and the WATCH system actively monitors whenever a nearby TV is tuned to a channel to avoid interfering with reception.
One aspect of WATCH monitors TV broadcasts on a channel and uses sophisticated signal-canceling techniques to insert wireless data transmissions into the same channel;
that eliminates TV broadcasts from interfering with the super Wi-fi data signals being sent to computer users,
For example, a 2014 Cisco report found that nearly a half-billion mobile devices with data connections had been added to the global supply within the previous year, bringing the global total to 7. 4 billion--a bit more than number of people On earth, according to the U s. Census bureau.
#Better memory with faster lasers By studying the effect of femtosecond laser pulses on the types of materials used to make DVDS,
researchers made a discovery that could one day lead to better information storage in computers.
"Today, nanosecond lasers--lasers that pulse light at one-billionth of a second--are used to record information on DVDS and Blu-ray disks,
"Despite revealing such limits, the research could one day aid the development of better data storage for computers,
Right now, computers generally store information in several ways, among them the well-known random-access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM.
RAM, which is used to run the programs on your computer, can record and rewrite information very quickly via an electrical current.
whenever the computer is powered down. ROM storage, including CDS and DVDS, uses phase-change materials and lasers to store information.
Although ROM records and reads data more slowly, the information can be stored for decades. Finding ways to speed up the recording process of phase-change materials
and then rewrite a DVD. Although these applications could mean exciting changes for future computer technologies,
#Noninvasive device could end daily finger pricking for people with diabetes A new laser sensor that monitors blood glucose levels without penetrating the skin could transform the lives of millions of people living with diabetes.
or invasive continuous monitors, which use implanted sensors that need regular replacement. Professor Jose said:"
One will be a finger-touch device similar to a computer mouse. The other will be a wearable version for continuous monitoring."
suggest that the new monitor has the potential to perform as well as conventional technologies. More clinical trials and product optimization are required for regulatory approvals
#First-of-its-kind tornado panels installed in Montgomery Home in June, UAB's tornado panels designed to protect against flying debris were installed as an integral component of a safe room in a new construction home in the Montgomery, Alabama area.
Uday Vaidya, Ph d.,professor and chair of UAB's Department of Materials science and engineering, worked with Storm Resistant Systems
and Cooper Structural Engineers to scale the panels for use in this home. The safe room is designed in accordance with FEMA standards to withstand 250 mile-per-hour winds,
The UAB panels were approved by the National Storm Shelter Association to hold up against an EF5 tornado."
"To see panels pass our most extreme test the first time is said very impressive Larry Tanner, P. E.,manager of the NSSA/Texas Tech Debris Impact Test Facility."
"The composition of thermoplastic and fiberglass resins and fibers used in the panels are stronger per-unit density than the steel used in many current shelters
The team working on the safe room developed a steel frame that holds the panels, and the frame can be broken down
"The UAB panels are unique in comparison to the other products I've seen used in that they are lightweight, similar to plywood,
what makes these panels a step above other products on the market.""This installation comes after four years of research, testing, approvals and manufacturing, following the 2011 Alabama tornado outbreak.
so we built panels that would resist the debris completely.""The panels, secured to each other
and the floor of an interior room, protect against flying debris and are designed to keep people from being crushed
and I think with these panels, we've done just that.""The panels leave the assembly line looking like typical interior walls;
they do not require paint and will never corrode.""The surface could be made to look really any way you want,
the panels also embrace green engineering techniques. Recycled materials used in the experimental phase kept thousands of pounds of waste from landfills.
and engineers seeking to integrate the panels into new construction as well as make them available to individuals who would like to purchase the panels to be retrofitted into existing homes s
They were amazed by what the computer simulations revealed. When the lubricant materials--graphene and diamond-like carbon (DLC)--slid against each other,
Using Mira, the ALCF's 10-petaflops IBM Blue Gene/Q supercomputer, the researchers replicated the experimental conditions with large-scale molecular dynamics simulations aimed at understanding the underlying mechanisms of superlubricity at an atomistic level.
which could potentially be used for applications in dry environments, such as computer hard drives, wind turbine gears, and mechanical rotating seals for microelectromechanical and nanoelectromechanical systems.
"Arraythe team's groundbreaking nanoscroll discovery would not have been possible without a supercomputer like Mira.
With the help of ALCF catalysts, a team of computational scientists who work directly with ALCF users,
The ALCF catalysts in collaboration with researchers from IBM, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories, optimized LAMMPS
and its implementation of Reaxff by adding Openmp threading, replacing MPI point-to-point communication with MPI collectives in key algorithms,
"And with the recent announcement of Aurora, the ALCF's next-generation supercomputer, Sankaranarayanan is excited about where this line of research could go in the future."
Paul Coffman from IBM; Hasan Metin Aktulga from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (now at Michigan State university;
In the LCLS experiments, Xu's team used samples of a form of human rhodopsin--a GPCR found in the retina whose dysfunction can cause night blindness--fused to a type of mouse arrestin that is nearly identical to human arrestin.
said it took many hours of computer modeling and data analysis to help understand and refine its details."
The scientists were able to specify the degree of networking in advance with computers. Using specially developed image analysis algorithms,
Even with high-performance computers, it still initially took nearly five days to calculate a good"quality map"of the electrode.
The software is now being optimised to reduce the computation time.""The image analysis has given us valuable clues about where we need to concentrate our efforts to increase the performance of the electrode,
cost-effective alternative to conventional screen-printed grid electrodes and to the common ITO type that is threatened
Nanowires that poke out can be connected to a computer to take recordings and stimulate cells. So far, the researchers have implanted meshes consisting of 16 electrical elements into two brain regions of anaesthetized mice
where they were able to both monitor and stimulate individual neurons. The mesh integrates tightly with the neural cells,
Scientists at the University of Toronto and the University of Montreal have developed software, modeled on brain cell networks,
and sentences. t about both the combination of image information with natural language, says Richard Zemel, a computer scientist at the University of Toronto. hat what new herehe marriage of image and text.
then you can translate it into text. ut how does the software model nowwhat in the image in the first place?
if the thousands of images on one hard drive haven been labeled.)Is the model thinking? here are analogies to be made between
Using a 3-D printer, engineers have fabricated a new soft material with a modifiable surface texture.
The printer inserts an array of the rigid polymers into a bed of squishy material composed of the more flexible type.
By mounting whole mouse meninges and using neuroimaging the team noticed that T-cells were present in vessels separate from arteries and veins
Nanowires connecting the mesh with computers in the outside world can either record brain activity or stimulate nearby neurons.
Such research may provide valuable insights into the causes of brain disease and how the brain processes informationpening the door for reverse engineering certain processes in computers,
#16 Year Old Girl Develops Groundbreaking $5. 00 HIV Test Sixteen year old Nicole Sabina Ticea has just been named runner-up at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair,
According to Intel announcement, Ticea eveloped a low-cost, easy-to-use testing device to diagnose HIV infections in low-resource communities. er invention is described as a disposable microfluidic cartridge which costs less than $5
Intel states this makes the device ideal for testing newborn babies. They elaborate: For her work, Ticea has received a $50, 000 scholarship fund reward.
Other exceptional youths from Intel program include grand prize winner Raymond Wang, for his research on curbing the spread of disease in aircraft cabins,
thermometer and Nvidia processors to recognize the raw ingredients and work out how to cook them,
#Braille tablet can convert text for blind users and let them read, write and chat We have seen technology springing up in many forms to empower those that are visually impaired.
an Austrian company planning to release a responsive Braille tablet. Braille, the longstanding, universal language
and write using a Braille Perkins Keyboard without any mechanical elements. It also allows for direct converting from PDF, TXT,
or memory cards to read e-books or other materials. The Bluetooth function also enables users to chat in real time with other devices.
The resurgence of virtual reality gizmos aimed at gadget buyers like you and me, in the form of head-mounted displays (HMDS
Facebook chairman Mark Zuckerberg allegedly tested out Sony VR hardware, designed for its Playstation 4 console,
a week before announcing his company intent to buy Oculus. Just a month after Morpheusunveiling and Facebook shock announcement,
and, of course, playing video games wants to revolutionize the resurgent VR platform by integrating advanced eye-tracking technology into its own headset.
This effect is achieved on Fove 2560×1440 display thanks to a graphics engine that adjusts its focus based on where a user is gazing in real time.
Razer, a high-end gaming hardware maker with a cult following of hardcore gamers, recently announced its own VR headset, OSVR (the name stands for pen-Source Virtual reality.
he says. o long as Oculus is not actually innovating its own hardware, the field is open.
She spent four years at Sony Computer Entertainment and then became a social gaming director at Japanese mobile gaming firm GREE,
a card battle game that was earning the company US$26 million a month in 2012. apan is the best place for a hardware startup,
Japanese hardware startups are rare, because theye seen as risky. I know how to monetize mobile games,
Wilson says that hardware development will remain based in Japan but that business development will be moving to the United states. The focus for the next couple of months is Fove Kickstarter campaign.
Fove became the first Japanese startup to be invited to Microsoft Ventureslondon accelerator, where Wilson and Kojima relocated from September until December last year.
The pair are based currently out of the DMM. make hardware accelerator in Tokyo geek graceland, Akihabara.
and thus, potential integration with the company Xbox One gaming console. Wilson left the possibility open, simply stating that he had o updates yet. e
The scanning results appear on the phone screen. It alerts the user if any abnormalities are detected.
the researchers also built a wireless USB charger (top image. It was able to charge a Jawbone UP 24 from 0%to 41%in 2. 5 hours while placed a couple of inches away from their router.
and mobile devices that are powered continuously by Wi-fi routers. Check out the researcher full paper at Cornell University Library arxiv. via New Scientist via Digital Trends
But just like the Arduino, Raspberry Pi and other single-board computers, DM will measure its success by how many vehicles will be built
that characters you view on screen can look right back at you. So far, close to 500 people have pledged nearly US$200,
#IBM-Led Team Pulls Off Major Chip Feat IBM Research on Thursday announced that an alliance it leads has produced the first 7nm node test chips with functioning transistors.
The 7nm chips are the result of the first program out of IBM's 2014 US$3 billion investment in research--a five-year investment that aims to push the limits of chip technology to meet the needs of cloud computing
said Mukesh Khare, vice president of IBM Semiconductor Technology Research.""We intend to incorporate 7nm into the road maps for IBM systems in the future,
"he told Technewsworld.""This milestone is the first step towards a silicon-based proof point with all elements demonstrated in our 300nm research facility at Albany."
"The History of Sige Technology IBM introduced Sige technology into mainstream manufacturing in 1989. It currently is collaborating with AMD on program to develop Sige stressed-silicon 65nm technology.
the need for faster CPUS and more processing power grows. However, it's becoming increasingly difficult to attain higher clock speeds,
That has led semiconductor firms to look at packing more cores onto their processors. The number of transistors in an integrated circuit doubles roughly every two years, according to Moore's Law,
Intel apparently expects to be able to build 5nm transistors at some point.""The higher the density of transistors, the more cores you can put in a given space,"noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group."
and Intel are also chasing it, "he told Technewsworld. Challenges IBM Will Face The IBM alliance has to ensure that it develops technology that will let it manufacture Sige transistor channels in high volumes,
Enderle cautioned.""This is where most of the really promising technology fails, "he pointed out.""They can get it to work in the lab,
The control software evolved directly from the Dextre and Canadarm programs at MDA, and the vision was adapted from their satellite navigation work for the CSA.
#Smart keyboard cleans and powers itself and can tell who you are In a novel twist in cybersecurity,
self-powered smart keyboard that can identify computer users by the way they type. The device, reported in the journal ACS Nano, could help prevent unauthorized users from gaining direct access to computers.
Zhong Lin Wang and colleagues note that password protection is one of the most common ways we control who can log onto our computers
and see the private information we entrust to them. But as many recent high-profile stories about hacking
but still cost-effective and user friendly approach to safeguarding what on our computers. The researchers developed a smart keyboard that can sense typing patterns including the pressure applied to keys
and speed that can accurately distinguish one individual user from another. So even if someone knows your password,
he or she cannot access your computer because that person types in a different way than you would.
The scientists conclude that the keyboard could provide an additional layer of protection to boost the security of our computer systems r
and Less Dangerous Three-dimensional printing technology has just found yet another use, this time it heart surgery.
Hillman and her collaborators have used already the system to observe firing in 3d neuronal dendritic trees in superficial layers of the mouse brain.
then devised mathematical algorithms to crack the code governing the process and built computer-based models of the coding system.
We have now proved that those computer models work in real viral messages. The next step will be to widen the study into animal viruses.
Researchers at the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) partnered with a scientist at the National Information Communications technology Research Centre of Excellence in Australia (NICTA) to develop robotic systems that are able
artificial intelligence, or the design of computers that can make their own decisions; computer vision, or the engineering of systems that can accurately identify shapes and movements;
and natural language processing, or the development of robust systems that can understand spoken commands. Although the underlying work is complex,
said Yiannis Aloimonos, UMD professor of computer science and director of the Computer Vision Lab, one of 16 labs and centers in UMIACS. ut cooking is complex in terms of manipulation,
The work also relies on a specialized software architecture known as deep-learning neural networks. While this approach is not new
and the facial recognition software used by Facebook and other websites. While robots have been used to carry out complicated tasks for decadeshink automobile assembly lineshese must be programmed carefully
#Huge 3d Displays without 3d Glasses Public screenings have become an important part of major sports events.
Scaling it up to a display with many pixels is not a problemsays Jörg Reitterer (Trilite Technologies and Phd-student in the team of Professor Ulrich Schmid at the Vienna University of Technology.
To experience the 3d effect the viewer must be positioned in a certain distance range from the screen.
Seen from different angles the display shows different pictures. Hundreds of Images at Once3d movies in the cinema only show two different pictures one for each eye.
The newly developed display however can present hundreds of pictures. Walking by the display one can get a view of the displayed object from different sides just like passing a real object.
For this however a new video format is required which has already been developed by the researchers. oday 3d cinema movies can be converted into our 3d format
but we expect that new footage will be created especially for our displays perhaps with a much larger number of camerassays Franz Fiedler CTO of Trilite Technologies.
Trilite) Compared to a movie screen the display is very vivid. Therefore it can be used outdoors even in bright sunlight.
The team most recent advance also brings the field closer to realizing carbon nanotube transistors as a feasible replacement for silicon transistors in computer chips and in high-frequency communication devices,
Wearable devices have been making inroads into the workplace in recent years notably with head-mounted displays (HMDS) in line with putting ICT to use so as to not stop
With display devices such as HMDS it is possible to browse information without taking out a separate smart device.
This technique allows the researchers to follow hundreds of cell pairs over time and monitor
which could bring superior computers, cryptography and communications technologies. hese results indicate that the brightness of the nanodiamond-based single-photon emitter could be enhanced substantially by placing such an emitter on the surface of the hyperbolic metamaterial,
Instead of only the states of one and zero that exist in conventional computers, there are many possible uperposition quantum states.
Computers based on quantum physics would have quantum bits, or ubits, increasing the computer capacity to process, store,
and transmit information. The nitrogen vacancy also makes it possible to potentially record information based on the nuclear or electron pinstate of the center,
However, current ATRP methods by design use metal catalysts a major roadblock to applications for which metal contamination is an issue,
This new method of radical polymerization doesn involve heavy metal catalysts like copper. Their innovative, metal-free ATRP process uses an organic-based photocatalyst
Now this method opens doors for a new class of organic-based photoredox catalysts. Controlling radical polymerization processes is critical for the synthesis of functional block polymers.
Software developed by Fraunhofer researchers will ensure an optimum use of the available wind energy at any time.
Considering meteorological data the software for the new ship type uses a navigation algorithm to calculate a route with the optimum angle to the wind for maximum effect of the design. ith our weather routing module the best route can be calculated
By the end of January 2015, the software will be handed over to the company Lade AS.
#Solar chip monitors windows It happens all too often in the cold times of the year:
By keeping both processor and chip extremely small, the latter is extremely frugal. In addition, the researchers constructed switches that consume little energy,
which allows small motors using a minimal amount of force for the mechanical tracking. he vision is that such a microtracking CPV panel could be placed on a roof in the same space as a traditional solar panel
Because the total panel thickness is only about a centimeter and 99 percent of it everything except the solar cells
Their research holds the promise of building dramatically faster, smaller and more efficient computer chips.
and could pave the way for future generations of faster, energy-efficient computer chips. Their work was published this week in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
#Graphene displays clear prospects for flexible electronics Published in the scientific journal Nature Materials, University of Manchester and University of Sheffield researchers show that new 2d esigner materialscan be produced to create flexible, see-through and more efficient electronic devices.
tablets and televisions to make them incredibly thin, flexible, durable and even semitransparent. The LED device was constructed by combining different 2d crystals
and Philip Liang SM 6 is using smart devices to monitor hand hygiene among hospital staff
The Medsense system includes a smart badge, beacons, dispenser monitors, and a base station. Courtesy of General Sensing The Medsense system includes a smart badge, beacons, dispenser monitors,
and a base station. Courtesy of General Sensing Called Medsense Clear, the system revolves around a badge worn by hospital staff.
The startup is also now developing a system to monitor hospital workflow, with aims of pinpointing areas where time
A graph displays compliance averages by the week. Courtesy of General Sensing An example of what a user may see on the Medsense HQ website.
A graph displays compliance averages by the week. Courtesy of General Sensing e think it important that the system provides feedback
When a researcher requested the technology to monitor health care staff, however, the startup decided to get a clean start in the health care industry,
The up or down orientation of the electron spins on these NV centers can be used to encode information in a way that is somewhat analogous to how the charge of many electrons is used to encode the and in a classical computer.
#Computing at the speed of light University of Utah engineers have taken a step forward in creating the next generation of computers
and mobile devices capable of speeds millions of times faster than current machines. The Utah engineers have developed an ultracompact beamsplitter the smallest on record for dividing light waves into two separate channels of information.
The discovery will lead to computers and mobile devices that could be millions of times faster than machines today
because the information or data that is computed or shuttled is done through light instead of electrons. Image credit:
Dan Hixson/University of Utah College of Engineeringsilicon photonics could significantly increase the power and speed of machines such as supercomputers, data center servers and the specialized computers that direct autonomous cars and drones with collision detection.
Eventually, the technology could reach home computers and mobile devices and improve applications from gaming to video streaming. ight is the fastest thing you can use to transmit information,
says Menon. ut that information has to be converted to electrons when it comes into your laptop.
In that conversion, youe slowing things down. The vision is to do everything in light. Photons of light carry information over the Internet through fiber-optic networks.
or computer can handle the information. That bottleneck could be eliminated if the data stream remained as light within computer processors. ith all light,
computing can eventually be millions of times faster, says Menon. To help do that, the U engineers created a much smaller form of a polarization beamsplitter
mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets built with this technology would consume less power, have longer battery life
and generate less heat than existing mobile devices. The first supercomputers using silicon photonics already under development at companies such as Intel
and IBM will use hybrid processors that remain partly electronic. Menon believes his beamsplitter could be used in those computers in about three years.
Data centers that require faster connections between computers also could implement the technology soon, he says.
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#Taking control of light emission Researchers have found a way to couple the properties of different two-dimensional materials to provide an exceptional degree of control over light waves.
They say this has the potential to lead to new kinds of light detection, thermal-management systems,
and their co-authors at IBM T. J. Watson Research center, Hong kong Polytechnic University, and the University of Minnesota.
Phaedon Avouris, a researcher at IBM and co-author of the paper, says, he combination of these two materials provides a unique system that allows the manipulation of optical processes.
a researcher at IBM and the University of Minnesota, says, ur work paves the way for using 2-D material heterostructures for engineering new optical properties on demand.
#Toward reenpaper-thin, flexible electronics The rapid evolution of gadgets has brought us an impressive array of martproducts from phones to tablets,
The recorded signal is carried then via wire bundles from the patient brain to a computer,
The arrays were connected by a cable to a system of computers that processed the signals,
and controlled output devices that included a computer cursor and a robotic arm developed by collaborators at Johns hopkins university.
the patient was trained to control the computer cursor and the robotic arm with his mind.
Direct brain control of robots and computers has the potential to dramatically change the lives of many people,
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