That’s 123 billion digits more than the previous number. Computer scientist Fabrice Bellard ran his calculations on a desktop computer, taking 131 days to run the program and then check the results: Previous records were established using supercomputers, but Mr Bellard claims his method is 20 times more efficient

Conventional electronics make use of an electron’s electrical charge to store, recall, or transmit information. But an emerging technology, dubbed “spintronics,” is based on the fact that an electron can take one of two quantum mechanical states. These two states are referred to as the electron’s spin, which can be “up” or “down.”

Who would have thought that you could remotely drive your car with an iPhone. Free University computer scientists in Berlin have come up with iDriver, a unique application that displays a driver’s view through the windshield and features touch screen control to accelerate, brake, and steer. The Spirit of Berlin vehicle incorporates 3D laser sensors, GPS, dashboard video, and Wi-Fi.

blue lens for one eye and a red one for the other? They were tied to a 3-D-imaging method called anaglyph that dates back to the 1950s. With this system, the images on the screen were projected with two color layers superimposed onto one another. When you put on the glasses, each eye sees a separate visual, the red-tinted image through one eye and the blue-tinted one through the other. Your visual cortex combines the views to create the representation of 3-D objects.

Hundreds of robots have gathered at the International Robot Exhibition (IREX) now underway at Tokyo Big Sight. Here are a few photos from the event, which runs until November 28.

A contact lens with one RF powered LED represents a prototype device that augments reality with information overlays. With radio chip, antenna, and optoelectronics, visual enhancement applications can extend to noninvasive health monitoring. This video shows how biocompatible polymer-encased lenses were successfully tested with lab animals.

When you’re trying to do odd jobs around the house, it’s nice to have a few little tools around to make things a lot easier. These Autoloader screwdrivers allow for you to go from job to job without having to make a run to the toolbox for a different sized screwdriver.It adds just enough convenience that it’d be great for anyone that’s constantly having to do 10 things at once. The screwdriver has six interchangeable bits built into the handle in both Phillips and flathead form.It has a pump action design that allows for the bits to be changed out automatically.

By observing a driver’s habits, the artificial intelligence tool called AIDA (Affective Intelligent Driving Agent) learns routines and how best to assist with navigation and maintenance. AIDA is being developed by Audi and the Volkswagen Group of America’s Electronics Research Lab in collaboration with MIT’s Personal Robots Group along with its Media Lab and SENSEable City Lab.

Frequency Blocking Can be Paint-staking Paint that can block Wi-Fi signals is the newest development from the University of Tokyo. Using aluminum-oxide particles, the paint prevents wireless frequencies up to 100 GHz (200 GHz is in the works) from passing through the pigment. The potential for deterring hackers in the business and residential world is significant, but it could be costly to repaint entire buildings rather than add built-in security functionality in many Wi-Fi access points. Additionally, the low-frequency signals required for cell phones and other mobile devices would be muddled by the paint.

hiya alll,, i got a wonderful articles from one of my friend [Mujtaba Mehdi] that how processors are made?? … well as we all familiar that processors are the main part of Embedded systems , see how Intel manufacture microprocessors that we use in our PC’s ..