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Largest Sheet Of Graphene Produced, Can Be Used For Flexible Touchscreens
Graphene, the ridiculously thin, strong, electrically conductive, and flexible miracle material, might be coming to your touchscreens. And when it does, "you could theoretically roll up your iPhone and stick it behind your ear like a pencil." Graphene has had scientists in a tizzy for years
Steam Mover Relocates Applications to Free Up Space on Your Primary Drive
Windows only: If your primary hard drive just isn't large enough to hold all the software you need on a day-to-day basis, then Steam Mover is the perfect tool for the job—assuming you have another storage drive handy. Steam Mover was originally designed to help hardcore gamers move their downlo
Microsoft: DirectX 11 To Use GPU For Parallel Processing
DirectX 11 is coming, and it looks pretty awesome. Sure, you get advancements in shading and better support for multi-core machines, but what's really got our heads turning is the concept of letting programmers use the GPU in your video card to do some of the heavy lifting, meaning your graphics c
WiLink Crams Wi-Fi, GPS, FM Transmission and Bluetooth Into a Single Chip
Texas Instruments says that their WiLink 7.0 is the first chip with four wireless radios in one: FM transmission and reception, GPS, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. What does this mean for you, gadget lovers? In theory, a wholalot goodness. Texas Instruments claims that mobile gadgets using this
Intel Spills More Beans on Nehalem Microarchitecture at IDF
At the Intel Developers Forum Intel itself is turning the spotlight on the upcoming Nehalem chip microarchitecture. The chips will have integrated memory controllers built directly into the processor, as we mentioned before, which will allow three-times faster memory read-write speeds than previous
Silicon Compound That's Quicker To Melt Could Make For Cheaper Gadgets
A team of MIT researchers has discovered a new silicon compound that—get this—melts as it gets cooler, some 500 degrees Celsius lower than silicon's natural melting point. The researchers think it could eventually yield less expensive electronics. While most materials transform from a soli
Nokia E63 Available for Pre-Order for $500
Amazon is now listing Nokia's BlackBerry-ish QWERTY E63 phone as available for pre-order. The unlocked 3G phone can be reserved for $500, though there's no word on release date. The E63, based on the E71, already dropped in Europe, so we expected it'd be making its way to North American shores
India Is Granted A Dance With The HTC Legend
Good news for those of you in India! The HTC Legend is now available for you to purchase for about 26,500 Indian rupees (which translates to 592 American dollars, 441 euros, 386 pounds, etc etc). It’s the same unbranded, international Legend that we’ve all seen of and heard of before,
Google Maps Gets a Public Transit Layer
Google Maps added a transit layer to its terrain and sat and road views today for viewing bus, train and ferry lines, etc. There's no NY support, but these 50 cities are covered: The full list of cities is Belo Horizonte, Berlin, Bordeaux, Brasilia, Cairo, Capetown, Caracas, Chicago, Copenhagen, DalMetals Manufactured In Space Could Increase Jet Engine Efficiency [Space Metals]
Posted by AceNik on May 13, 2008•
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The European Space Agency is looking into manufacturing intermetallic materials in zero gravity space to cut the weight of jet engines in half and increase fuel efficiency. Intermetallic materials are different than alloys in that they are combined at the molecular level, as opposed to merely melting down metals and creating a homogeneous mix. Scientists want to manufacture Titanium Aluminide up in space because on earth, the difference in the metals’ weight prevents the allow from diffusing correctly. The ESA currently plans to go up to the International Space Station to conduct tests on the manufacturing process. [BBC via io9 via DViCE]
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