How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor
The rays of the rising sun have barely reached the foothills of Silicon Valley, but Marcian E. (Ted) Hoff Jr. is already up to his elbows in electronic parts, digging through stacks of dusty circuit boards. This is the monthly flea market at Foothil.....»»
Microprocessor sales growth to slow in 2022, says IC Insights
Worldwide microprocessor sales grew 14% to a record-high US$102.9 billion in 2021, after climbing 16% in 2020, when COVID-induced lockdowns drove up demand for PCs, large-screen smartphones and other devices enabling stay-at-home initiatives, accordi.....»»
New telecom receiver system checks reliability of message components in real time
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented and demonstrated a novel scheme for substantially improving the detection accuracy of information transmitted in pulses of light through telecommunications systems.....»»
Kid of the Year Finalist Lino Marrero, 15, Invented a Shoe That Can Charge a Cell Phone
Lino Marrero was leaving cello practice one day when he noticed several blisters on his fingers. The pain was so bad that the 10-year-old inventor from Frisco, Tx. wanted to quit playing the instrument for good, even though he loved music. So he star.....»»
Industry watch: The evolution of semiconductors in past 6 decades and future prospects
MediaTek chairman Ming-Kai Tsai pointed out in a recent forum held by Li Kwoh-Ting Foundation that we tended to chase for short-term benefits at the expense of the long-term deployment in the past. When the transistor was invented in 1946, we didn't.....»»
Automated fast-flow instrument that can synthesize peptide-nucleic acids in a single shot
Researchers in the lab of Bradley Pentelute, MIT professor of chemistry, have invented a fully automated fast-flow instrument that can synthesize peptide-nucleic acids in a single shot......»»
To learn Klingon or Esperanto: What invented languages can teach us
NuqneH! Saluton! A linguistic anthropologist studies those who invent new tongues. Enlarge / Actor J.G. Hertzler, dressed as his character Martok from the Star Trek television franchise speaks during the "STLV19 Klingon Kick-Off" panel.....»»
The hand-cranked calculator invented by a Nazi concentration camp prisoner
For two decades, the Curta was the best portable calculator in the world. Enlarge / The Curta mechanical calculator. (credit: Getty Images) It’s no bigger than a drinking glass, and it fits easily in the palm of the hand. It.....»»
Self-Described Bitcoin Creator Must Pay $100 Million In Suit
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: The Australian computer scientist who claims he invented Bitcoin was told by a U.S. jury to pay $100 million in damages over claims that he cheated a deceased friend over intellectual property for t.....»»
New holographic camera sees the unseen with high precision
Northwestern University researchers have invented a new high-resolution camera that can see the unseen -- including around corners and through scattering media, such as skin, fog or potentially even the human skull......»»
New holographic camera sees the unseen with high precision
Northwestern University researchers have invented a new high-resolution camera that can see the unseen—including around corners and through scattering media, such as skin, fog or potentially even the human skull......»»
Intel"s 4004, the first commercially available microprocessor, celebrates 50th anniversary
As Intel recounts, the original plans called for a dozen custom chips but the company’s engineers managed to adapt the design into just four chips including the 4004 central processing unit (CPU)......»»
The Chip That Changed the World
The world changed on Nov. 15, 1971, and hardly anyone noticed. It is the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Intel 4004 microprocessor, a computer carved onto silicon, an element as plentiful on earth as sand on a beach. Microprocessors unchained c.....»»
Study finds that ancient penis worms invented the "hermit crab" lifestyle
A new study by researchers from Durham University and Yunnan University reveals that penis worms (Priapulida) invented the 'hermit' lifestyle, some 500 million years ago, at the rise of the earliest animal ecosystems in the Cambrian period......»»
Payments Company Stripe Is Kick Starting Market For Carbon Removal
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Wall Street Journal: Stripe is signing up to pay for carbon-removal technologies that haven't been invented yet. The payments company has formed a partnership with Deep Science Ventures, a London investmen.....»»
Homeopathy Doesn"t Work. So Why Do So Many Germans Believe in It?
How Natalie Grams, who once abandoned her medical education to study alternative therapies, became Germany's most prominent homeopathy skeptic. From a report: The pseudoscience of homeopathy was invented in Germany in the 18th century by a maverick p.....»»
Scientists develop fully solar-driven autonomous chemical mini-plant
Professor Timothy Noël and co-workers in the Flow Chemistry group of the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences have developed a fully operational standalone solar-powered mini-reactor which offers the potential for t.....»»
Ultrasensitive detection of endocrine disruptors via superfine plasmonic spectral combs
The apparent increase in hormone-induced cancers and disorders of the reproductive tract has led to a growing demand for new technologies capable of detecting nanogram per liter level endocrine disruptors. Scientists in China invented an ultracompact.....»»
The best tech inventions developed by Latinos
Did you know Latinos invented everything from color television to the mousepad? We explore the best tech inventions developed by Latinos......»»
Raspberry Pi gets $45M to meet demand for low cost PCs and IoT
Turns out COVID-19 lockdowns have been good for the indoor hobby of hardware hacking: The UK-based foundational behind the low price microprocessor, Raspberry Pi, announced close of a $45 million funding round yesterday. The cash injection into the t.....»»
Nokia"s Smartphone: 25 Years Since it Changed the World
The Nokia 9000 Communicator -- "the office in your back pocket" -- was a smartphone even before the word was invented. It has been 25 years since it revolutionized the market. DW: Nokia presented its 9000 Communicator at the CeBIT 1996 computer fair.....»»