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Watching brain cells in action

A Stanford University team has developed a microscope weighing only 1.1 grams. It is so small that it can be mounted to the head of a freely moving mouse to watch its brain cell activity. According to what said the lead researcher to New Scientist, 'A lot of work has...

Tags: Microscope, Animal, Mouse, Brain Cell, Stanford University Team, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals, Roland Piquepaille, Imaging, Muscle, Sarcomeres, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Blog posts 2008-10-08

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Nanowires, nanoribbons and 'graphane' among materials that'll revolutionize computers

Architects of the next generation of computers are developing a variety of nanostructures to meet the demand for increasingly smaller features for semiconductors, microprocessors, and other components. These tiny building blocks are quite extraordinary-some even self-assemble. And they'll help overcome many of the limitations of today's microelectronics...

Tags: Nanotube, Carbon Nanotube, Computer, Chip, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-04-24

Failure in Silicon Valley and the guild of entrepreneurs

Here is the second part of my conversation with Silicon Valley veteran Bill Coleman. The first part is here: How will the recession affect Silicon Valley? Mr Coleman is optimistic about Silicon Valley's long term prospects but he is pessimistic about the current situation. "These days...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-03-05

Hologram technology: the sub-atomic future of storage?

I was recently talking to some folks at Google about storage, specifically the amount of data that's being stored on the cloud as users upload things like photos and YouTube video clips. Gigabytes. Terabytes. Petabytes. I couldn't help but wonder, as we talked about all of this...

Tags: Hologram, Stanford, Beam, Storage, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-04

Quantum holographic storage: it works!

Researchers at Stanford University have demonstrated quantum holographic storage, shattering long-held assumptions about the information limits of matter. Moving into the sub-atomic realm, they permanently stored 35 bits in the quantum space surrounding a single electron. Moreover, the technique allows holograms to be "stacked" in 3 dimensions....

Tags: Electron, Hologram, Quantum Corp., Beam, Storage, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-02-03

iGeneration 2008 in review

I started on this blog, a nervous and precarious young man, and remain somewhat a young man. To be honest, I'm surprised I've been here this long, let alone seconded onto another blog. Still, it's been an interesting year and I'll run through some of them in a minute. So...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Blog, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Post, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Blogging, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-12-18

A scientific Oscar goes to Stanford

On February 9, 2008, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will give its ten Scientific and Technical Academy Awards for the year. One of them will go to a professor of computer science at Stanford University who worked with scientists from Industrial Light & Magic. They'll receive this...

Tags: Method, Particle, Stanford, Computer, Oscar, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-04

Build your own 3-D virtual trees

There are not many 3-D objects in virtual worlds such as Second Life. And the reason is very simple. 3-D objects are quite difficult to build by average computer users, who often don't have an artistic background. This is why computer scientists at Stanford University have decided to give us...

Tags: 3D, Tree, Vladlen Koltun, Dryad, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-01-10

Build an 8 PS3 supercomputer

Less than a 10th the cost per GFlop of the $2500 supercomputer Take 8 PS 3 consoles, Yellow Dog Linux, a Gigabit Ethernet switch and your favorite protein folding or gravitational wave modeling codes and you're doing real science. On a Playstation! Try playing Ratchet &...

Tags: Supercomputer, Sony PlayStation 3, Cell, Khanna, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2007-10-29

Spokeo now a place to track friends

Spokeo, which I profiled at the start of the year, has re-launched its social network aggregator -- taking the unusual but refreshing step of narrowing its focus and actually ditching most of its social features. The end result is a slick application that's much simpler to grasp, and does one...

Tags: Social Networks

Blog posts 2007-07-24

This car moves without a driver

Stanford University puts unmanned vehicle to the testOn June 14, the Stanford Racing Team tested Junior, a Volkswagen Passat that has been programmed to drive on its own for the upcoming Darpa Urban Challenge. CNET News.com's Zamir Haider rides along as the vehicle goes through its motions.

Tags: Stanford University

Videos 2007-06-19

Photos: Stanford passes first DARPA test

The Stanford University racing team shows off its robot car, Junior, to DARPA representatives on in the first test round to enter the DARPA Grand Challenge.

Tags: Robots, photograph, DARPA, Stanford, Stanford University, robot, team

Image galleries 2007-06-14

Leopard delays - What's the big deal?

Leopard delays - What's the big deal?Waiting on Leopard and MacBook ProI am waiting on both Leopard and an update to the hardware of the MacBook Pro. The ATI X1600 just isn't good enough for the quality gaming I plan to do. Hopefully AMD will get the new...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Notebooks, REAL Innovation, Leopard, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2007-04-16

CA's new e-voting rules could mean return of paper ballots

As California goes, so goes the nation. Or so we can hope. California is proposing tough rules for e-voting machines - so tough they could mean the end of electronic voting machines in the state, reports the Oakland Tribune. For the first time, California is demanding the right...

Tags: Computer Associates International Inc., e-voting, David Dill, red team

Blog posts 2007-03-28

Is Google doing advertising evil with new model?

Was there ever a world without “do no evil” Google? Yes, just ten years ago!Google has become an intrinsic part of the world’s culture and it is only eight years old. Despite its youth, Google has already engendered significant Googley lore: Everyone’s favorite garage band, Google-it!Perhaps the most infamous Google...

Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., advertisement, search engine

Blog posts 2007-03-23

Google's high-speed battle with Microsoft

Bill Gates has indicated he is fed up with Google being seen as the ‘thought leader’ of the Internet Age. Steve Ballmer believes "We have the birthright to lead the pack. Weve got more technology. Weve got more experience."Is that enough in the Microsoft vs. Google saga? After all, Google’s...

Tags: INTERNET, Web 2.0, Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, Google Inc., Chad Hurley, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2007-03-18

How to get 66.6 TeraFlops for $600

How to get 66.6 TeraFlops for $60066.6 Teraflops?Gives new meaning to "Fast as Hell.":)Is there any known or planned ...Development to make those same tools more ... how can say ... easy to use ?Like with some C/C++ libraries that could take advantage of those same processing power capabilities. And...

Tags: Corporate communications, Folding@Home, Single-precision, video, CPDN, video card

Discussion threads 2007-03-01

Biomimetic artificial corneas

There are at least 10 million people worldwide who are blind due to damaged or diseased corneas. Right now, the only way to help people affected with corneal blindness requires a corneal transplant. This implies to take a cornea from a dead person and this is not always successful: there...

Tags: cornea, hydrogel

Blog posts 2006-09-19

From Apple II to iPod--Apple turns 30

From Apple II to iPod--Apple turns 30Apple is no AngelI have been jobbed [pun intended] twice by Apple: when they dropped the Apple II and the OS 9 / 10 transition. Never again. What good is buying proprietary technology if the manufacturer is going to treat you like...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Digital music, Operating systems, Digital media, Distributed Audio Processing, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple II

Discussion threads 2006-03-29

The dance of three atoms

Physicists from Austria and in the U.S. have built a system of three atoms of cesium leading to a new state of matter. In their experiments, two of these atoms couldn't even be assembled as pairs because of their weak attraction. But by adding a third atom, they formed a...

Tags: new state, atom

Blog posts 2006-03-19