Technology
Touch screens are now everywhere
The Samsung Omnia smartphone uses a touch screen
The technology for touch screens comes in a variety of different forms. There is resistive, surface acoustic wave, capacitive which includes surface capacitance and projected capacitance touch (PCT), infrared, strain gauge, optical imaging, dispersive signal technology, and acoustic pulse recognition. PCT touchscreen technology is used in a wide range of applications including smart phones, kiosk, and point-of-sale systems.
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Toshiba to start selling portable hard drives
Toshiba 200GB Portable HDD
Toshiba is going to start selling portable hard drives in addition to laptops and DVD players. The USB 2.0 external hard disk will be available in capacities ranging from 100 GB to 200 GB – the largest capacity yet available in a portable, compact form factor.
The device itself is less than 2.5 cm thick and smaller than a 10×15cm photo. It is designed to be used as a back up for computer documents, photos, videos, and music files. With its size, it is also rugged enough to be able to carry on business or leisure trips.
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Google Developing Its Own Phone?
Google Phone
In what is sure to affect their stock ratings, Google has admitted to having a “phone project” in the works. Now, in typical google fashion, they are rather tight lipped about the details, and speculation has people guessing that they’re introducing their own phone to compete with Apple’s upcoming iPhone. However, there is a pretty good chance that the phone project has nothing to do with hardware, and will instead focus on what has already made Google billions – advertising.
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Amazing Inventions – Samuel Morse and the History of the Telegraph
The invention of the Telegraph was not an isolated idea in history – rather, it was the eventual outcome of a number of scientific developments. To see where it began, we have to go back to 1825.
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Mayan Inventions
Amazing architecture of a Mayan Temple
Mayan inventions include a calander and a complex heiroglyphics system. While it cannot be said that they were the sole inventors of such advancements, they did invent them independently in the Western Hemisphere, and their calendar and wrintings differed from that of the Egyptions and Chinese.
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Seagate Encrypting Hard Drives Offered By ASI
ASI has announced that it will begin offering Seagate’s encrypted hard disks on some of it’s laptop PCs later this month. This comes amidst growing concerns about PC security from the corporate sector – several high profile incidents have led to businesses seeking a more secure solution to portable computing.
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Does Space Have Weather?
While it may not seem like a big deal, the weather in space is actually something that scientists have to be extremely concerned about. With every major nation becoming increasingly dependent on satellites for communication, it is imperative to know what the weather conditions in space are like.
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Sony Creating Video Walkman To Rival iPod
Better late then never, eh Sony? A short 18 months, which is an eternity in the world of technology, after Apple launched its video iPod, Sony is finally releasing it’s own version of a video walkman.
Called the NW-A800 series, it will go on sale in Europe in April of this year. There are plans to release the walkman in other markets as well, but the exact dates have not been announced.
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