News tagged with unconventional computing
Scientists design first robot using mould
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of the West of England are to design the first ever biological robot using mould.
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Google, Samsung unveil new version of Chromebook (Update)
(AP) — Google will try to win more converts to a computer operating system revolving around its popular Chrome Web browser with a new wave of lightweight laptops built by Samsung Electronics.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 29, 2012 |
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Hybrid 'Janus' nanoparticles made from gold and titania have high catalytic activity and extraordinary durability
As recently as twenty-five years ago, chemists considered gold to be one of the most inert metallic elements, until the discovery that nanoscale-sized dispersions of gold had high catalytic activity forced ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 10, 2012 |
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Student-devised process would prep Chinese shale gas for sale
A team of Rice University students accepted a challenge to turn shale gas produced in China into a range of useful, profitable and environmentally friendly products and did so in a cost-effective manner.
Apr 30, 2012 |
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Pirate party makes a raid on German politics
(AP) -- Pirates are capturing Germany's political system. The party with the outlaw name started as a marginal club of computer nerds and hackers demanding online freedom, but its appeal as an antiestablishment ...
Apr 29, 2012 |
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Researchers boost efficiency of multi-hop wireless networks
Multi-hop wireless networks can provide data access for large and unconventional spaces, but they have long faced significant limits on the amount of data they can transmit. Now researchers from North Carolina State University ...
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Scientists work up a crab-powered computer
(Phys.org) -- A team of scientists from Japan and England have hit the high mark in exploring and testing unconventional forms of computation. They have built and tested a computer using crabs. This is a computer ...
Apr 14, 2012 |
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New design for a metamaterial could be far more efficient at capturing sunlight than existing solar cells
Metamaterials are a new class of artificial substances with properties unlike anything found in the natural world. Some have been designed to act as invisibility cloaks; others as superlenses, antenna systems ...
Mar 09, 2012 |
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SDSC's 'Gordon' supercomputer: Ready for researchers
Accurately predicting severe storms, or what Wall Street’s markets will do next, may become just a bit easier in coming months as Gordon, a unique supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Scientists probe form, function of mysterious protein
Like a magician employing sleight of hand, the protein mitoNEET -- a mysterious but important player in diabetes, cancer and aging -- draws the eye with a flurry of movement in one location while the subtle, ...
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Investors clamor for Facebook's IPO
Wall Street is about to get Facebook fever. The social networking giant with nearly 1 billion users is expected to file papers any day now to sell stock to the public. The timing stems partly from federal rules that would ...
Jan 27, 2012 |
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