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.....»»
New technology will allow important metals to be made more efficiently
University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering researchers have invented a cheaper, safer, and simpler technology that will allow a "stubborn" group of metals and metal oxides to be made into thin films used in many electronic.....»»
Spanish Engineers Extract Drinking Water From Thin Air
A Spanish company has devised a system to extract drinking water from thin air to supply arid regions where people are in desperate need. Reuters reports: "The goal is to help people," said Enrique Veiga, the 82-year-old engineer who invented the mac.....»»
The Dark Horses of the Start-up Era (A Series): 6 – Thrasio Model
The Dark Horses of the Start-up Era (A Series): 6 – Thrasio Model asgupta Tue, 07/13/2021 – 12:18 Log in or register to post comments The Dark Horses of the Start-up Era: The Thrasio Model You might be wondering about this newly invented.....»»
Happy Golden Anniversary to the Microprocessor
Happy Golden Anniversary to the Microprocessor LamResearch Tue, 07/06/2021 – 18:06 Read more about Happy Golden Anniversary to the Microprocessor Log in or register to post comments We take microprocessors for granted. Most people who aren’t.....»»
Scientists invent an artificial nose for continuous bacterial monitoring
A team of scientists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have invented an artificial nose that is capable of continuous bacterial monitoring, which has never been previously achieved and could be useful in multiple medical, environmental and.....»»
How Software Is Eating the Car
The trend toward self-driving and electric vehicles will add hundreds of millions of lines of code to cars. Can the auto industry cope? From a report: Ten years ago, only premium cars contained 100 microprocessor-based electronic control units (ECUs).....»»
New method to untangle 3D cancer genome
Northwestern Medicine scientists have invented a new method for resolving rearranged chromosomes and their 3D structures in cancer cells, which can reveal key gene regulators that lead to the development of tumors, published in Nature Methods......»»
Osma’s high-tech instant cold brew could change summertime coffee forever
It’s rare that a truly new way to make coffee is invented, and nearly all of them have one thing in common: heat. After all, it’s hot water that quickly extracts flavor and body from grounds. But Osma, a new device using an entirely novel.....»»
How metals work together to weaken hardy nitrogen-nitrogen bonds
Nitrogen, an element that is essential for all living cells, makes up about 78 percent of Earth's atmosphere. However, most organisms cannot make use of this nitrogen until it is converted into ammonia. Until humans invented industrial processes for.....»»
Quantitatively understanding defects in phosphors from a nano perspective
Researchers led by Hong Zhang at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences of the University of Amsterdam have been able to provide insight into the microscopic dynamics of energy transfer and conversion in doped phosphors. Using dedicated nan.....»»
The Bizarre Story of the Man Who Invented Ransomware in 1989
Slashdot reader quonset writes: To this day no one is sure why he did it, but in 1989 a Harvard-taught evolutionary biologist named Joseph Popp mailed out 20,000 floppy discs with malware on them to people around the world. At the time he was doing.....»»
New UK Court Case Could Decide if Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto, Creator of Bitcoin
CNBC writes: A copyright lawsuit brought by Craig Wright — the man who has claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym used by the creator of bitcoin — could finally put to bed the years-long mystery over who actually invented the mult.....»»
Ultrastable low-cost colloidal quantum dot microlasers of operative temperature up to 450 K
High-performance micro-/nanostructure lasers, as multifunctional optical source components, are of great importance for optoelectronic devices. Towards this goal, scientists in China invented a high-efficiency ultrastable low-cost quantum dot microla.....»»
Virtual Antenna: Q&A with Ignion VP of innovation Carles Puente
Fractus Antennas, formed by engineers who invented the technology allowing smartphone antennas to automatically switch between different bandwidth networks and launched mini-antennas for the Internet of Things (IoT) era, has recently rebranded itself.....»»
Virtual Antenna: Q&A with Ignion CEO Carles Puente
Fractus Antennas, formed by engineers who invented the technology allowing smartphone antennas to automatically switch between different bandwidth networks and launched mini-antennas for the Internet of Things (IoT) era, has recently rebranded itself.....»»
China Creates Its Own Digital Currency, a First for Major Economy
A thousand years ago, when money meant coins, China invented paper currency. Now the Chinese government is minting cash digitally, in a re-imagination of money that could shake a pillar of American power. From a report: It might seem money is already.....»»
105,000 years ago in the Kalahari Desert, people invented complex culture
A recently published study suggests coastal people didn't have a monopoly on innovation. Enlarge Between 125,000 and 70,000 years ago, people began to do some very modern things: collecting small objects for no practical reason, decorating th.....»»
How to make all headphones intelligent
How do you turn 'dumb' headphones into smart ones? Engineers have invented a cheap and easy way by transforming headphones into sensors that can be plugged into smartphones, identify their users, monitor their heart rates and perform other services......»»
Lou Ottens, the Philips engineer who invented the cassette tape, has died
Dutch engineer and inventor Lou Ottens, best known for inventing the cassette tape, died on March 6. He was 94......»»
Scientists Have Invented Light-Up OLED Tattoos
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Tattoos are usually considered a form of personal expression, but a team of researchers in Europe have created what they're calling the world's first light-emitting tattoo based on OLED screen technol.....»»