Xradia Receives $1.4 Million Grant for Nano-scale X-ray Microscope Xradia, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of ultra-high-resolution x-ray imaging systems for 3D tomography and nanotechnology applications, today announced receipt of a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of an ultra-high-resolution x-ray microscope for the three-dimensional imaging of complex… Continue reading Xradia Receives $1.4 Million Grant for Nano-scale X-ray Microscope
Month: January 2006
Sony Puts AIBO Robot Dog To Sleep
Sony Puts AIBO Robot Dog To Sleep Sony Corp. has officially euthanized the Sony AIBO entertainment robot and stopped development on its QRIO humanoid robot, the company said today. The “announcement” was slipped into Sony’s 2005 third-quarter earnings report, which also detailed a number of plant closings and a refocusing to core businesses like entertainment,… Continue reading Sony Puts AIBO Robot Dog To Sleep
Researchers concoct self-propelled nano motor
Researchers concoct self-propelled nano motor Researchers at UCLA and the University of Bologna have come up with a nano-size vehicle that can inch its way forward on sunlight and one day could, conceivably, be used to shuttle medicines or other small particles around. The motor in chemical terms is a rotaxane, a mechanically interlocked molecule… Continue reading Researchers concoct self-propelled nano motor
Dangers of Molecular Manufacturing
Molecular nanotechnology (MNT) will be a significant breakthrough, comparable perhaps to the Industrial Revolution”but compressed into a few years. This has the potential to disrupt many aspects of society and politics. The power of the technology may cause two competing nations to enter a disruptive and unstable arms race. Weapons and surveillance devices could be… Continue reading Dangers of Molecular Manufacturing
Intel plans 45-nanometer chips next year
Intel Corp. will enter the next era of Moores Law in the second half of 2007 with commercial shipment of its first PC processors based on a 45-nanometer manufacturing process, the company said Wednesday. Intel showed off what it called the worlds first fully functional SRAM (static RAM) chip made with a 45nm process technology.… Continue reading Intel plans 45-nanometer chips next year