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IBM captures image of electron

Images created by singling out magnetic signals with technology up to 10 million times more sensitive than doctors' MRIs.

July 14, 2004 by Michael Kanellos

Your brain vs technology: How our wired world is changing the way we think

Our brains adapt to how we use them - so what does our love affair with tech mean for our minds?

November 10, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Intel adapts to changes ahead

If processors are going to continue to increase in performance, they'll have to be a lot more flexible in the future, the chipmaker says.

February 19, 2004 by Michael Kanellos

Maxell focuses on holographic storage

Company says it will launch first removable drive, with a capacity of 300GB and a throughput of 160mbps, next year.

November 28, 2005 by Colin Barker

Maxell focuses on holographic storage

Company says it will launch first removable drive, with a capacity of 300GB and a throughput of 160mbps, next year.

November 28, 2005 by Colin Barker

Photos: Supercomputers unlocking the brain's secrets

Cubric's odyssey

October 13, 2008 by Nick Heath

Less oil, less debt...so what's our next addiction?

One environmental organization thinks it could be the rare earth elements needed to make high tech devices from batteries to LEDs. From MRI scanners to catalytic converters.

June 3, 2009 by Harry Fuller

Smart fabrics and interactive textiles

The European market for smart fabrics and interactive textiles (SFIT) represents about 300 million euro today and is growing at a yearly rate of about 20%. These smart textiles are used in 'clothes that monitor your heart, measure the chemical composition of your body fluids or keep track of you and your local environment promise to revolutionize healthcare and emergency response.' This is why the European Union has been funding several technological projects under the SFIT cluster umbrella for a grand total of 66 million euro. But read more...

October 15, 2008 by Roland Piquepaille

How technology drives up health costs

Moore's Law doesn't stand a chance when the state-of-the-art at the top end is all that counts.

March 17, 2010 by Dana Blankenhorn

HDTVs used for virtual reality project to "feel" 3D images

As the world becomes used to viewing digital content in three dimensions, scientists are working on ways that we can reach out and "touch" them as well. A group of researchers at the University of California, San Diego, for example, is working on a solution -- called Heads-Up Virtual Reality (HUVR) -- that combines a 3D HDTV, a half-silvered mirror, and a touch-feedback device so the user can manipulate a projected image like it was a real object.

July 18, 2010 by Sean Portnoy