News about up and coming technology events
The big e-commerce company of the US, also known as Amazon, has recently presented a new service that offers a new way to shop around the huge store. The service is related to text-messages, and its codename is TextBuyIt.
Parrot at CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas presented the first of its wireless Bluetooth products which feature Near Field Communications (NFC) technology,making pairing of Bluetooth devices a snap. Some of these products include a digital photo frame and a trio of stereo speaker systems as well. First of all, what is NFC technology? Well, read on after the jump for further details.
In the near future there will be a new radio system on the works, either developed by Boeing, or Lockheed Martin. The decision was announced today by the Pentagon, and the upcoming system will be used on aircrafs, ships, and ground stations.
One of the most important details of this deal, is the money. Can you imagine a high number that covers all the expenses, from start to finish, of the radio system?
Ah, Honeywell, thank you for the gift of hovering spy drones so we can always have someone to watch over us.
Yes, that image you see isn’t a prop from a 1984 movie (which would still be timely, by the way), but a spy drone that can fly a 100 waypoint flight plan at 57 MPH, at a 10,500 foot altitude.
Apparently, these Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) are already in place over Iraq and Afghanistan, which are hopefully watching out for enemies. They are waiting for FAA permission to be used here in American soil.
According to Reuters, the Miami-Dade police department hopes to deploy these MAV guys “soon”. I was kind of hoping that we would see these flying eyes later rather than sooner, honestly. Read the rest of this entry »
Researchers have managed to discover a new inkjet technology that can “print” LCDs thanks to silver nanoparticles,laying down wiring made out of silver nanoparticles via a customized inkjet printer. Currently, TFT manufacturing consists of the development of masks which are then used to generate a pattern for the wiring on the surface of the semiconductor. The entire process is wholly dependent upon the mask, which results in a slower turnaround time. This also means minor design changes are a no-no, since a new mask will have to be created from scratch. With printing technology instead, one will be able to introduce both speed and flexibility to TFT manufacturing although initial attempts have shown success on a limited level. Today’s TFTs require a wiring scale of approximately 2µm, but inkjet technology is not that matured yet as it is limited to ink drops on the order of picoliters, which is ultimately more than 10 times the size required in diameter.
The Cuban Internet Police has blocked Generacion Y, one of the top blogs on Cuba that belongs to Yoani Sanchez.
The reason for the blocking is pretty obvious: criticizing the new big boss of Cuba - Raul Castro.
Censorship is acting up on the internet, and users from Cuba only get an error message instead of being able to normally visit “Generacion Y” and read the content. But since we’re talking about the internet, there is always a way to overcome the problem.
If you haven’t been paying attention to the latest in technology news, you may not know that the big FCC auction has come to an end. The winners of the various 700 MHz spectrum blocks have been announced, and there is one name missing on the list of winners which is quite surprising.
What started as a “small” research project made by 2 students an University, ended up as being the giant of the internet, also known as Google.
They’ve been adding quite a big number of new features/services to the world since its creation, like the old-school Blogger, the 1GB webmail era a.k.a. Gmail, and many others.
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