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Silicon Nanophotonics

intrinsi — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:36:42 +0000

IBM Scientists Create Ultra-Fast Device Which Uses Light for Communication between Computer Chips IBM scientists today unveiled a significant step towards replacing electrical signals that communicate via copper wires between computer chips with tiny silicon circuits that communicate using pulses of light. As reported in the recent issue of the scientific journal Nature, this is an [...]

Contextual Image Detection

intrinsi — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:05:45 +0000

Context is ev … well, something, anyway Today, computers can’t reliably identify the objects in digital images. But if they could, they could comb through hours of video for the two or three minutes that a viewer might be interested in, or perform web searches where the search term was an image, not a sequence of [...]

Cyborg Germany

intrinsi — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:49:25 +0000

One in four Germans wants microchip under skin: poll It sounds like something from a sci-fi film, but one in four Germans would be happy to have a microchip implanted in their body if they derived concrete benefits from it, a poll Monday showed.

Kevin Kelly at TED on Technology

intrinsi — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:43:14 +0000

Efficient Heat Conversion

intrinsi — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:15:36 +0000

Turning heat to electricity MIT research points to a much more efficient way of harvesting electrical power from what would otherwise be wasted heat.

3D Bio-printers

intrinsi — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:29:18 +0000

New Device Prints Human Tissue Invetech has delivered what it calls the “world’s first production model 3D bio-printer” to Organovo, developers of the proprietary NovoGen bioprinting technology. Organovo will in turn supply the devices to institutions investigating human tissue repair and organ replacement.

Cyborgization

intrinsi — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:40:00 +0000

The future of brain-controlled devices Researchers already use brain-computer interfaces to aid the disabled, treat diseases like Parkinson’s and provide therapy for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. And there’s much more to come.

The Internet Turns 40

intrinsi — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:08:36 +0000

The Internet at 40 Although the Internet did not get its name until the mid-1980s, December 5, 2009, marks the 40th anniversary of the day when the Defense Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) connected four computer nodes to create a “network of networks”–a fateful link-up that would evolve into the Internet

EntityCube

intrinsi — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:21:01 +0000

EntityCube EntityCube is a research prototype for exploring object-level search technologies, which automatically summarizes the Web for entities (such as people, locations and organizations) with a modest web presence. Try it.

Nanotech Ink + Paper = Battery!

intrinsi — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:36:45 +0000

Nanotech ink turns paper into batteries Stanford University researchers have demonstrated a way to turn ordinary paper into a battery, which may be crumpled or pressed into any form. It’s said the low-cost technology promises greater durability, higher efficiency, and faster energy transfer than traditional batteries.