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Controling Computers with your Mind

The Internet May Have a "Moore's Law" of Its Own

Researchers at Tao Zhou of the University of Science and Technology of China and the University of Fribourghave have predicted that the Internet will double in size every 5.32 years.
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Spintronics Set to Replace Electronics

This photo from a scanning electron microscope shows an single electron pump, which can create a single "up" or "down" electron. These can represent the ones and zeros in electronic devices.
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Photon Rapping for Computer Power

Computer image of a squeezed photon. This technique may allow us to use photons to store information.
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OLPC One Laptop Per Child

This is a great idea, I hope it succeeds.
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Moore's Law has a New Ally

New laser technique allows for better control to make patterns on nano-surfaces.
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Hand Gesture Device Help Surgeons Stay Clean

This hand gesture device is not only a great way to keep an operating room clean, but it would make a great interface with any computer.
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"Bluefire" Supercomputer Arrives at The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

With a storage capacity of 150 terrabites and a peak speed of 76.4 teraflops, this is one super badass of a computer.
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A Keyboard You Can Wash in Your Sink

This washable keyboard is something that has been needed for a long time. I am glad it finally arrived.
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Data Glove Allows Soldiers a Way to Access Their Computers on the Move

Rally Point has developed an input device for soldiers’ wearable computer systems. It's also a good idea for law enforcement, fire fighters, etc.
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CAVEman "4D" Virtual Man Allows for Greater In Depth Study

This visual system allows you to "see" diseases working and the effects of interventions, such as drugs, on these diseases. After they add in real time scanning it will just keep getting more useful.
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500,000 gigabytes in One Square Inch!

Your Ipod or Iphone might someday look like this, but carry everything and anything, with 150,000 times more storage capacity than your device has now!
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Smallest Transistor Yet, One Atom Thick

Graphene Transistor is only one atom thick by ten atoms wide.
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Micro Sensor Comes with its Own Refrigeration Unit!

This new design may open a whole new way to cool chips.
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MIT's Nexi Robot has Facial Expressions

Nexi is a bit eerie but, I'm sure we will quickly get use to communicating with robots.
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Amazing Voiceless Communication!

I found this video at Kim Komando's Site

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Jupiter just got a Little Bit Smaller

This mouse has a coolness factor, but I'm not sure it is something I would want to use.
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