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- Kurzweil: Humans will be more machine than biological by the 2030s
- According to a CNN article, inventor, author and futurist Dr. Raymond Kurzweil, calculates that "humans will become more non-biological than biological" by the 2030s. Are you ready to join the Borg? Resistance if futile! by Bill Detwiler
- Tags: Human, CNN, Prediction, Nanotechnology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Investment, Finance, Hardware, Bill Detwiler
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Nanotechnology comes with a health risk
- Technology gains all come with some risk. That shouldn't be news to anyone, uncharted waters always come with some risk. But once the risk is identified, it can be managed. Fortunately, scientists saw this risk coming long ago and started down the path of identifying it. ...
- Tags: Risk, Nanotube, Asbestos, Carbon Nanotube, Health Care, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Tricia Liebert
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- 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
- 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
- Pharmaceutical Client Seeks Assistance in Prioritizing Its Nanotechnology R&D Strategy
- After surveying the shifting pharmaceutical technology landscape, the multinational pharmaceutical company sought a strategy and roadmap to help guide its future development efforts. In response, IBM proposed a two-part process. First, IBM Research, working together with GBS, leveraged IBM's existing nanotechnology research and extensive in-house expertise to provide a framework...
- Tags: Pharmaceutical Company, IBM Corp., Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Video: Self-assembling LEGO Millennium Falcon
- A couple of LEGO lunatics created this stop-motion video of a Millennium Falcon model stylishly assembling itself from its colorful component blocks and then being vigorously flown about the neighborhood by its boyish masters. Now, if we can just crack the nanotech needed to make self-assembling Star Wars LEGOs a...
- Tags: LEGO Co., Video, Corporate Communications, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Marketing, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
- Mapping out the nanotech economy
- Link to the image gallery'NanoMetro' mashuphttp://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-3513_11-66376.htmlStay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!http://nl.com.com/MiniFormHandler?brand=techrepublic&list_id=e019
- Tags: Sonja Thompson, nanotechnology
- Discussion threads 2007-05-18
- Images: 'NanoMetro' mashup
- Map illustrates country's biggest hubs for nanotechnology and its rising role in the global economy, says nonprofit.
- Tags: nanotechnology, mashup
- Image galleries 2007-05-17
- Video: The new Bionic Woman beats up Starbuck
- Here's two minutes, 18 seconds of the new Bionic Woman pilot debuting this fall on NBC. It stars Michelle Ryan as the new, nanotech-enhanced Jamie Summers squaring off against a bionic villainess played by Katee Sackhoff, better known as Starbuck from the recent (and Trivia Geek-approved) Battlestar Galactica remake on...
- Tags: Video, Bionic Woman, Nanotechnology, Corporate Communications, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Hardware, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
