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  Researchers at MIT have developed a new technique that would help the internet to be 100 or maybe 1,000 times faster than what is today. Currently, optical fibers transmit heaps of data whereas router that receives the different wavelengths of light loaded with data converts those optical signals to electric ones and then sends [...]

  Russia has planned a space program to send astronauts to Mars. And while it’s not feasible to send a manned flight to Mars without understanding the impact on the astronauts, they’ve initiated Mars-500 project where the said astronauts will live in a sealed-environment for the next 520 days with the conditions similar to Mars. [...]

  Toshiba has created a display that can zoom in or out on bending the panel. The display prototype was showcased at the SID expo last week where it was demoed with Google Earth being used to zoom in and out without effort. The LCD panel uses a bend sensor that is located at the [...]

  Sony is showing off a new rollable display at the SID 2010 expo. The flexible display measures 4.1-inch in size and is just 80 um-thick, capable enough to be wrapped around a thin circular object. To create the display, Sony first developed organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) with an original organic semiconductor material – a [...]

  Society of Information Display (SID) is underway in Seattle where companies are busy showing off their latest technologies. LG Display is also one of them and is showing some interesting displays, like the world’s largest 84-inch 3D panel with UHD (3840×2160) resolution, about four times the full HD 1920×1080 resolution. As for other displays [...]

  Samsung has brought us one step closer to the day when our cars will be equipped with the interactive AMOLED windshields. They’ve created the world’s largest transparent AMOLED screen and are currently showcasing at the SID 2010 expo. It’s a 19-inch screen and has a transparency of 30% as compared to 40% of the [...]

  In addition to unveiling the Chrome Web Store at the Google I/O yesterday, Google also announced WebM, an open and royalty-free video format created especially for the web. The WebM format uses VP8 video codec and Vorbis for the audio and can be licensed for free as compared to H.264. Another advantage WebM possesses [...]

  Sharp today announced that they’ve developed a 3D camera module that can be fitted in mobile devices to capture 3D videos in 720p resolution. It’s the industry’s first 3D camera module that comes with dual camera and captures two simultaneous images, one for the left eye and another one for the right. The camera [...]

  Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig) and Wi-Fi Alliance have agreed to cooperate on the development of the next-generation Wi-Fi certification program. In this program, both the associations will align their technology specifications so that Wi-Fi can be operated without any issues in the 60GHz frequency band. This will allow Wi-Fi to a faster short-range transmission [...]

  Fujitsu has developed a new color e-paper that is touted to give the best color image quality. Fujitsu’s e-paper project team achieved it by redesigning the panel structure completely and image re-write methods. With the new technology in place, the color e-paper boasts reflective property that helps the e-paper to be bright by 1.3 [...]

  Samsung has announced to ship industry’s first Multi-chip package (MCP) with PRAM from this quarter. The PRAM touted as the next successor of NOR flash is apt for use in mobile handsets and the new MCP-based 512Mbit PRAM is said to be backward compatible with 40nm-class NOR flash memory. PRAM uses phase change characteristics [...]

  Samsung has announced the industry’s first 20nm-based NAND flash chips aimed to use in SD memory cards and embedded memory solutions. Samsung says memory cards based on this process tech give faster write and read speeds. Samsung had created 30nm-based NAND flash a year before and today these 20nm MLC NAND touts to give [...]

  Samsung has developed 2.1MP and 1.3MP CMOS image sensors that will bring high-definition support to webcams and cameras requiring video capture. The 1.3MP (S5K6A1) and 2.1MP (S5K5B3) image sensors are specifically created to accommodate in thin LCD notebook panels without compromising on the capture quality. The imagers boast improved low-light sensitivity of 70Lux while [...]

  Sharp today announced the development of their small 3D LCD in Japan that does not require any glasses. The screen measures 3.4-inch in size, supports touchscreen and uses parallax barrier to show 3D images. The parallax barrier tech is integrated in a normal LCD and features a series of vertical slits that helps to [...]

  3-Dimensional content is expected to be supported by most electronic devices but South Koreans have developed a technology that shows off 3-D in a book. The smart scientists at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology have developed two story books for children that come to life as the kid triggers some cues. The animation [...]