PhoneSecure
On 12 January, 2005, by se99jmk
I'm not generally an insecure person. I'm perfectly happy with carrying in excess of ?1000 in electronics on my person... well, maybe I should get some protection after all, and I've found it, in the form of PhoneSecure.
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Phraselator
On 12 January, 2005, by se99jmk
One step closer to the babelfish from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
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Epson fabricates 20-layer PCB using InkJet tec
On 05 November, 2004, by Dreadnought
Epson has fabricated a 200micron thick 20 layer using their own InkJet technology with a conductive ink containing silver micro-particles measuring from several nanometers to several tens of nanometers in diameter, and a newly developed insulator ink.
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PetaPixel displays, 100TB storage and more...
On 05 November, 2004, by Dreadnought
Colossal Storage is developing 14M dpi or 200Tpixels per square inch of near-non-volatile display. It is based on a ferroelectric material which gives each pixel a state retension of up to 12 hours. Display resolutions of up to 4Petapixel will be possible with this technology.
Colossal Storage is also developing a holographic media which can store 10TB on a single 3?" disc. The theory behind it can go up to 1.5Exabytes (1.5x10^1
.
They are currently looking for companies who are interresting in licensing the products.
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Tech Tatts
On 24 October, 2004, by se99jmk
There have always been trends regarding electronic design, specifically when relating to personal computers. For example PC's went from grey boxes, to beige boxes, and of course Apple leading the design front with white boxes (though metal looks great on the latest G5s).
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Silicon diesel turbine delivers 1.1W of energy.
On 05 November, 2004, by Dreadnought
The jet engine spins a penny size magnet, made up of alternating 45? sections of magnetic north and south poles, at 100.000 rpm. To prevent the magnet from shattering, by the centrifugal force, it is encased in a layer of titanium.
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Finding the Speed of Light
On 19 October, 2004, by se99jmk
A quick note about the complications of highly scientific calculations to find the speed of light. Although still often taught in a mind-numbing, over complicated way, this simple constant can now be calculated using a marshmallow and a microwave. Which of course means you can eat the experiment afterwards.
Ah, the miracles of modern science...
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Savings And Clone
On 15 October, 2004, by se99jmk
Despite having run this weblog (on and off) for 3 years now (previously a Livejournal account), I'm still amazed by the speed that technology develops, or how close we are to realizing technology that has so recently appeared in movies.
For example today it's cloning...
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6 Wheeled Car
On 15 October, 2004, by se99jmk
No, this isn't just an excellent piece of photoshop work, the Tyrell P34 actually exists.
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Mind Control
On 02 October, 2004, by se99jmk
Mind Control, given countless comic books, and films portraying their own version of the fantasy, one might imagine levitating objects, or controlling people like puppets, laughed off as a fantasy... However, perhaps there is starting to be some truth to the matter.
Richard Glen Boire, of the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics, gives us an update on science fiction:
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ZZZ Turns FIVE!
On 30 September, 2004, by killdashnine
ZZZ turns five years old today ... thanks to all of you for continuing to read and be sure that we'll work towards another five years!
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First X-Prize spaceflight returns safely
On 30 September, 2004, by Dreadnought
"SpaceShipOne safely soared towards space and back on Wednesday, and is reported unofficially to have reached it 100 kilometre (328,000) altitude target. If so, it leaves its team with just one more flight to go to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize for pioneering commercial human spaceflight."
They did encounter a serious spinning problem, 1 revolution per second, during ascend but they got it under control. At 8:12am PDT the craft reached it's peak altitude of 102.986km. and began its descend. When it came to about 7000m it began spinning again. At 8:33am PDT it landed safely at the Mojave Airport. Next scheduled flight is on October 4th.
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3D Cube Display
On 31 August, 2004, by tweaq
Tweaq sent us an intriguing link from engadget.com that's definitively "zzz worthy" ... check out jamesclar.com.
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A New Theory of Vision
On 01 September, 2004, by geraldhuth
An experiment in on-line publishing introducing a new paradigm for light interaction with the retina of the eye and the vision process. The idea seems to be gaining some attention as evidenced by the number of hits to the site.
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Mind Control
On 19 August, 2004, by se99jmk
Mind Control, given countless comic books, and films portraying their own version of the fantasy, one might imagine levitating objects, or controlling people like puppets, laughed off as a fantasy... However, perhaps there is starting to be some truth to the matter.
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BioBricks
On 28 July, 2004, by se99jmk
I graduated at Exeter University two years ago, in electronic engineering. Although that was fascinating, the interest started before then: Hands up whoever's played with Lego? (Read on for BioBricks)
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'I have solved the black hole information paradox and I want to talk about it'
On 27 July, 2004, by Dreadnought
"After nearly 30 years of arguing that a black hole destroys everything that falls into it, Stephen Hawking is saying he was wrong. It seems that black holes may after all allow information within them to escape."
He will publish his findings at the 17th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation in Dublin, Ireland on July 21st.
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Active Packaging
On 10 July, 2004, by se99jmk
Food that just sits there (chemically) is so yesterday, especially when an items packaging can be beneficial in so many ways.
For example, with a quick glance I can tell how long food has been kept stored at a certain temperature, or it's gone off...
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Who needs the up skirt cam when I have a terahertz wand ?
On 12 July, 2004, by Rild
Hands-up who's been through a metal detector arch at an airport and though "but what if I used a plastic knife, or biological explosives". Fear no more, because now TeraView (UK), can use Terahertz to make you appear naked.
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Sapphire
On 04 July, 2004, by se99jmk
I used to have a pc, and through my need for the latest cutting edge equipment, I found that cooling it down was often a problem. Extra fans? specially designed cases? Liquid cooling... hold on a second, water and electronics? Perhaps Sapphire will make liquid cooling more commonplace, and far less risky.
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