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MWC 2019: Intel’s ‘network in a box’ for smart cities

Intel is experimenting with combining artificial intelligence, antennas, multi-access edge computing, and 5G in a single, compact box to be used across smart city deployments.

February 26, 2019 by Corinne Reichert

2011's Top Ten Sex and Tech Headlines

2011's top sex and tech stories ranged from porn bittorrent bizarreness to strange sex crimes and beyond.

December 30, 2011 by Violet Blue

WiGig is not WiFi

While a lot of attention is being paid here to consumer markets like moving audio and video without wires, the real key to WiGig may be the business market. Especially hospitals.

May 9, 2010 by Dana Blankenhorn

New microchip uses 30 times less power

Scientists at Rice University have created a microchip that uses 30 times less electricity while running seven times faster than today's best technology.The U.

February 9, 2009 by Andrew Nusca

Go med young man

Every generation has a big task before it. My grandparents' generation worked in aeronautics and radio. My parents' generation created TV. My generation has built the Internet. But the best advice I can give young people today is, go med young man. And young woman.

December 9, 2008 by Dana Blankenhorn

A robot to destroy breast cancer cells

Researchers at the University of Maryland are developing a robot able to detect and destroy breast cancer cells in a single session. After a tumor is located on an MRI, the robot will perform a biopsy of the breast while the patient is inside the scanner. 'If the biopsy displays cancerous cells, the robot will then insert a probe into the breast until it reaches the tumor. The probe will then burn the cancer cells until they are destroyed.' This looks great, but the researchers have only built a prototype. After they refine this robot, they'll need to go through clinical trials and obtain FDA approval. So this is not a robot that will appear on the medical market before several years. But read more...

October 10, 2008 by Roland Piquepaille

Phone recycling doubles as CDMA killed off

The number of phones being handed in for recycling has sky-rocketed in NSW and Victoria in the lead up to Telstra's shutdown of its CDMA network.

April 28, 2008 by Liam Tung

Lotus leaf bumps the secret to smooth surfaces?

How do you make a surface smooth? Paradoxically, you add bumps to it, Ohio State University researchers find.

January 19, 2005 by Michael Kanellos

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