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Estrogen fuels breast cancer yet doctors can't measure how much of the hormone is in a woman's breast without cutting into it. A Canadian invention might change that: A lab-on-a-chip that can do the work quickly with just the poke of a small needle.
The U.S. International Trade Commission has launched an investigation into certain types of flash memory chips that a Pennsylvania company claims violates its patents.
Police are searching for three masked teens who burst into a southwestern Pennsylvania convenience store, but were content to steal only several bags of potato chips and bottles of soda. Uniontown police said the bandits struck about 12:45 a.m. Monday at a Sunoco A Plus store.
A pickup truck that was modified in Alabama to burn wood chips for fuel was headed to Maine with its new owners behind the wheel of the bright green vehicle they call "Termite."
NEC Electronics Corp. and Renesas Technology Corp. are reportedly in final negotiations to merge their operations and form Japan's biggest semiconductor maker by sales.
A tentative plan to overhaul Massachusetts' transportation system by using GPS chips to charge motorists a quarter-cent for every mile behind the wheel has angered some drivers.
The Justice Department has sued Microsemi Corp. to force the chip maker to unravel its $25 million acquisition of Semicoa, a deal the government believes is driving prices up and quality down for semiconductors used by the Defense Department and NASA.
LG Electronics Inc. claimed a step forward in the commercialization of the next generation of Internet capable handsets, demonstrating a modem chip with a download speed eight times that of the fastest mobile phones currently on the market.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest chip contractor, lowered its fourth quarter sales forecast by 8.6 percent, as the global economic slowdown continued to cut demand for wafers.
The World Trade Organization will examine whether Japan is complying with a ruling against its punitive import charge on South Korean computer chips.
Sultry weather can be hard on any traveler, and for wine it can be disastrous.
Intel Corp. said Sunday it plans to sell its new generation of chips for desktop computers under the established "Core" brand, with the first chips of the new line to be called Core i7.
Snack lovers, rejoice: Munching on potato chips just got a little healthier.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. rolled out a new package of chips for laptops Wednesday, a major overhaul of its mobile lineup the chip maker hopes will help it climb out of a deep financial trough.
The World Trade Organization is giving Japan until Sept. 1 to change its punitive charges on imports of South Korean computer memory chips.
This is your brain on a chip. This is your liver on a slide. This is your body in a supercomputer. Any questions?
A World Trade Organization appeals body on Wednesday upheld a ruling that Japan violates international trade rules applying punitive fees on imported South Korean computer chips.
Intel Corp. plans to roll out its newest generation of processors Monday, flexing its manufacturing muscle with a sophisticated new process that crams up to 40 percent more transistors onto the company's chips.
In the latest display of its manufacturing might, Intel Corp. is opening a new $3 billion factory in Arizona, widening its lead over rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in the industry's switch to a new chip-making technique.
Qualcomm Inc. on Wednesday launched a chip that will make it easier to build laptops compatible with the two dominant cellular broadband technologies in the United States.
Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has developed a more advanced flash memory chip that will allow increased data storage in digital products such as music players.
IBM has found a way to connect chips inside products ranging from cell phones to supercomputers, an advance that promises to prolong battery life in wireless devices and eventually speed data transfers between the processor and memory chips in computers, the company said Thursday.
Tiny computer chips used for tracking food, tickets and other items are getting even smaller. Hitachi Ltd., a Japanese electronics maker, recently showed off radio frequency identification, or RFID, chips that are just 0.002 inches by 0.002 inches and look like bits of powder. They're thin enough to be embedded in a piece of paper, company spokesman Masayuki Takeuchi said Thursday.
Intel Corp. has designed a computer chip that promises to perform calculations as quickly an entire data center — while consuming as much energy as a light bulb.
The top image shows the raw output of the retina chip, the middle one a picture processed from it and the third shows how a moving face would appear (Image: Zaghloul/Boahen/IOP)
Tiny chip could diagnose disease Researchers have demonstrated a tiny chip based on silicon that could be used to diagnose dozens of diseases. A tiny drop of blood is drawn through the chip, where disease markers are caught and show up under light.
Limbaugh Repeats Liz Cheney's Bogus Talking Point About Bush Honoring Fallen Troops"Rush got "Open Line Friday" rolling by announcing that the Republicans in Congress will offer an alternative health care reform bill next week. But Rush said that would be accepting the premise.
Microchip Implant to Link Your Health Records, Credit History, Social Security..pill-popping habits...etc.Novartis and Proteus Biomedical are not the only companies hoping to implant microchips into patients so that their pill-popping habits can be monitored.
IBM Creating Personal DNA Reader for under $1000Scientists at IBM are using a combination of nanotechnology and microchips to map out personal genetic code that could make significantly improve the process of diagnosing and treating diseases. More Articles
CBS to run video ad in magazine this fallBroadcast network CBS will be advertising its fall TV season with a video-chip ad embedded in an issue of Entertainment Weekly.
Colorado Once Had Healthcare CooperativeWhile the discussion of a co-op is new for most of us, for some Coloradans it's reminiscent of how things used to be. In the late 1990's Colorado formed the Colorado Health Insurance Purchasing Cooperative, known as CHIP.
Programmable Matter, Self-Assembling :: ClaytronicsIn the future you won't use computers to design a car, the car will form from billions of tiny computers that arrange themselves into anything you want. The physical and computational world will merge. Hope you're ready. More Articles
Microchip calls cell phone to tell farmer its time for waterCarrots might not scream when pulled from the ground, but new technology is giving vegetables a voice in how they are raised. Microchipped plants can now send text messages to a farmer's cell phone and ask for water.
PS3 Will Soon Have 45nm ChipBy the middle of this year the PS3 is expected to have a 45 nanometer chip, as opposed to its current 65 nanometer chip. Benefits of a 45nm chip are reduced power consumption and a cooler running chip, meaning the PS3 will let off less heat.
Fire up the TV: 'The Yule Log' is coming back to PIXExcerpt: Christmas in New York isn't quite complete without "The Yule Log," and WPIX will not disappoint this Christmas morning.
Sen. Baucus (D-MT) unveils sweeping healthcare planUnder the Montana Democrat's plan, all Americans would be required to hold a health insurance policy, going one step further than President-elect Barack Obama's plan.
And Now the Manchurian Microchip - Concealed microchips in computers may be able to link to Chinese GovernmentThe geniuses at Homeland Security who brought you hare-brained procedures at airports (which inconvenience travelers without snagging terrorists) have decreed that October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
Newly Discovered State Of Matter Could Extend Moore's Law -- physics -- InformationWeekScientists at McGill University in Montreal say they've discovered a new state of matter that could help extend Moore's Law and allow for the fabrication of more tightly packed transistors, or a new kind of transistor altogether. More Articles
Holographic Television to Become Reality - CNN.comIt sounds a lot like a wacky dream, but don't be surprised if within our lifetime you find yourself discarding your plasma and LCD sets in exchange for a holographic 3D television that can put Cristiano Ronaldo in your living room or bring you face-to-face with life-sized version …
Dell Selling All Manufacturing Plants WorldwideThe proposed factory sales, intended to slash costs, mark a significant shift from Dell's long-standing strategy of making its own products, the Journal said. Instead, Dell plans to have contract manufacturers make all its computers, the paper reported. More Articles
Intel's Shape-Shifting, Programmable Matter | CNET News.comAt the Intel Developer Forum here, Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner showed off a number of technologies in computing, robotics, and communication that he cited as evidence that Ray Kurzweil's concept of "singularity," when machine intelligence surpasses human intelli …
Fast Quantum Computer Building Block CreatedBecause of their ability to represent multiple states simultaneously, quantum computers could theoretically factor numbers dramatically faster and with smaller computers than conventional computers. For this reason, they could vastly improve computer security.
Intel Unites the Internet with TV | BBC NEWSIntel has signed a deal with Yahoo to enhance the way people use their TVs by adding internet applications. The collaboration will produce a Widget Channel that lets viewers e-mail friends, trade shares or check the weather while watching programmes. More Articles
Flawed Chip To Blame For iPhone Connection Woes?When my colleague Matt Kapko said he was returning the iPhone after two weeks of use, he took a bit of a slating from fans of the phone.
Siemens builds a lock made of light: Data transfer using quantum cryptographyThe prototype of the quantum cryptography chip is already available, and the corresponding fiber-optic network for absolutely safe, chip-based data transfer will be presented in October 2008 at Siemens IT Solutions and Services in Vienna.
The truth about last year's Xbox 360 recall | Automotive DesignLineHere's what happens when you try and do engineering "on the cheap."
Doritos Makes History With World's First Extra Terrestrial AdvertisementToday Doritos makes history, taking the UK's first step in communicating with aliens as they broadcast the first ever advert directed towards potential extra terrestrial life. The University of Leicester has played a key part in the success of the project.
Intel Said to Face Antitrust Investigation - NYTimes.comThe Federal Trade Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation of Intel, the world's largest maker of computer microprocessors, for anticompetitive conduct, according to government officials and lawyers involved.
3D buzz centers on through-silicon viasChip scaling is showing no signs of hitting the wall--yet. But one alternative path--3D technology based on through-silicon vias TSVs --continues to generate steam.
Human ID Chips Get Under My SkinMore technology for the NWO to control the sheep.
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