It takes a lot to differentiate something like a vacuum cleaner in today's high-tech world of Dysons and Roombas, but it appears that Samsung is attempting to appeal to the gaming crowd by designing a model shaped like the Master Chief character from the Halo universe.
Posted: Jan 21st, 2008
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European researchers have developed a way of producing extremely detailed x-ray images using conventional imaging equipment such as that found in hospitals and airports. The new technique produces so-called 'dark-field' images, which could be of use in a number of applications, including medical imaging and security screening.
Posted: Jan 21st, 2008
Read moreIBM, ASML researchers will also participate in program designed to advance EUV lithography.
Posted: Jan 21st, 2008
Read moreSecuring a federal wetlands permit for the proposed nanotechnology site near SUNYIT won't come cheaply: The region's economic-development leaders have spent $300,000 in their still-unfinished quest.
Posted: Jan 21st, 2008
Read moreResearchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and the EPFL in Switzerland have developed a novel method for producing dark-field x-ray images at wavelengths used in typical medical and industrial imaging equipment.
Posted: Jan 20th, 2008
Read moreLuna nanoWorks is adding dozens of high-paying research jobs and helping to lure other high-tech companies to Danville.
Posted: Jan 20th, 2008
Read moreNortheast Ohio and the entire state have some of the right materials to build a strong nanotechnology industry, but a few key elements are missing, according to a report released by regional technology advocacy group NorTech and the Nano-Network, a program focused on connecting the regionâ??s nanotech companies and assets.
Posted: Jan 19th, 2008
Read moreThe BBC has an article on how Eric Drexler has backed away from his famous claim that nanomachines could turn the planet into 'grey goo'.
Posted: Jan 19th, 2008
Read moreThe Chicago Tribune has an article on how Fermilab and Argonne National Laboratory were damaged in the budget fight between President Bush and Congress.
Posted: Jan 19th, 2008
Read moreFollowing the approval by the Union Government's Department of Science and Technology for a Rs.4.5 crore grant, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University will launch an M.Tech. programme in Nanotechnology from the next academic session.
Posted: Jan 18th, 2008
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The Spaceward Foundation announces the goals for the 2008 Space Elevator Power Beaming Challenge. Building on the results of the 2007 Challenge, the goals for 2008 have been set at 1 km height, 5 m/s minimum speed, for a prize level of $2M.
Posted: Jan 18th, 2008
Read moreRio Tinto Alcan reinforced its commitment to community involvement today with a $1-million donation to the 'Thinking Ahead Campaign' at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (MNI), affiliated with McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre.
Posted: Jan 18th, 2008
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Apparel manufacturer Sanyo Shokai has released the first in a series of men's coats which are pollen-resistant. They're made from a fabric developed by Toray that's produced in a nanotechnology process that repels water and pollen.
Posted: Jan 18th, 2008
Read moreThe tiny copper wires that connect different areas of an integrated circuit may soon limit microchip-processing speeds. So European researchers have developed technologies to produce and combine semiconductor microlasers with silicon wave guides for novel, power-efficient optical connections.
Posted: Jan 18th, 2008
Read moreWill graphene really take the semiconductor industry towards the 'Beyond CMOS' era? Some answers to this key question are sought through experiment and simulation in a European research project on Graphene-based Nanoelectronic Devices called GRAND. The project starts January 1st, 2008 and is coordinated by Nanotechnology specialist AMO GmbH in Aachen, Germany.
Posted: Jan 18th, 2008
Read moreMicronit Microfluidics b.v. and IVAM Microtechnology Network are organizing an Open Business Meeting on February 21 in Enschede, the Netherlands. Leading institutes such as IMTEK and Mesa+ and the companies Micronit Microfluidics, Medimate, Boehringer Ingelheim microParts, and Bartels Mikrotechnik will present current trends and developments of micro fluidics for life sciences and medical devices.
Posted: Jan 18th, 2008
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