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How PARC sees printers boosting clean tech
Researchers at PARC, famed for its computing innovations, say printers and copiers have a lot to offer on the eco-tech front.
Harnessing the power of wind and waves
Ireland is in the right place to generate electricity, and a lot of it, out of oceanic surges, but it won't be easy sailing.
The tech of the Irish
CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos just finished a whirlwind tour of Ireland's tech start-ups and research centers. Here's what he found.
March 5, 2008 1:00 AM PSTIBM calculates the force it takes to move atoms
IBM has figured out how much force it takes to move atoms. Next, it will try to build things with those atoms.
February 21, 2008 9:50 PM PSTIBM experimenting with DNA to build chips
The research uses DNA molecules to arrange carbon nanotubes into a grid that might function as a data storage device or to perform calculations.
February 20, 2008 12:00 PM PSTQ&A: Explorer prepares for Arctic expedition
Pen Hadow, who's preparing for a months-long trek across the Arctic, speaks on climate change, how technology has changed the life of an explorer, and the dangers of swimming with bears.
January 24, 2008 8:06 PM PSTA tenfold improvement in battery life?
Stanford researchers say silicon nanowires could help extend the life of a lithium ion battery for laptops from 4 hours to 40 hours.
January 15, 2008 7:50 PM PSTElderly to benefit from 'fuzzy logic' research
University of Missouri and U.K.'s De Montfort University team up for computational-intelligence project.
January 4, 2008 6:47 PM PSTCelebrating 60 years of transistors
The modern world wouldn't be what it is if it weren't for a little piece of technology that emerged from Bell Labs in 1947.
Is this bike made from spider webs?
It's a bike that's made from a few really long strands of carbon fiber. It doesn't weigh much--and it definitely turns heads.
MIT offers City Car for the masses
A project to improve urban transportation will make its debut this week in Milan.
Paradise for tech tinkerers
TechShop, an innovative haven for fans of personal fabrication, is bringing its DIY message to cities around the U.S.
Case Western develops superstrong mice
Altering genes and enzymes in mice results in super athletes, the Lance Armstrongs of the rodent world.
November 2, 2007 9:40 PM PDTAccenture's king of blue-sky thinking
Research director Martin Illsley discusses how utilities could use Flickr and how software development should be like home building.
October 30, 2007 9:30 PM PDTDepartment of Energy opens doors to tech entrepreneurs
Under the entrepreneur in residence program, the agency will invite executives to set up shop inside select labs to assess technologies.
October 23, 2007 8:00 PM PDTAt Microsoft, seeking the next billion computer users
Bill Gates gave Will Poole a not-so-simple job: figure out how to connect the rest of the world's inhabitants to computer technology.
Europe sees rise in R&D spending
EU-based companies increase research and development investments, yet non-EU competitors still take the lead.
October 9, 2007 4:45 PM PDTEC funds counterterrorism tech research
Forty-four research projects are to be funded, including a technique for video detection of abnormal behavior in crowds.
September 12, 2007 7:44 PM PDT'Lucky' camera boosts telescope
Astronomers develop a cheap technique to improve ground-based telescope resolution to rival space-based telescopes.
Visiting San Francisco Bay, in a warehouse
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Bay Model is a wonder of watershed sims, even after computers replaced it.
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