Technology : Hardware
Quantum leap – researchers achieve milestone for next generation computing
A quantum computer is based on the amazing properties of quantum systems. Rather than measure data in terms of “bits” like a conventional computer, quantum systems utilize a quantum bit (known as a qubit), a particle that exists in two states at the same time. Information from two qubits is entangled in a way that has no equivalent whatsoever in the normal world, giving rise to the complex problem of how to influence these interactions in order to realize a calculation. It is highly likely that workable quantum computers will need to be produced using existing manufacturing techniques from the chip industry. Working on this basis, scientists at Delft University of Technology are currently studying two types of qubits: one type makes use of tiny superconducting rings, and the other makes use of ‘quantum dots’.
Jun 15, 2007, 09:54

Technology : Hardware
Nokia enters car navigation market
The Finnish company, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, unveiled its Nokia 330 Auto Navigation device with preinstalled Europe-wide map data from Dutch navigation firm Route 66. The product will use digital maps from U.S.-based NAVTEQ, and not from its main Dutch rival, Tele Atlas, whose maps are used in a new Nokia N95 phone which doubles as a navigation device.
Oct 30, 2006, 10:00

Technology : Hardware
Review: Fastap puts twist on cell typing
The Fastap keyboard from Digit Wireless offers a surprising new twist: The letters appear on 26 small raised buttons positioned at every corner between the standard keys found on a typical cell phone. The letters are placed in alphabetical order rather than the "QWERTY" layout found on typewriters, BlackBerries, Treos and the like. For now, you can't get a phone with Fastap through one of the big national carriers, but Digit says that's due to change next year. That sounds plausible because the Fastap keyboard is already gaining traction with two smaller wireless providers, Alltel Corp. of Arkansas and Telus Corp. of Canada.
Oct 25, 2006, 09:48

Technology : Hardware
Personal Dive Computers
San Leandro, CA - Oceanic Worldwide, manufacturer of cutting-edge SCUBA equipment and technology, announces that its HUD (Heads-Up Display) Mask project was conducted under a joint-development project with the U.S. Navy's Coastal Systems Station (CSS) - Panama City, Florida. The HUD contains a miniature liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, multi-element optics, microprocessor, depth transducer, wireless cylinder pressure receiver, diver replaceable battery, and controlling software - all built directly into a dive mask. The miniature LCD displays the diver's depth, bottom time, and cylinder pressure. The multi-element optical lens provides a clear, highly magnified image of the LCD, which is viewable regardless of environmental conditions. Oceanic's wireless transmitter module attaches to the regulator first stage and transmits the diver's cylinder pressure to the mask.
Sep 29, 2006, 11:29

Technology : Hardware
Intel shows off many-core microprocessors
Intel revealed details of a powerful new computer chip featuring four individual microprocessors at the 10th annual Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco on Wednesday. At the same event, the California-based chip-maker revealed plans to develop a chip with 80 individual microprocessors by 2010.
Sep 28, 2006, 10:56