World's first 25Gbps data communication using Quantum Dot Laser achieved
Jun 8th
A collaboration between Fujitsu and the University of Tokyo achieved a record 25Gbps data communication link using quantum dot laser, a low-cost technology that can reliably handle high-speed data transmissions while consuming minimal power. With good performance and wide margins for further improvement, this development paves the way to the next generation of high-speed Ethernet [...]
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ASUS Eee Keyboard now has Commodore rival
Jun 8th
What goes around, comes around – so goes the saying. Many moons ago a certain computer-in-a-keyboard affectionately coined the C64 took over the world and gave a whole generation a taste of things to come. Now Commodore USA has given the keyboard computer a modern facelift, resulting in an all-in-one solution powered by an Intel [...]
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Scientists discover new super-heavy element 117
Jun 8th
Posters of the periodic table on the walls of science labs in schools around the world will need to be updated after the discovery of the newest superheavy element, element 117. With the temporary name of ununseptium, the temporary symbol Uus and the atomic number 117, it was the only missing element in row seven [...]
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New rust sensor could lead to safer bridges
Apr 24th
According to the Neil Young album title, rust never sleeps. In construction, rust damage can be insidious – especially in infrastructure like concrete bridges where rust can have fatal consequences if the steel in bridges fails. But detecting rust before it’s too late has been an ongoing challenge for engineers and scientists. Experts at the Fraunhofer [...]
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PhD student develops technology to make broadband Internet 200 times faster
Apr 24th
The Melbourne Herald Sun has reported that an Australian PhD student has developed technology that will delver Internet speeds up to 250Mbps over existing copper phone lines, negating the need to install costly fiber optic cables. Dr John Papandriopoulos, a research fellow at the University of Melbourne, spent a year developing the technology, which uses mathematic [...]
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Transmission speeds of 100Mbps over 1km on existing copper networks
Apr 24th
In an ideal world we would all access the Internet over fiber optic cables that reach right up to the front door to deliver blisteringly fast transmission speeds. Unfortunately, we don’t live in an ideal world and many of us are forced to rely on aging copper network infrastructure. Now, Alcatel-Lucent’s Bell Labs has demonstrated [...]
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World's smallest, lightest telemedicine microscope
Apr 24th
Making use of novel lensless imaging technology, a UCLA engineer has invented the world’s smallest, lightest telemedicine microscope. The self-contained device could radically transform global health care – particularly in Third World countries – with its ability to image blood samples or other fluids. It can even be used to test water quality in the [...]
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Sony unveils 11Gbps wireless data transfer technology
Apr 2nd
Wireless data transfer speeds in excess of 1Gbps now seem positively slow compared to Sony’s recent achievement of 11Gbps transfer speed, even if the distance is quite, erm, short, at just 14mm. So before you go getting excited about a home network with blistering speeds you should know the technology is actually intended for high speed [...]
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Self-powered nanometer-scale sensors harvest mechanical energy
Apr 2nd
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created the world’s first self-powered sensors at the nanometric scale. Tiny generators embedding thousands of nanowires produce electricity whenever the wires are subjected to mechanical strain, and can be used to power microscopic sensors without the need for batteries. The team has been working on nanoscale generators that [...]
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Hidden RFID tags could mean end of bar-codes and lines at the checkout
Mar 26th
Newly developed radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology could usher in the era of checkout line-free shopping. The inexpensive, printable transmitter can be invisibly embedded in packaging offering the possibility of customers walking a cartload of groceries or other goods past a scanner that would read all the items at once, total them up and charge the [...]
