Why DNA Will Someday Replace the Hard Drive
• Technologyreview.comResearchers who have used the biomolecule to encode MP3s, text files, and JPEGs say it will be a competitive storage medium in just a few decades.
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Print-to-Order Service Helps 3-D Designer Revive Forgotten Figurines
• Wired.comToy designer Wayne Losey’s articulating, snap-to-build ModiBots are an example of how 3-D printing can bring life to products and toys that didn’t have the commercial success needed to keep them on store shelves.
Filabot Turns Your Plastic Junk Into Material for 3-D Printers
• Wired.comFilabot promises to help turn your plastic crap into 3-D printed fanciness, alleviating one of the biggest sustainability problems for 3-D printing.
At CES, Chinese Electronics Giants Compete for American Eyes
• Wired.comYou’ve heard the complaints. The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is too unwieldy and too outdated for tech titans such as Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft to even show up in Las Vegas.
THE DEATH OF THE PC: A Full Report From Business Insider
• Business InsiderThe modern Internet was invented 30 years ago this month.
The Most Mind-Blowing 3-D Printed Objects of 2012
• popsci.comIt was a huge year for 3-D printing technology, which touched everything from sports to chemistry to firearms.
A Key Engineer Reveals Fresh Details About Google's Plans To Change The World With Glasses
• Business InsiderBabak Parviz, a key engineer on Google's Project Glass, just revealed some new details about the wearable-computing project in an interview with IEEE Spectrum.
Why You Should Care About 3D Printing
• Business InsiderThe same way that personal computing became a hotbed of innovation in the early 1970s, 3D printing seems to be experiencing a similar renaissance.
Startup Promises 3D Printer for $520
• technewsdaily.comThe promise of desktop 3D printing — making your own toys, parts, models and more — faces one big barrier: existing 3D printers sure cost a lot.
The Best 3D Printers On The Planet
• Business InsiderSo you've decided to jump into the world of 3D printing. Time to pick out your hardware.
IBM integrates optics and electronics on a single chip
• gizmag.comIn what is likley a significant development for the future of optical communications, IBM researchers have managed to shrink optical components to fit alongside their electrical counterparts on a single chip.
Garry Kasparov: The Last Revolutionary Technology Was The Apple II
• http://www.forbes.com, Oliver ChiangGarry Kasparov, former World Chess Champion and possibly the greatest chess player of all time, thinks the U.S. has become complacent when it comes to innovation.
IBM supercomputer used to simulate a typical human brain
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Dario BorghinoThe human brain, arguably the most complex object in the known universe, is a truly remarkable power-saver:
If This Is Actually The Next-Generation Xbox, It's Going To Be Crazy Powerful
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Kevin SmithThe next-generation Xbox will be tricked out with heavy-duty computing power according to a report in Xbox World, a Xbox focused magazine.
Fabrication Trick Offers Fivefold Leap in Hard-Disk Capacity
• http://www.technologyreview.com, By Tom SimoniteCurrent hard-drive designs are reaching their limit in data storage, but a new manufacturing technique could allow drive capacities to keep expanding.
Qeexo’s Touch Screen Tech Can Distinguish Fingernails from Knuckles
• Rachel Metz via TechnologyReview.comIncreasing the ways users can prod touch screens could open up new features on mobile devices.
Fabrication Trick Offers Fivefold Leap in Hard-Disk Capacity
• Tom Simonite via TechnologyReview.comCurrent hard-drive designs are reaching their limit in data storage, but a new manufacturing technique could allow drive capacities to keep expanding.
Moore’s Law Is Becoming Irrelevant
• http://www.technologyreview.com, By Tom SimoniteThe CEO of ARM says power-efficient chips for mobile devices will move into desktops, laptops, and servers.
The Pressure’s on for Intel
• http://www.technologyreview.com, By Mike OrcuttIntel missed out on the shift to mobile computing. Now it finds itself in a precarious position.
The Fastest Supercomputers In The World
• http://www.businessinsider.com,Randy AstaizaWe are often surprised by the speed of the latest computer or smartphone, but the supercomputers that do the world's craziest calculations will always put our dinky consumer electronics to shame.
Intel Wants to Put a Supercomputer in Your Pocket
• http://www.wired.com, By Klint FinleyFive years from now, says Intel, your phone could double as a supercomputer.
Rise of the Titan: ‘World’s fastest’ supercomputer goes live
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/After falling behind Asia and Europe in the great race, where success is measured in FLOPS (floating-point operations per second), the US has struck back at the new high-tech Olympians with Titan: quite possibly the fastest supercomputer in the world
I.B.M. Reports Nanotube Chip Breakthrough
• New York TimesI.B.M. scientists are reporting progress in a chip making technology that is likely to ensure the shrinking of the size of the basic digital switch at the heart of modern microchips for more than another decade.
Leaked: Here's Google's First 10-Inch Tablet
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Steve KovachGoogle and Samsung are expected to unveil a new 10-inch tablet called the Nexus 10 at the big Android press event in New York on October 29.
iTwin SecureBox brings hardware encryption to Dropbox
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Adam WilliamsSecureBox brings iTwin's hardware security to Dropbox accounts
Finally, We Can See What Google's Brain Looks Like
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Kevin SmithToday Google lifted the veil off its massive and beautiful data centers around the world.
Calxeda Bulks Up for Super Energy-Efficient Servers
• Martin LaMonica via technologyreview.comStartup lands $55 million for "microserver" design that uses low-power ARM processors normally used in cell phones.
The Patent, Used as a Sword
• New York TimesMr. Ricci issued an ultimatum: Mr. Phillips could sell his firm to Mr. Ricci or be sued for patent infringements. When Mr. Phillips refused to sell, Mr. Ricci’s company filed the first of six lawsuits.
Many Apple Designers Are Sick Of Doing Things Steve Jobs' Way, And A Civil War Is Breaking Out
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Nicholas CarlsonApple's brand is an outgrowth of its product design—and both are the envy of every other company on the planet.
A Tribute to Steve Jobs
• http://video.wired.comA tribute to Steve Jobs and the legacy he has left the world.
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