A research team from IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology has demonstrated the first silicon-germanium transistor able to operate at frequencies above 500 GHz. The accomplishment redefines the performance limits of silicon-based semiconductors.
Stroke victims and people suffering from weakness of their upper extremities may now be able to go mall shopping, thanks to a "virtual mall" developed by a University of Haifa Occupational Therapy doctoral student.
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have completed a prototype device that can block digital-camera function in a given area. Commercial versions of the technology could be used to stymie unwanted use of video or still cameras.
What if you absolutely must delete all data from a computer drive -- beyond any hope of recovery? That was the challenge facing scientists at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). Their solution: special high-strength neodymium iron-boron magnets that permanently erase all the information.
A new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety finds that as many as 10,000 fatal automobile crashes could be prevented if all vehicles were equipped with electronic stability control or ESC.
Physicians and surgeons will someday monitor a patient's blood flow, blood pressure and temperature with tiny, implanted devices, thanks to research being conducted by a Cornell University professor and an Ithaca-area high-tech firm.
Ben Liblit offers a bold prediction regarding all of the complicated software programs churning away in your computer: They have bugs. All of them. Guaranteed. Liblit has developed a novel program that lets real software users fight back with cooperative bug detection techniques.
On May 31 2006, a new feature of the DHMC website was released called "Out-of-Pocket Estimator". This enhancement follows the initial release in February 2005, of the webpage called "Charges for Healthcare Services." The goal of the section "Charges for Health Care Services" is to answer patients' questions about DHMC charges for services and to direct users to the correct resource to assist in getting the answers.
Using the spare time of 3000+ linked computers, Israeli researchers have developed a free, online system designed to help unravel the mysteries of genetic diseases. The gene-mapping system provides results tens of times faster than previous programs, providing a fast-forward button in the quest to developing treatments for genetic diseases.
Hydrogen has been called "the fuel of the future." But the gas is invisible, odorless and explosive at high concentrations, posing a safety problem for hydrogen-powered cars, filling stations and other aspects of the so-called hydrogen economy.
An invention enables any typical computer workstation, using a standard keyboard, to distinguish a computer user by the way they type their name.
By taking advantage of a phenomenon that earlier designers had struggled to avoid, engineers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have developed a new approach to phased-array antenna design that could allow a single ultra-wideband device to do the job of five conventional antennas.
You don't have to be a nerdy white guy to be a computer geek. In fact, you can be a woman, a minority, a person with a disability or someone who is downright cool. That's the message of a group of Florida State University professors who are participating in a 10-member university consortium.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in collaboration with IBM and New York state, has announced a $100 million partnership to create the world's most powerful university-based supercomputing center, and a top 10 supercomputing center of any kind in the world.
Though fewer than a third of new vehicles sold in the United States have electronic stability control, this relatively new technology can reduce the odds of fatal rollovers by 73 percent in sport utility vehicles and 40 percent in passenger cars, say University of Michigan researchers. (Spanish version included.)
More than $4 million in equipment upgrades will shine 100 million pixels on Iowa State University's six-sided virtual reality room. That's twice the number of pixels lighting up any virtual reality room in the world. That means the C6 will produce virtual reality at the world's highest resolution.
Think twice before replying to an e-mail message. Because e-mail doesn't have the non-verbal modifiers that make up face-to-face communication, the messages can be ambiguous and cause problems.
A new Australian review of existing research suggests that "speed cameras" and other devices can reduce automobile accident rates by allowing authorities to detect and cite speeders as they zip down the road.
Brenner Children's Hospital is one of few children's hospitals in the United States using the latest computed tomography (CT) technology in an emergency setting "“ providing a more accurate diagnosis in a shorter period of time.
Biology inspires engineers to design low-power circuits.
University of South Florida computer science students have built and tested an intelligent scarecrow that guards fish farm ponds from predator birds through image processing and loud, artificial gun blasts and water cannons.
Saint Louis University is pioneering the use of robotic dogs in nursing homes as geriatrics researchers study whether a mechanical canine can help residents feel less lonely.
Rowan University's softball team catcher knows what it's like to play in pain. An engineering student, she's now looking for a solution.
Engineers at Purdue University have developed a tiny "micro-pump" cooling device small enough to fit on a computer chip that circulates coolant through channels etched into the chip.
Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lighting Research Center (LRC) have developed a simple, cost-effective, energy-saving device designed to harvest daylight automatically. The DaySwitchâ„¢ was designed as an alternative to traditional dimming ballast systems that adjust light levels by reducing the lamp current.
Child pornographers will soon have a harder time escaping prosecution thanks to a stunning new technology in development at Binghamton University, State University of New York, that can reliably link digital images to the camera with which they were taken, in much the same way that tell-tale scratches are used by forensic examiners to link bullets to the gun that fired them.
A study of how electrons behave in circuitry made from ultrathin layers of graphite "“ known as graphene "“ suggests the material could provide the foundation for a new generation of nanometer scale devices that manipulate electrons as waves "“ much like photonic systems control light waves.
Grand Valley State University is using the latest technology, that is a familiar part of the way students live, to teach them foreign language, culture and history. A pilot program conducted in intermediate French classes provided each student with an iPod to use as a portable language lab, research tool and study buddy.
A globe-spanning constellation of six satellites expected to improve weather forecasts, monitor climate change, and enhance space weather research will head into orbit on Fri. April 14, 2006. Barring delays, a Minotaur rocket is scheduled to launch the array at 5:10 p.m. Pacific time from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central Calif. coast.
In IEEE Spectrum's special January issue, the focus is on "winners and losers" from many technologies and several continents.
A Sandia National Laboratories robot recently withstood enough radiation to kill 40 men in freeing a stuck radiation source -- the size of a restaurant salt shaker -- at a White Sands Missile Range lab so that the cylinder could be safely returned to its insulated base.
A new concept integrates LED technology with building materials and systems. The design includes modular panels with integrated LED lighting fixtures that "snap" in and out of an electrical grid, allowing occupants to change the location of light fixtures and room design on a whim.
Researchers have known for some time that a long, fibrous coil grown by a single-cell protozoan is, gram for gram, more powerful than a car engine. Now, researchers have found that this coil is far stronger than previously thought, discovering clues into the mechanism behind this microscopic powerhouse.
Clarkson University Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and "spoofing" expert Stephanie Schuckers' research demonstrates how using simple casts made from a mold and material such as Play-doh, clay or gelatin can be used to fool most fingerprint recognition devices.
Steven W. Van Sciver, an expert in cryogenics at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, is working with a technology company on the first phase of a grant to help prove the concept behind a patent-pending cryogenic technique for particle separation from a few microns down to submicrons.
A Georgia Institute of Technology researcher has developed a process that increases the hardness and improves the ballistic performance of the material used by the U.S. military for body armor. The researcher's start-up company is commercializing the technology.
As airline travel peaks for the Thanksgiving holiday, a newly completed wind tunnel at the University of Florida may help reduce the noise of commercial airplanes as they fly over homes and neighborhoods.
The friendly facial expressions, the soothing hand gestures, the coolly intelligent voice: Put them all together, and she is both disarmingly lifelike and surprisingly persuasive.
Akira Tokuhiro, a K-State associate professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering, is combining two research areas, biometrics -- including facial expressions -- and robotics, to combat terrorism.
Echoes of a "hydrogen economy" are reverberating across the country, but a number of roadblocks stand in the way. One of the biggest is the high cost of manufacturing fuel cells. A new project aims to tackle the challenge of mass production by using robots to assemble fuel cell stacks.
Clarkson University has announced an experimental fuel-saving device that may help revolutionize the trucking industry. The device reduces the "drag" on tractor trailers, thereby increasing fuel efficiency by some 10% and reducing costs and emissions.
Researchers are developing a mechanical cochlea, a device that functions much like its human counterpart in the ear. Yet, because it is composed of micromachined parts and integrated circuits, the apparatus should be inexpensive to manufacture and could potentially capture a range of frequencies well beyond those of human hearing.
A partnership between Clarkson University researchers and an entrepreneur is transferring chemical process technology from the laboratory to the biofuels marketplace. Their efforts promise to contribute to energy independence and improve the economics of the biodiesel industry.
Sandia, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, and Sierra Monolithics demonstrated the Athena Radar-Responsive Tag during a recent military exercise in the U.K. Aircraft on bombing runs used their radar systems to spot unique signals from Athena tags carried on vehicles belonging to friendly forces.
The most important device of the 20th century was invented not just once, but twice.
How can the common housefly execute exquisitely precise and complex aerobatics with less computational might than an electric toaster?
Imagine an entire biotechnology laboratory reduced to the size of a pea and placed on a computer chip. Research to develop applications for this technology is also leading to establishment of a unique international engineering Ph.D. program.
For years scientists have had a problem with providing continuous power to sensors and electronic equipment in remote places. Now, scientists have devised a power cell that will provide continuous power for years.
An effort to transmit 150 times more electric power through long-length high-temperature superconductors as compared to conventional copper wire is the goal of a cooperative research and development agreement between the Department of Energy's ORNL and Metal Oxide Technologies.
Virginia Tech's "Cliff" and "Rocky" are among an elite group of 23 autonomous vehicles that will rev their engines on Saturday, Oct. 8 at the starting line of the $2 million DARPA Grand Challenge race through the Mojave Desert.
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