Entries in 'research' (119)
Sign language to text translator app coming
NEWSResearchers at the University of Aberdeen are developing a mobile application that can translate sign language into text.
Microsoft research uses your voice to speak other languages
NEWSMicrosoft researchers have developed technology that allows software to use the sound of the user's own voice to speech synthesize other languages.
Microsoft wants lower latency touch screens
NEWSMicrosoft is researching ways to reduce touch-screen lag down to single millisecond, a hundred times less than current touch-screen systems.
IBM smash one terabit optical speed barrier
NEWSIBM has demonstrated a prototype optical chip that smashed the one terabit per second speed barrier with an innovative through-hole design.
Single-atom transistor heralds quantum computing breakthrough
NEWSAustralian scientists have demonstrated the world's smallest transistor, just one atom in size, which they say is the result of new techniques to manipulate individual atoms with extreme precision.
Boffins aim to do away with magnetic fields in next-gen hard drives
NEWSAn international group of scientists have demonstrated a novel way to record magnetic information using only heat which they say will be vastly faster than the current schemes used by ...
IBM boffins create 12-atom magnetic bit
NEWSIBM researchers have demonstrated storing information in structures comprised of just 12 atoms compared to the current highest density hard drives which manage to store a bit in around a ...
Nokia unveils solar-powered phone research
NEWSNokia announced the end of a research program into solar powered mobile phones concluding that integrated solar panels were "possible but challenging."
Government pledges £158 million for high tech research
NEWSThe Government has pledged around £158 million for investment in digital infrastructure and high-level research.
Imagination opens new UK R&D shop in Bristol
NEWSBritish tech success Imagination Technologies is set to open a new PowerVR research and development centre in Bristol.
Boffins create lie-detector software
NEWSResearch is underway to develop software that can detect the tell-tale signs of 'micro expressions' that people may not be telling truth.
Google X 'skunkworks' revealed
NEWSInternet giant Google reportedly operates a top-secret lab where boffins work on 'crazy projects' that may one day come to fruition.
Toshiba show off ultra high resolution display
NEWSJapanese electronics giant Toshiba has unveiled a 6.1-inch display with an incredible 2560 x 1600 resolution.
HP says memristor to replace flash in 18 months
NEWSHP researchers said that an alternative memory 'memristor' technology will replace supplant flash and appear in SSD drives "within a year and a half".
Scientists unveil fresh lithium battery breakthrough
NEWSA team of scientists at the US government Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have designed a new component in Lithium-ion batteries that promises greatly increased energy capacity.
20 companies already employ robot writers
NEWSA company that produces software to automatically write articles has more than 20 customers including newspaper publishers.
British researchers invent lithium jelly battery
NEWSUniversity of Leeds researchers have invented a new type of polymer gel that can be used to produce cheaper lithium batteries which are safer than current lithium batteries.
Researchers announce solid-state 'supercapacitor'
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An American university announced a 'leap forward' in technology which could replace current battery technology.
'Hybrid memory cube' could be future RAM breakthrough
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Memory manufacturer Micron demonstrated potential future DRAM technology direction at the Hot Chips conference in the United States, according to a Tom's Hardware report.
Boffins reveal best way to get friends on Facebook
NEWSA team of Cambridge University scientists claim to have found the formula for obtaining more friends and followers on social networking sites.
