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Real game characters 'next year'
(Feb 20, 2007)
Super-realistic computer games which will feature human faces as they
actually look are at most two years away, developers have told the
BBC. At present, developers have not been able to create games characters
with photo-realistic faces and expressions. David Kunkler producer
for Obsidian Entertainment and makers of Neverwinter Nights 2, said
games are currently in an "uncanny valley." "They look strange –
they're too close to real, but not quite real," he added.
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more. Source: BBC |
Teraflop chip hints at the future
(Feb 12, 2007)
A chip with 80 processing cores and capable of more than a trillion
calculations per second (teraflop) has been unveiled by Intel. The
Teraflop chip is not a commercial release but could point the way
to more powerful processors, said the firm. The chip achieves performance
on a piece of silicon no bigger than a fingernail that 11 years ago
required a machine with 10,000 chips inside it.
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more. Source: BBC |
Cool clouds turn light to matter
(Feb 8, 2007)
A fleeting pulse of light has been captured and then made to reappear
in a different location by US physicists. The quantum sleight of hand
exploits the properties of super-cooled matter known as a Bose-Einstein
condensate. The emerging pulse was slightly weaker than the high-speed
beam that entered the experimental setup, but was identical in all
other respects.
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more. Source: BBC |
Chips push through nano-barrier
(Jan 27, 2007)
The next milestone in the relentless pursuit of smaller, higher performance
microchips has been unveiled. Chip-maker Intel has announced that
it will start manufacturing processors using transistors just 45 nanometres
(billionths of a metre) wide. Shrinking the basic building blocks
of microchips will make them faster and more efficient.
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more. Source: BBC |
Neural 'extension cord' developed for brain
implants
(Jan 20, 2007)
A "data cable" made from stretched nerve cells could someday help
connect computers to the human nervous system. The modified cells
should form better connections with human tissue than the metal electrodes
currently used for purposes such as remotely controlling prosthetics.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Apple's 'magical' iPhone unveiled
(Jan 10, 2007)
US firm Apple has confirmed its move into the telecoms industry, unveiling
the long-awaited iPhone. Users will be able to download music and
videos with the phone, demonstrated by Apple boss Steve Jobs at the
annual Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Mr Jobs praised the phone's
design and told the audience the "magical device" would "revolutionise
the industry".
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more. Source: BBC |
Technology 'embraced by public'
(Jan 7, 2007)
More people than ever are becoming early adopters of technology, says
research outlined in Las Vegas. "Consumers get it; they understand
technology and they are adopting it accordingly," analyst Sean Wargo
told the Consumer Electronics Show. More than $155bn (£80bn) in consumer
technologies is expected to be sold in the US in the next 12 months.
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more. Source: BBC |
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