Radar Grid Homes In On Weather Warnings
News A $40m (£24m) research centre is being set up to explore whether a distributed "grid" of lightweight radars can forecast the weather better than traditional radar systems and multimillion-dollar supercomputers.
[October 2, 2003, 10:00]
Tech's Future - Smart Dust And Ratbots
News We looked at technologies that were beyond the radar screen of normal market research," said John Gantz, IDC chief research officer. The researchers identified smart dust, lily pads, ratbots, nanotubes, nanomachines, quantum computing, plastic...
[January 16, 2003, 8:21]
Silicon's Successor Lurks In The Lab
News Paint that can deflect radar is also anticipated in the not-too-distant future. Tubes could also be used to convey light through optical fibres and, further out, to deliver medicines to specific cells inside a body or even restructure the nation's...
[October 20, 2003, 16:05]
