Archive for the ‘First’ Category
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Forget dual-core and quad-core processors: A semiconductor company promises to pack 100 cores into a processor that can be used in applications that require hefty computing punch, like video conferencing, wireless base stations and networking. By comparison, Intel’s latest chips are expected to have just eight cores.
With a revolutionary new ...
Posted in Computers, First, Ideas, Innovative, Research, Science, Technology, Trends | No Comments »
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
[caption id="attachment_535" align="alignright" width="300" caption="An important step toward realizing the dream of an inexpensive and simple “artificial leaf,” a device to harness solar energy by splitting water molecules, has been accomplished by two separate teams of researchers at MIT"][/caption]
Scientists have created the world's first practical artificial leaf that can ...
Posted in Biology, Energy, First, Future, Gadgets, Ideas, Innovative, Research, Science, Technology, Trends | 13 Comments »
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
The University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine scientists who proved it is possible to cultivate a network of brain cells that reconnect on a silicon chip—or the brain on a microchip—have developed new technology that monitors brain cell activity at a resolution never achieved before.
Developed with the ...
Posted in Biology, Computers, First, Innovative, Life, Research, Science, Science Fiction, Technology, Trends | 83 Comments »
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Water ice has been found on the surface of a nearby asteroid for the first time – a discovery that could help explain how Earth got its oceans, scientists announced.
Two teams of researchers independently verified that the asteroid 24 Themis – a large rock hurtling through space in the asteroid ...
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, First, Life, Research, Science, Sky, Space | 11 Comments »
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Physicists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) broke a record with their atom smasher Large Hadron Collider when they managed to collide protons at 3 times the energy previously achieved.
Earlier in the day, scientists stepped up efforts to detect the elusive 'God Particle' by triggering collision of two proton ...
Posted in First, Future, Innovative, Life, Research, Science, Science Fiction, Sky, Space, Trends | 7 Comments »
Sunday, August 30th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_411" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Nokia's First Linux Phone N900"][/caption]
Nokia unveiled N900, its first smart phone running on Linux software, aiming at improving its offering at the top end of the market.
The Nokia N900 runs on the Linux-based Maeme 5 software, featuring true multitasking with applications as well as Web ...
Posted in First, Linux, Mobile Linux, Mobiles, Nokia, Open Source, OS, Smart Phone, Trends | 9 Comments »