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Jan 18, 2007 in Digg, Gadgets & Tech
Fujitsu today announced a breakthrough in magnetic recording. Using patterned media technology, Fujitsu was able to achieve a one-dimensional array nanohole pattern with an unprecedented 25 nanometer pitch. This dramatic new achievement was presented at the 10th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference in Baltimore, MD.
Jan 12, 2007 in Gadgets & Tech, Observations
I finally got the pleasure of watching that one really old PC we had at work die. It was a P2 running at a blazing 233 MHz with an overwhelming 192 MB of ram. And a 66 MHz FSB. Running Win2k. To say that it was slow would be doing a great disservice to slow machines everywhere. I’ve been hoping (and helping) that it would die for years, but it wouldn’t. The thing had been running with the CPU fan broken for a couple of years. I’ve been trying to kill the hard drive for a year and a half. It was a trooper. So it died and I went to replace it only to discover that we had another one just like it in storage. Well, at least I have something to do for a few more years.
Dec 14, 2006 in Uncategorized
Many companies have successfully used leaky coax as a distributed antenna system, or DAS, for boosting cellular voice signals throughout their organisations. You might be wondering if you can also use it to propagate Wi-Fi signals for improved coverage. Experts answer with a reluctant “yes.”
Dec 12, 2006 in Uncategorized
Since receiving $100 million in funding in June, Nanosolar has been searching for a building where it could manufacture enough solar cells to generate about 400 megawatts of electricity — roughly three times the country’s current output — and enough energy to power about 100,000 homes.
Dec 11, 2006 in Uncategorized
Twenty years after their much ballyhooed discovery, high-tech materials capable of delivering 150 times the electricity of conventional wire are starting to push into the commercial market.
They promise to make generators, industrial motors, and even power lines far more efficient as the technology becomes more affordable.
Sep 11, 2006 in Uncategorized
South Korea, the world’s most wired nation, continues to push the envelope on the speed of the broadband Internet and looks set to make 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) a commercial possibility.