Personal computer sales sagged during the spring as shifting technology trends, upcoming product releases and a shaky economy dampened demand for the machines currently on the market. The second-quarter decline in the U.S. ranged from 6 percent to 11 percent compared with the same time last year, according to separate reports released Wednesday by Gartner […]
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Vecima sells more assets
Vecima Networks has sold some real estate for approximately $3.6 million. The company has shed non-core assets in a series of sales over the last year or so. The most recent transaction was the sale of 40 acres of land in Saskatoon. Including this sale, Vecima has sold four non-core real estate holdings over the […]
NBC launches 2 apps to watch the Olympics
NBC launched two mobile apps that will let people watch Olympics events as they happen, look up athlete profiles and access other extra content on their iPads, iPhones and certain Android devices. NBC said that most of the content will be available only to pay-TV subscribers who have MSNBC and CNBC as part of their […]
UMD creates new tech for complex micro structures for use in sensors & other apps
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – University of Maryland Chemistry Professor John Fourkas and his research group have developed new materials and nanofabrication techniques for building miniaturized versions of components needed for medical diagnostics, sensors and other applications. These miniaturized components — many impossible to make with conventional techniques — would allow for rapid analysis at lower […]
Modular power supply is presented as industry’s quietest
Excelsys announced the expansion of their Xgen modular power supply series with new 200 and 400 Watt power chassis featuring only 37.3dBA of acoustic noise over all load conditions, presenting this family as the quietest modular power supply in the market. This reduction in audio noise and accompanying vibration makes these new products suitable for […]
Controlling your computer with your eyes
Millions of people suffering from Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries or amputees could soon interact with their computers and surroundings using just their eyes, thanks to a new device that costs less than £40. Composed from off-the-shelf materials, the new device can work out exactly where a person is looking by tracking […]
Drive toward a viable ‘City of the Future’
The urbanization of the world continues to evolve – not only in emerging nations, but in the industrialized world like Europe as well. Already more than half of all the earth’s inhabitants live in cities; by 2030, it will be 60 percent. As densely populated sites of human cohabitation, cities are ecological and social tinder […]
Platinum is wrong stuff for fuel cells
Fuel cells are inefficient because the catalyst most commonly used to convert chemical energy to electricity is made of the wrong material, a researcher at Case Western Reserve University argues. Rather than continue the futile effort to tweak that material – platinum – to make it work better, Chemistry Professor Alfred Anderson urges his colleagues […]
Sailing with nerves of glass
The constant hunger to break new records has turned boat building into a high-tech business. The racing yachts that compete at international regattas today are sporting machines designed to reach top speeds. The process of optimizing the boats has been ongoing for decades. However, just a short while ago it looked as if a limit […]
University of Utah physicists invent ‘spintronic’ LED
SALT LAKE CITY, July 12, 2012 – University of Utah physicists invented a new “spintronic” organic light-emitting diode or OLED that promises to be brighter, cheaper and more environmentally friendly than the kinds of LEDs now used in television and computer displays, lighting, traffic lights and numerous electronic devices. “It’s a completely different technology,” says […]