Australian home computer users and businesses are being warned to consider more closely the risks associated with cloud computing, as well as its many advantages.

Technology - Internet

May 21, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

The rise of the internet and the move from paper to digital information has driven a need for large-volume electronic data storage. Maria Yu Lin and her co‐workers at the A*STAR Data Storage Institute, ...

Physics - General Physics

May 08, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 0

Lithium-ion batteries are high performance energy storage devices used in many commercial electronic appliances. Certainly, they can store a large amount of energy in a relatively small volume. They have ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Apr 15, 2013 4.8 / 5 (23) 4 |

Modern hard drive technology is reaching its limits. Engineers have increased data-storage capacities by reducing the widths of the narrow tracks of magnetic material that record data inside a hard drive. ...

Physics - General Physics

Apr 10, 2013 4.6 / 5 (7) 3 |

(Phys.org) —Look what just pulled up to claim a parking spot in the electric sports car market. Detroit Electric has unveiled the SP:01, an all-electric car. With a top speed of 155 mph, the makers say ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Apr 05, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 2 |

(Phys.org) —Innovative materials chemistries continue to drive advances in lithium-ion batteries-the state-of-the-art in rechargeable energy storage. While many different battery components contribute to ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Apr 05, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 2 |

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Or so says Ferris Bueller. If you'd like to keep track of life and play it back at your leisure, you're probably ...

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

Mar 29, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

You may have used a webcam on your computer to make a video call. Someday that same camera - or one like it - might help doctors monitor your health.

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Mar 15, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Americans take electrical power for granted whenever they flip on a light switch. But the growing use of solar and wind power in the United States makes the on-demand delivery of electricity ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Mar 07, 2013 4.3 / 5 (9) 33 |

Renesas Electronics today announced the availability of its new SuperSpeed Universal Serial Bus (USB 3.0) to Serial ATA (SATA) Revision 3 [Note] bridge SoC (system on chip, part number µPD720231) that enables ...

Electronics - Hardware

Mar 06, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Scientists from the University of Cambridge have created, for the first time, a new type of microchip which allows information to travel in three dimensions. Currently, microchips can only pass digital information ...

Physics - General Physics

Jan 30, 2013 4.7 / 5 (18) 5 |

Apple Tuesday unveiled a new iPad with twice the storage capacity as the existing model in an effort to score business with companies that share large amounts of data.

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

Jan 29, 2013 1.4 / 5 (12) 4

Biological systems have been using DNA as an information storage molecule for billions of years. Vast amounts of data can thus be encoded within microscopic volumes, and we carry the proof of this concept ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jan 25, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

The advent of cloud computing has given rise to trends—such as the consumerization of IT, big data and enterprise mobility—that have created increasingly connected data ecosystems, and this is driving ...

Technology - Other

Jan 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—The storage capacity of concentrating solar power (CSP) can add significant value to a utility company's optimal mix of energy sources, a new report by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Dec 21, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 7 |