IQE ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Kilobots - tiny, collaborative robots - are leaving the nest (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Kilobots are coming. Computer scientists and engineers at Harvard University have developed and licensed technology that will make it easy to test collective algorithms on hundreds, or ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core chip stokes tablet wars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nvidia has launched its Tegra 3, the quad-core chip designed for mobile devices. Tech and investor blogs were busy yesterday assessing what this means for upcoming tablets and smartphones ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Nvidia says Kal-El chip will have five cores
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nvidia says its upcoming Kal-El chip (Tegra 3) will have five cores, not four. The news appeared this week when the Santa Clara company announced a white paper describing the architecture of this system-on-a-chip for mobile computing. ...
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Code green: Energy-efficient programming to curb computers' power use
Soaring energy consumption by ever more powerful computers, data centers and mobile devices has many experts looking to reduce the energy use of these devices. Most projects so far focus on more efficient cooling systems ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 31, 2011 |
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Scientific discovery moves racetrack memory closer to reality
IBM researchers today revealed a previously unknown aspect of key physics inside Racetrack memory -- a new technology design which stands to improve memory capabilities within mobile phones, laptop computers and business-class ...
Dec 23, 2010 |
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'Keyless keyboards' coming for mobile computing (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Israeli company, SnapKeys, has developed a keyless keyboard that promises to make mobile computing on tablets or devices such as Apple's iPad simpler. Instead of an on-screen keyboard ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 20, 2010 |
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'Dark silicon' to improve smartphone battery life
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new smartphone chip prototype under development at the University of California, San Diego will improve smartphone efficiency by making use of "dark silicon" - the underused transistors ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 01, 2010 |
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Augmented Reality: Science Fiction or Reality? (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer graphics have come a long way since the birth of Atari Games over 30 years ago. Today, computer graphics seem very real and some day researchers will pull graphics out of your television ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Scientists predict mobile phone viruses will pose a serious threat
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you own a computer, chances are you have experienced the aftermath of a nasty virus at some point. In contrast, there have been no major outbreaks of mobile phone viral infection, despite ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 21, 2009 |
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World gets to put Windows 7 software to the test
A nearly-final version of Windows 7 is making its world debut, giving people a chance to tell Microsoft what they love or hate about the new-generation operating system.
May 04, 2009 |
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Internet traffic to grow fourfold by 2016: survey
The boom in the number of mobile Internet devices and tablet computers in use will help quadruple Web traffic in the coming years, a study said Wednesday.
May 30, 2012 |
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