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- Interview with technology and science writer Annalee Newitz
- TechRepublic Out Loud has been a wonderful platform to highlight the TR community and happenings on the site. I'd now like to branch out a bit and include information and interviews with some uber cool people who are also involved in IT. They might not be members of TechRepublic yet,...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Technology, Annalee Newitz, Nanotechnology, Podcasts, Wiki, Professional Development, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Online Communications, Career, Management, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Nanotechnology, Biomolecular Electronics
- Biopolymers and biomimetic polymers have several materials properties of interest to the industrial sectors of electronics, optics, pharmaceutics. The materials have applications in the design and construction of nanoscale integrated circuits, of laminated structural elements (smart sensor interiors in automobiles, planes and trains), of microsensors that can be embedded in...
- Tags: NIST, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware
- White papers
- Ville de Grenoble Strengthens Its Collaborative Organization Using Oracle and Softeam
- With 150,000 residents and large-scale projects that include constructing a town stadium, a third tram line, and the Minatec Center for innovation in micro and nanotechnology, Grenoble is a growing and lively city. Grenoble decided to upgrade the existing system and evaluated several solutions with a view toward operating in...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Nanotechnology, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Software
- Case studies
- Soitec Streamlines Supply Chain, Boosts Productivity With Oracle Applications, Projects IRR of 23%
- Founded by two researchers from CEA-LETI, one of Europe's largest microelectronics research institutes, Soitec accelerated the international nanotechnologies race when it introduced its breakthrough SOI technology in 1992. Soitec's wafers are used by companies such as IBM, AMD, Motorola, Philips and Seiko Epson to produce semiconductor chips for a variety...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Soitec, Oracle Corp., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Semiconductors, Leadership, Nanotechnology, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Management, Emerging Technologies
- Case studies
- Nanotechnology and Medicine
- Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level. Today's surgical tools are, at this scale, large and crude. From the viewpoint of a cell, even a fine scalpel is a blunt instrument more suited to tear and injure than heal and cure. Modern...
- Tags: Zyvex, Tool, Cell, Nanotechnology, Productivity, Emerging Technologies
- White papers
- Nanotechnology: The Coming Revolution in Manufacturing
- For centuries manufacturing methods have gotten more precise, less expensive, and more flexible. In the next few decades, we will approach the limits of these trends. The limit of precision is the ability to get every atom where we want it. The limit of low cost is set by the...
- Tags: Limit, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Emerging Technologies, Hardware
- White papers
- Will Spiritual Robots Replace Humanity by 2100?
- Today, there is finally general acceptance that nanotechnology is feasible, but there is still considerable confusion about what form it will take and what it will be capable of. One major example is self replication. To mention "artificial self replication" is to conjure up images of Mickey Mouse from The...
- Tags: Replication, Zyvex, Nanotechnology, Manufacturing, Robots, Emerging Technologies
- White papers
- 75 words every sci-fi fan should know
- Textbook barons Houghton Mifflin have of late proclaimed 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know, probably in an attempt to shame and terrify the average student into purchasing an appropriate SAT study guide. For those of us who grew up reading science fiction and/or comic books, the list reads...
- Tags: Science Fiction, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Nanotechnology, Wiki, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Emerging Technologies, Online Communications, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- Nanotechnology had a rollicking past year
- A look at the year-end review of nanotechnology developments at TechnologyReview showcases the mind-boggling developments in store for technology in the future. From Nano-power cells to invisibility cloaks, there's a lot in store for the future. From the immediate feasibility perspective, its flexible electronics and tiny...
- Tags: Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2008-01-06
- Carbon nanotube-based memory may be reality by 2010 or earlier
- At the SC '07, nanotechnology start-up Nantero demonstrated a prototype NRAM Non Volatile Random Access Memory-based memory that could result in nanotechnology-based memory debuting as early as 2010. An excerpt from Register: Nantero's approach to making the NRAM gear starts with carbon nanotubes bought from a...
- Tags: Nanotube, Carbon Nanotube, Memory, Nantero, NRAM, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-11-19
- IT News Digest Week in Review, September 7, 2007
- Keep up with some of the top news stories of the week, including TechRepublic members' responses, in the IT News Digest Week in Review podcast. The stories that are covered this week include Microsoft's WGA meltdown, IBM's nanotechnology breakthrough, antispyware in South Korea, AMD vs. Intel, Storm Worm malware, Germany's...
- Tags: Information Technology, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Strategy, Viruses And Worms, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Management, Security, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2007-09-07
- People over 50 recall more personal information than those under 30
- A recent poll found that younger people are not able to recall personal details as well as their older counterparts. One third of the younger people in the survey had to take out their cell phones just to remember their own phone numbers, and even relative's birthdays were out of...
- Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Cell Phone, Nanotechnology, Telecom & Utilities, Emerging Technologies, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- Nanotech slated to replace magnetic disk drives
- According to Michael Kozicki, a researcher at Arizona State University, nanotechnology is slated to replace current generation magnetic disk drives used in iPods and laptops within the next five to 10 years. The result would be storage devices that are more durable, lighter, and faster. Kozicki says he's...
- Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, Cell, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-01
- Scientists develop atom-sized radio
- Scientists at the University of California Irvine demonstrate a working radio built from carbon nanotubes that is about 1,000 times smaller than present day radios. An excerpt from Wired: "People have been working on nanoelectronics for many years, and there have been advances at the device...
- Tags: Problem, Radio, Nanotechnology, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-10-19
- Carbon Nanotube Bumps for Thermal and Electric Conduction in Transistor
- The continuous miniaturization of semiconductor chips has rapidly improved the performance of semiconductor products. However, thermal issues that affect semi- conductor chips are becoming more serious. For example, heat transfer has become a very serious problem in the CPUs of personal computers; high-frequency High-Power Amplifiers HPAs of mobile communication systems;...
- Tags: Nanotube, Mobile, Transistor, Carbon Nanotube, Fujitsu Ltd., Mobile Communication, Nanotechnology, Cellular Phones, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Nanotech slated to replace magnetic disk drives
- With nanotechnology coming over the horizon, is the magnetic aka Winchester hard disk drive truly on the way out?Would depend on cost effectiveness won't it...I mean at a business level, that would be the most important consideration...That and reliability...It should be the same for the average user...If a cost effective...
- Tags: Semiconductors, paulmah@..., nanotechnology, hard drive, disk drive, disk
- Discussion threads 2007-11-01
- IBM makes Nanotechnology breakthrough
- Researchers at IBM's Almaden Research Center at San Jose, California, used a process called Magnetic Anisotropy and were able to measure the magnetic orientation of a single atom. A possible result of the breakthrough is that devices the size of the iPod can pack 30,000 full-length films. ...
- Tags: Atom, Researcher, IBM Corp., Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Storage, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-08-31
- Nanotechnology RSS Reader (widget)
- Keithley Instruments, a leader in emerging test and measurement equipment needs for the nanotechnology industry, has partnered with WidgetWorld, a developer of applications, Websites, and widgets, to create this RSS reader widget. Nanotechnology RSS Reader widget, which is capable of displaying multiple RSS news feeds, provides quick access to the...
- Tags: RSS Reader, Nanotechnology, RSS, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-07-31
- IBM makes Nanotechnology breakthrough
- Wrap your head around this...Sweet! Maybe in a few years I can actually handle my girlfriend getting a puppy because I will be able to inject some "HouseTraining nBots" into it that will teach its brain not to relieve itself or bark while being inside.I was watching this TV...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Insurance, IBM Corp., mrogers@..., nanobot, nanotechnology
- Discussion threads 2007-08-31
- Research Institute Reduces Administration of Messaging System From Days to Just Minutes
- The Walter Schottky Institute WSI of the Munich University of Technology in Germany is one of the world's leading academic research organizations, specializing in semiconductor-based nano-science and nanotechnology. Because of the nature of this research, the institute requires state-of-the-art information systems that can support local and international collaboration between researchers...
- Tags: Collaboration, Administration, Microsoft Exchange Server, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Institute, Groupware, E-mail Servers, Nanotechnology, Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies
- Case studies 2006-11-01
Harnessing the power of waves
Planting solar gardens
Fill your car for $1.10 a gallon?