Faster Optical Switching Through Chemistry
New molecules produced at Georgia Tech could enable engineers to build all-optical data routers, ultimately leading to transmission speeds as high as two terabits–or 2,000 gigabits–per second. Today’s...
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Creating Apps Just for Cars
If you have a smart phone, chances are good that you add to its functionality pretty often by downloading new software apps. But updating the computer systems built into your car usually requires a...
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SXSW Goes Solar
SXSW is a marathon event, from the Interactive conference to the music festival–and it can be hard to keep all your gadgets charged and running.So the conference organizers have collaborated with...
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A Bright Redesign for LED Lights
Illumitex, an LED-manufacturing company based in Austin, TX, launched its first product line earlier this month. The startup’s first LEDs are designed for general-purpose lighting and emit a uniform,...
View ArticleOne Day Only: A $99 Genetic Test
In honor of National DNA Day (or in a blatant-yet-brilliant marketing move, depending on your perspective), personal genetic testing firm 23andMe is offering $99 genetic testing. The fee covers the...
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Genetic ‘Light Switches’ Control Muscle Movement
Using light-sensitive proteins from a single-celled alga and a tiny LED “cuff” placed on a nerve, researchers have triggered the leg muscles of mice to contract in response to millisecond pulses of...
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Leaving Facebook
Last week, I joined Diaspora.Not the Diaspora—I didn’t convert to Judaism or emigrate anywhere. Instead, I accepted a coveted (by geeks) invitation to sign up for Diaspora, a decentralized,...
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Nanolasers Heat Up
Researchers have cleared a major hurdle to the practical use of nanoscale lasers, opening the way to fundamentally new capabilities in biosensing, computing, and optical communications. A team at the...
View ArticleA Blood Test for Depression
Doctors may soon have a more objective way to diagnose and treat depression: a blood test that provides a score between one and nine, with higher scores correlating with an increased probability of a...
View ArticleTest Could Show Which Cancers Will Respond to Chemotherapy
A laboratory test that evaluates how close cancer cells are to a specific form of cell death could help oncologists predict which patients will benefit from chemotherapy drugs. Researchers tested...
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