Quantum computing breakthrough
October 30th, 2003 by rbanks
A team in Japan is reporting that they’ve developed a NOT gate using quantum bits. 10 years to a viable computer that is way fast.
InfoWorld
Archive for October, 2003
Printing your own display
October 29th, 2003 by rbanks
Xerox have developed a technology for printing semiconductors on to plastic. More flexible displays, direct from your inkjet.
CNET News.com
SMS your coke caps
October 23rd, 2003 by rbanks
Coke is running a game over SMS, in which participants send in codes off coke bottle caps, using their phones, in order to accrue points for prizes.
160 Characters.org
Album thumbnails on the desktop
October 22nd, 2003 by rbanks
Clutter allows you to navigate your music collection entirely through thumbnails, which you can scatter around on your desktop, or pile up.
Sprote Rsrch
Universal swipe card
October 22nd, 2003 by rbanks
The Octopus card is a swipe card that is used extensively in Hong Kong for commuter transit, but also for payment at shops, parking, cinemas, and access to residential spaces.
Octopus
Gordon Bell’s My Lifebits
October 22nd, 2003 by rbanks
Link to Gordon Bell’s MyLifeBits Project in which he is trying to live an entirely paperless life, constantly capturing things digitally.
Microsoft BARC Media Presence Group
Tracking children in Finland
October 22nd, 2003 by rbanks
It may soon be legal in Finland for parents to track their kids, using their cell phones, even without their consent.
Reuters
10 Terrabyte CD-ROM
October 22nd, 2003 by rbanks
This could be a hoax, but here’s an article about a “Hyper CD-ROM“, developed in Romania, that can store 10 Tb of data, and could theoretically go up to 100 times that (aparently that’s a Pb).
CD Freaks.com
Heads up display
October 22nd, 2003 by rbanks
Here’s an article about heads-up display technology getting some efficiency gains for technicians using them at Honda and in the military.
PC Magazine
Rating free music
October 21st, 2003 by rbanks
iRATE radio is a program that allows you to rate and download free MP3s. It’s a way of discovering new, free music.
iRATE radio
Security in a virtual machine
October 21st, 2003 by rbanks
An article about security software running in an area where the operating system can’t get at it.
MIT Technology Review
Notebook with 3D display
October 21st, 2003 by rbanks
Sharp have released a new notebook with a 3D display that works by transmitting individual images for the left and right eye. Not sure if this means that you have to keep your head still.
Sharp
Grid technology
October 21st, 2003 by rbanks
Here’s an article about grid technology, formally distributed computing, which in this case is tapping into the massive network of idle PCs connected to the Internet to perform processor intensive tasks en-masse.
BBC News
Molecular memory
October 20th, 2003 by rbanks
Molecular memory promises more dense digital storage, with physical switches, that make permanent data storage easier, and wich works more like the brains neural networks..
Factiva
3DNA 3D Desktop
October 20th, 2003 by rbanks
It doesn’t feel that great, but I guess here it is. A desktop in 3D.
3DNA
MSR work on social computing
October 16th, 2003 by rbanks
Worth watching this video, with an overview of new work in the social computing group.
Microsoft Research (internal)
Thought control
October 16th, 2003 by rbanks
A Duke Univesity team has implanted electrodes in a monkey, that allow it to control a game with thought alone.
Wired News
Supercomputing, parallel processor.
October 16th, 2003 by rbanks
Clearspeed have announced a parallel processor, capable of making a PC perform as fast as a supercomputer.
Wired News
Ultra High Definition Video
October 9th, 2003 by rbanks
Ultra High Definition Video, developed in Japan, generates images which are indistinguishable from “reality” to the naked eye. 18 minutes of footage fits on 3.5 terabytes of storage.
e4engineering.com
VOIP with no PC
October 9th, 2003 by rbanks
Here’s a little box that you can carry with you and connect to any internet connection and it does voice over IP. No PC required. And no geographical boundaries. Unlimited use talking to someone else with the same box.
CNET News.com
Cooling processors
October 8th, 2003 by rbanks
As the victorians found out, lots of small pipes dissipate heat faster then one big pipe. Here that is applied to processor cooling
CNET News.com
Detect hot spots from Phone
October 7th, 2003 by rbanks
Here’s a service, offered by the Wi-Fi alliance, that allows you to detect wi-fi hot spots near you, through any WAP enabled phone.
CNET News.com
Bluetooth camera
October 3rd, 2003 by rbanks
The Concord Eye Go Wireless Bluetooth camera can transmit shots straight to a bluetooth enabled wireless phone, for instant MoBloging.
The Inquirer
Cameraphone ISBN translator
October 3rd, 2003 by rbanks
This cool new comparison shopping/camera phone service allows you to take a photo of the ISBN number on a book, in a bookstore, and instantly find out how much the same book would cost on Amazon.
picturephoning.com:
