Desktop Supercomputer by Asus

Asustek teams with Nvidia on 1.1 Teraflop supercomputer.

Asustek Computer unveiled its first supercomputer on Monday, the desktop computer-sized ESC 1000, which uses Nvidia graphics processors to attain speeds up to 1.1 teraflops.

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Xerox Develops Silver Ink for Cheap Printable Electronics

Xerox has invented a silver ink that conducts electricity, and could be used to build flexible electronics cheaply and easily.

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US Army uncovers successful results for AIDS vaccine

The fight against one of the deadliest virus known may have met its match against the United States Army.
The Army in conjunction with the Thai Ministry of Public Health, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, the National Institutes of Health, Sanofi Pasteur and Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases have uncovered successful results for an AIDS vaccination.

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New All-Terrain Vehicles Arrive in Afghanistan

The first mine-resistant, ambush-protected all-terrain vehicles designated for southern Afghanistan arrived here, Oct. 22 by air transport.After months of government testing, the Defense Department awarded a contract in June to Oshkosh Corp. to supply an initial order valued at $1.05 billion for more than 2,000 of the vehicles, known as M-ATVs.

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Liquid granite reduces fire risk

Scientists have developed a new building material made largely from recycled material that that is fire resistant to temperatures in excess of 1,100oC.

The so-called 'liquid granite' can reduce the fire risk in buildings as, unlike concrete, it doesn't explode at high temperatures. It can also withstand high temperatures for longer periods of time.

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Toshiba launches consumer fuel cell

Japanese electronics consumer giant Toshiba has launched its first direct methanol fuel-cell (DMFC) product for consumer use.

Called the Dynario, it can be used as an external power source to power mobile-digital consumer products.

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Coming Soon: Non-Latin Character URLs

Since its inception, the World Wide Web has been dominated by English. Even websites that use a different language still use the Latin-character "www" format, with a URL spelled out with the English alphabet. Well, that domination will soon come to an end, as Icann, the committee that regulates the Internet, has begun finalizing steps towards approving web addresses in non-Latin characters.

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Fastest Supercomputer in the World Models Dark Matter, HIV Family Tree Simultaneously

n November of last year, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory switched on Roadrunner, the world's fastest computer. IBM and the Department of Energy built the machine to model nuclear explosions, but two new studies, both released today, are proof that the computer's massive power has been at least as devoted to peaceful science as to simulating thermonuclear weapons.

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Physicists Develop Multifunctional Storage Device For Light

Light is intangible and, in addition, it travels at great velocity. Nevertheless, it can be confined to a very small space by controllably inserting light into a microscopic container surrounded by reflective walls. The light will then be stored by continuous reflections and cannot escape. In the scientific domain, such a small reflective microcavity is termed a microresonator.

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The Spin Cycle: Nanotechnology could lead to next generation of transistors

For decades, the transistors inside radios, televisions and other everyday items have transmitted data by controlling the movement of the electron’s charge. Scientists now have discovered that transistors could use less energy, generate less heat and operate at higher speeds if they exploited another property of the electron: its spin.

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Boeing completes detailed design of 787 wing fix

Boeing engineers have completed detailed design and computer validation of the final aspects of the 787 wing fix, the company says. The the final parts are currently being fabricated for the side of body modification that has kept the 787 grounded.

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FAA contract to accelerate NextGen data communications

The FAA has signed a $12 million contract with Honeywell and Rockwell Collins to develop prototype avionics hardware and software for air-to-ground digital data exchange, also known as data communications or datacomm.

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Faulty steering system to blame for Bulava's latest flop

The latest failure of the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) was caused by a defective steering system in its first stage, a defense industry source said on Monday.

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E.U. Plan Could Lead to Lower Cost International Calls

The European Commission will urge the 27 European Union countries Wednesday to reserve a uniform slice of broadcast spectrum for a pan-European mobile broadband network, one that could enable flat-rate, international voice and data calling plans.

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Obama Announces $3.4B for 'Smart Grid'

Today President Obama is taking a tour of one of the country's largest solar farms, in Arcadia, Fla., which will be the backdrop for his announcement about a major federal investment in a "smart grid" -- a system of transmission lines to distribute electricity around the country quickly and efficiently.

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Medvedev Unhappy with Quality of Russian Weapons

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev criticized the pace of military-industrial modernization Oct. 26, saying it is affecting the quality of Russian weapons and harming national prestige.
"Considerable funds have been invested over the past few years to develop the military-industrial complex. So far the results are mediocre," Medvedev said on Russian television.

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RFID Technology: Keeping Track of DoD’s Stuff

In World War II, the US Army kept track using IBM punch cards and electric accounting machines (EAMs).

Well today, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags have replaced punch cards and RFID readers and computers have replaced the EAMs. The RFID tags work like “wireless bar codes” that record, track, and manage the supplies and equipment of a modern networked military.

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