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Rice students invent slingshot-driven test for Air Force

What do you get when you combine a slingshot, a fish tank, a stack of 2-by-4s and five engineering students determined to help the United States Air Force?

Technology / Engineering

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

To DDR3: Thanks for the memory but time for DDR4

(Phys.org) -- Micron Technology is polishing up its DDR4 memory modules, “sampling” the modules and getting feedback from major customers. The company plans to reach volume production later this year ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 43 | with audio podcast report

Creating light sources for nanochips

(PhysOrg.com) -- "One of the most important goals in the optics community is to create and manipulate light on chip," Yinan Zhang tells PhysOrg.com. "This is especially important when it comes to improving the performance of sem ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Graphene optical modulators could lead to ultrafast communications

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have demonstrated a new technology for graphene that could break the current speed limits in digital communications.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 08, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

New laser technology prepares to revolutionize communications

As fiber optic technology continues to advance, it faces challenges from both its physical properties and its use of infrastructure. One emerging high-speed solution being developed at Stevens Institute of Technology uses ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Fiber Optical Transmission In Demand Of Higher Capacity

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the increasing high volume content over the internet, such as multimedia and high definition images, new transmission methods need to be found to handle the increasing data demand. Nippon ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 02, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Nanoscale waveguide for future photonics

The creation of a new quasiparticle called the "hybrid plasmon polariton" may throw open the doors to integrated photonic circuits and optical computing for the 21st century. Researchers with the U.S. Department ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Time Lens Speeds Up Optical Data Transmission

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Cornell University have developed a device called a "time lens" which is a silicon device for speeding up optical data. The basic components of this device are an optical-fiber ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 7 weblog

Sanyo announces world's most efficient solar module

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sanyo has announced its development of the world's most energy efficient solar module, the HIT-N230. The module was unveiled at a press conference run by Sanyo Electric's Solar Division.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 16, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (35) | comments 27 | with audio podcast report

Microsoft files patent for interchangeable-devices phone

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft has filed for a patent featuring slider smartphones designed to also carry interchangeable modules such as game controller, a spare battery or keyboard. The Microsoft patent is entitled "Mobile communication device having multiple, interchangeable second devices." The patent describes Microsoft’s handheld mobile communication device with interchangeable parts. The key ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 15 | with audio podcast weblog

NASA conducts tests on Orion service module

(Phys.org) -- Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center are testing parts of the Orion service module to ensure the spacecraft can withstand the harsh realities of deep space missions.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Navigating the shopping center

With a GPS receiver in your smartphone, you can navigate your way over highways and streets with certainty. But once you get inside a building, it provides no further assistance. That’s why Fraunhofer ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics produce competitive results

Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (33) | comments 0

Silevo solar cell makers reveal product with best-ever claims

(PhysOrg.com) -- Silevo, the Fremont, California, photovoltaic solar module manufacturers, yesterday stepped forward to talk all about their technology for the first time and to say that it offers the best ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

Orbiter resumes use of camera

(PhysOrg.com) -- Operators of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are resuming use of the mission's highest resolution camera following a second precautionary shutdown in two weeks.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast