tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723Sat, 15 Aug 2015 12:41:14 +0000ElectronicsComputer SciencePhysicsArtificial IntelligenceComputingCommunicationsNanoTechnologyImagingAstronomyHardwareMind n BrainRoboticsUniverseWireless Technology3D TechnologyNASAQuantum ComputersMobile TechnologyInternetSpace n EarthSuper ComputerAutonomous RobotsHuman BodyOptical TechnologyBig Bang TheoryHumanoid RobotsMatter n EnergyMedical Scienceshttp://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Blues)Blogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-8484780417752127162Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:00:00 +00002011-03-31T23:42:56.624+05:30ElectronicsSamsung Kicks Off Transparent Display Production South Korean electronics giant Samsung has announced that it has kick started the production of transparent monitors on a large scale, indicating that the future of display technology is nearly ready for mass consumption.  Samsung has already showcased see-through displays which make use of AMOLED technology, although for the time being this http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2011/03/samsung-kicks-off-transparent-display.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-6632691396598410012Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:23:00 +00002010-10-28T06:53:15.741+05:30Mobile TechnologyWireless TechnologyThe Seabird project is a concept for a phone with a dramatically overhauled user interface for a more productive device. Mozilla is showing its concept phone which combines a number of emerging technologies to add a new dimension to the Android operating system. It includes a Bluetooth earpiece, which integrates an IR sensor so you can wave it around and pan around on the phone just by moving http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2010/10/seabird-next-generation-phone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-219027895530917634Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:21:00 +00002010-10-21T08:51:12.738+05:30Computer ScienceElectronicsHardware October 19, 2010 saw the release of the world’s largest capacity SATA hard drive ever built to date. The 3TB (Terrabyte) drive is the first of its kind in the world, as it’s closest rival has been hard drives with a capacity of about 2.2TB until now. The new 3TB hard drives deliver a massive storage capacity in a single drive. Western Digital is reportedly the front runner in the data storage http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2010/10/worlds-first-3-tb-hard-drive-unveiled.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-6697853961330991684Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:54:00 +00002010-10-19T23:25:19.719+05:30ElectronicsMobile TechnologyIf you’re a fan of the television program ‘CSI’, you must have noticed the translucent display screens the investigators always use in the labs. However impressive, it does look a little futuristic doesn’t it? Well, it may be futurisic no more, because TDK have developed a flexible and translucent organic display that can be used in mobile phones and other gadgets, also allowing these display http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2010/10/transparent-cell-phone-displays.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-6336256428858461029Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:47:00 +00002010-02-06T16:17:00.075+05:30Artificial IntelligenceNASARoboticsAfter about three years of work, General Motors and NASA are showing off the next generation of an advanced robot that is said to be faster and more dexterous than previous attempts by the agency.Robonaut2 or R2 appears to be a sleek humanoid robot and is shown writing, shaking hands and performing tasks, such as lifting weights and picking up an envelope. The two organizations say the http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2010/02/nasa-and-gm-team-up-for-robot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-654690541092805364Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:41:00 +00002010-02-05T16:39:06.169+05:30ComputingMicrosoft Corp. and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced an agreement that will offer individual researchers and research groups selected through NSF’s merit review process free access to advanced cloud computing resources. By extending the capabilities of powerful, easy-to-use PC applications via Microsoft cloud services, the program is designed to help broaden researcher capabilitieshttp://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2010/02/microsoft-nsf-enable-cloud-research.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-6466937348913888817Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +00002010-01-29T10:38:40.039+05:30Computer ScienceElectronicsHardwareA computer, though it uses numerous parts in order to function, definitely needs an internal hard drive to function at all. A hard drive being probably the most crucial of all computer accessories is the device where the computer stores all its data as well as the most important operating system, applications and boot log. Once upon a time, there were computers so old they didn't have any hard http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2010/01/solid-state-hard-drive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-6187406921565921508Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:08:00 +00002010-01-16T14:13:52.342+05:303D TechnologyWith the worldwide release and success of James Cameron's 'Avatar', it seems 3D technology may be opening up a whole new dimension in home entertainment.If you have been following the news, you'll know that 3D TV development is coming big this year. Several main manufactures are aiming at the 3D TV market. And what is really exiting is that they are not using the same technology. Different http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2010/01/3d-television-how-does-it-work.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-4274991796799545320Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:25:00 +00002009-12-16T11:55:00.309+05:30NanoTechnologyPhysicsAt Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = instant battery Those who are quick to dismiss paper as old-fashioned should hold off on the trash talk. Scientists have made batteries and supercapacitors with little more than ordinary office paper and some carbon and silver nanomaterials. The research, published online December 7 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, brings scientists http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2009/12/instant-battery-from-nanotubes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-4795901042879719311Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:07:00 +00002009-12-15T11:37:00.255+05:30ElectronicsResearchers from Stanford University have recently shown that it is possible to create electronics basing on organic materials. This novel demonstration might help engineers to design better digital displays, ‘electronic newspapers’ and other futuristic devices that rely on such improvements to existing technologies. Electronic devices operate well only when all transistors and switches within http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2009/12/organic-electronics-on-way.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-1638334651401850760Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:55:00 +00002009-12-14T11:12:15.516+05:30ComputingHardwareSeagate Corp. has recently announced the world’s first 2-terabytes hard-drive with full support for third generation SATA interface. It means that now computers could double the rate of data transfer, thanks to the significant bottleneck reduction. The new storage device, named Barracuda XT, is designed for desktop computers, and though it should enhance most users’ PC experience, it would http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2009/12/worlds-fastest-desktop-hard-drive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-905348258702441914Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:32:00 +00002009-11-25T17:02:30.623+05:30Matter n EnergyThere's definitely a huge push these days toward green, sustainable, renewable energy. Solar energy is becoming an exciting new development with a huge amount of personal application. The new photovoltaic solar panels coming out of the factories are ultra thin and light, and able to be rolled up and packed away, as opposed to the traditional silicon solar panels, which have always been heavy, http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2009/11/flexible-solar-awesome-new-technology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-2528960214337513620Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:32:00 +00002009-12-14T10:43:03.926+05:30Computer ScienceQuantum ComputersResearchers at the Kavli Institute for Nanosciences at Delft University of Technology, have succeeded in getting hold of the environment of a quantum particle. This allows them to exercise greater control over a single electron, and brings the team of researchers, led by Vidi winner and FOM workgroup leader Lieven Vandersypen, a step closer still to the super-fast quantum computer.One of the http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2009/11/super-fast-quantum-computer-gets-ever.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-3483814545588123839Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:23:00 +00002009-11-25T17:05:53.107+05:30ImagingA number of U.S. states now use facial recognition technology when issuing drivers licenses. Similar methods are also used to grant access to buildings and to verify the identities of international travelers. Historically, obtaining accurate results with this type of technology has been a time intensive activity. Now, a researcher from the University of Miami College of Engineering and his http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2009/11/improving-security-with-face.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-1177153673148423351Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:30:00 +00002009-11-11T18:00:01.154+05:30InternetSearching the Web could become faster for users and much more efficient for search companies if search engines were split up and distributed around the world, according to researchers at Yahoo. Currently, search engines are based on a centralized model, explains Ricardo Baeza-Yates, a researcher at Yahoo's Labs in Barcelona, Spain. This means that a search engine's index--the core database that http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2009/11/splitting-up-search.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-4419539831270420014Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:20:00 +00002009-11-10T17:50:00.298+05:30ImagingMobile TechnologyEmbedding microlenses in thin films could bring 3-D movies and games to mobile devices. A new thin-film technology developed by 3M could enable mobile devices such as cell phones to show 3-D images without the need for special glasses. Dubbed Vikuiti 3-D, the technology works by guiding slightly different images to the viewer's left and right eyes. Provided that the device is held relatively http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2009/11/cell-phones-to-go-3-d.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-4074929969404654506Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:13:00 +00002009-11-21T17:20:23.823+05:30CommunicationsMobile TechnologyResearcher Dr. David H. Hughes of the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, N.Y. is leading a team investigating long-distance, mobile optical links imperative for secure quantum communications capabilities in theater.Hughes and his Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded team have conducted high data-rate experiments using an optical laser link, a tool which exploits the quantum noise ofhttp://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2009/11/research-continues-on-secure-mobile.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-7011527669343666565Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:12:00 +00002009-11-08T17:42:08.158+05:30Computer ScienceComputingMartin Rinard, a professor of computer science at MIT, is unabashed about the ultimate goal of his group's research: "delivering an immortal, invulnerable program." In work presented this month at the ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles in Big Sky, MT, a group of MIT researchers, led by Rinard and Michael Ernst, who is now an associate professor at the University of Washington, http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2009/11/software-that-fixes-itself.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-6041714079576786085Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:28:00 +00002009-10-26T21:05:32.203+05:30PhysicsEvery once in a while, a really brilliant idea comes along, and we find ourselves wondering: Why didn't I think of that? Well, this has got to be one of those brilliant ideas. Energy, especially solar energy, is a very hot topic these days. And with good reason. As the world's energy demands grow, the resources needed to supply this power seems to be getting less and less. So, we have to think http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2009/10/turning-roads-into-solar-power-stations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-8078197007036672641Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:22:00 +00002009-10-25T19:52:00.411+05:30RoboticsForget about movies such as 'Terminator' - today the robotic technology involved surpasses even the technology featured in those types of movies - in some ways. If you have ever found yourself wondering just how powerful and exact modern day robotics have become, then this might shock you a little. To give you an example - imagine a robotic arm, dribbling a ball almost faster than the human eyehttp://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2009/10/super-robots-able-to-dribble-ball.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-4768381526410293551Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:07:00 +00002009-10-24T19:37:00.195+05:30ElectronicsNanoTechnology"If you open up almost any electronic gadget, you will see various elements that operating using electric circuitries," . "Many of them have different functionalities, such as inductors, capacitors, resistors, transistors, and so forth. These well-known elements have been around for decades. But what if you could bring these concepts to the nanoscale, and what if they could operate with light http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2009/10/running-electronics-using-light.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-2175730191028311836Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +00002009-10-23T19:30:31.523+05:30Computer ScienceHardwareThe ability to store and retrieve data is an important component of today's computers, as well as other modern electronic devices such as cell phones, video game consoles, and camcorders. Since their invention in the 1950s, magnetic-based hard disk drives (HDDs) have been the primary method of nonvolatile storage. However, researchers are currently developing several new and promising nonvolatilehttp://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-comes-after-hard-drives.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-6504385285892800998Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:55:00 +00002009-10-18T23:25:00.612+05:30Wireless Technology Orange Solar Concept Tent . It Glows So You Can Find It Solar Tent: Nighttime: The tent glows to show its location  courtesy Orange The problem with the great outdoors has always been the lack of full mobile connectivity, electric lighting, and a power source for your laptop. The Orange Solar Concept Tent, which will debut in the UK, tackles these critical problems. The tent uses "solar http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2009/10/solar-tent-charges-your-laptop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-8837712264461125012Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:30:00 +00002009-10-17T23:00:00.697+05:30ComputingElectronicsHardwareQuantum ComputersSilicon wafers. Quantum computing. Light-based processors. Any way you slice it, scientists say that processor speeds will absolutely max out at a certain point, regardless of how hardware or software are implemented. Lev Levitin and Tommaso Toffoli, two researchers at the University of Boston, devised an equation which sets a fundamental limit for quantum computing speeds. According to their http://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2009/10/scientists-find-fundamental-maximum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259123759156159723.post-8204773884253087248Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:27:00 +00002009-10-16T22:57:00.358+05:30ImagingSuper Computer The first computer-generated model of an entire sunspot—a magnetic anomaly on the surface of the sun—tracks the magnetic fields in the area, helping researchers figure out how the sun releases energy around the spots. At the dark center, or umbra, the field is so strong—about 1,000 times the solar average—that it blocks the solar gases that typically bubble to the surface. At the edges, weakerhttp://theglobaltechnology.blogspot.com/2009/10/worlds-first-image-of-entire-sunspots.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blues)