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Growing Nanowires: European Research Paves Way for Faster, Smaller Microchips

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European researchers have developed state-of-the-art nanowire ‘growing’ technology, opening the way for faster, smaller microchips and creating a promising new avenue of research and industrial development in Europe.
Nanowires are a promising new technology that could meet rapidly rising performance requirements for integrated circuit design over the next ten years. They are tiny wires [...]

SmartHand brings movement AND touch to amputees

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Scientists have successfully wired a state-of-the-art artificial hand to existing nerve endings in the stump of a severed arm. Its creators say the device, called “SmartHand,” resembles a real hand in function, sensitivity and appearance. In order to develop such an intelligent artificial prosthetic hand with all the basic features displayed by a [...]

Software Wrapper For Smarter, Networked Homes

ScienceDaily (Dec. 22, 2007) — Homes today are filled with increasing numbers of high-tech gadgets, from smart phones and PCs to state-of-the-art TV and audio systems, many of them with built-in networking capabilities. Combined, these devices could form the building blocks of the smart homes of the future, but only if they can be made [...]