Tech's future - smart dust and ratbots
News Smart dust, lily pads and ratbots. The researchers identified smart dust, lily pads, ratbots, nanotubes, nanomachines, quantum computing, plastic transistors, the Semantic Web and grid computing as technologies to watch, although they noted some of...
[January 16, 2003, 8:21]
Dust and mirrors bring smart world closer
News Researchers working in a wide range of disciplines have created a series of tiny modules, complete with sensors and communications, with the aim of demonstrating 'smart dust' -- self-sustaining network nodes measuring millimetres or less per side.
[April 9, 2002, 18:54]
Epson Stylus Photo RX500 review
Reviews The Dust Removal feature will also remove signs of dust and other imperfections from slides and negatives. The graphical software interface (called the Smart Panel) leads you through various tasks from performing simple jobs such as faxing, to...
[February 10, 2004, 7:55]
Asus gets futuristic with modular PC
Talkback And it's a dust trap. How smart would it look after a few months? Why would one want to take up neraly a metre of shelf space when a box sits in dead space under the desk? Why create work - I thought IT was supposed to make life easie, hmmm.
[February 24, 2006, 16:30]
M.I.R. - Moving Image Retoucher
Downloads M.I.R.provides a powerful solution for manual dust busting and any other kind of single image defects retouching issues. For example dust spots, bad splices, tears and the like can be fixed with a few clicks.
[February 13, 2008, 7:00]
Samsung X20 HVM 740 review
Reviews However, we'd prefer a hinged door to the PC Card slot in place of the spacer, which will inevitably get promptly lost, leaving a dust entry point when the drive is empty. Finished in silver-effect plastic with black accents, the X20 HVM 740 looks...
[June 16, 2005, 16:45]
Industry Focus: Airline
White Papers Smart Dust" will pack a sensor, power supply, analog circuitry, radio communication capability, and a programmable microprocessor into a package the size of a pinpoint. During both turbulent and smooth times, successful airline companies...
[May 15, 2004, 0:00]
What happened to Palm?
Blog When John Rubenstein joined from Apple a few back with his experience on the iPod and original iMac projects I thought some magic product dust may be sprinkled over the company. Back in the hey days of 2001 I was fascinated to use my Palm iiic and...
[November 24, 2008, 8:18]
Experts: Don't panic over RFID viruses - yet
News RFID malware is a Pandora's Box that has been gathering dust in the corner of our 'smart' warehouses and homes," the paper said. Dutch researchers have announced they have successfully created a virus capable of infecting RFID tags.
[March 16, 2006, 15:20]
The week in review: Sobig, broadband and Ratbots
News Tech's future -- smart dust and ratbots The week started pretty well for some who are attached to the tech industry in one way or another. Take Phillip Adams, who made £27.5m for helping HP out of a tight spot.while down at our local takeaway...
[January 17, 2003, 16:54]
I want my 2.1
Blog With the dust settling on the registration and MobileMe fiasco it is now time to look at how this phone works on a day to day basis, dipping into the Apps store and with my business and traveller’s hat look at how I actually use the slab.
[July 20, 2008, 18:03]
PC industry ridiculed by academics and researchers
News Speakers compared modern PCs to Cuisinarts -- highly functional, expandable machines that typically gather dust on kitchen shelves, largely unused by novice cooks because they're heavy, hard to move and too complex.
[March 14, 2001, 12:27]
Handspring Treo 600 review
Reviews One small gripe: without the signature Treo flip cover, the screen, although recessed, tends to get covered with fingerprints and dust quickly. The rounded, asymmetrical keys and some smart software compensate a little, but we found it difficult to...
[October 22, 2003, 9:40]
PalmOne Treo 650 review
Reviews As with the previous version, the touch screen is unprotected and tends to get covered with dust and fingerprints quickly. Of course, the Treo 650 is not the most compact smart phone on the market; models including the Vodafone BlackBerry 7100v and...
[December 20, 2004, 10:30]
Artificial Intelligence: DNA sequencers to dancing robots
News This means that a detector placed in a workshop would ignore dust and machinery exhaust, but if it was placed in a bathroom it would ignore steam, but in both locations it would react to an above normal rise in temperature coupled with dark smoke.
[March 28, 2006, 11:40]
Dell admits Indian mistake
Talkback Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect Microsoft Corporation (b-1955) said: after the Chinese, South Indians are the smartest people in the world.the smartest, the most successful, most influential Indians who've migrated to the US seem to...
[September 22, 2005, 10:36]
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 review
Reviews Corel Photo-Paint adds a touch-up brush for removing defects (dust, scratches, wrinkles) from photographs. For starters, CorelDRAW now includes the Smart Drawing tool, which tries to resolve sketched input into common shapes.
[February 12, 2004, 9:40]
Acer TravelMate C111TCi review
Reviews After a week of use, we found that the screen was more resistant to fingerprints and dust than the earlier model's, but it's just as easily overwhelmed by glare if tilted at the wrong angle. On the downside, it has gained weight and size and lost...
[November 12, 2003, 13:40]
