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Eco Tech: IBM to develop smart batteries to enhance EV range to 500 miles

Anupam — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:04:59 +0000

Eco Factor: Lithium-air batteries with ten times more storage capacity to be developed by IBM. IBM has kicked off its Battery 500 Project, which if successful will result in the development of next-gen batteries which could boost the range...

IBM scientists use DNA scaffolding to build tiny computer chips

Bharat — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:11:39 +0000

Using DNA molecules, scientists at IBM have come upon a scientific advancement for the semiconductor industry, which when worked out will guarantee faster, more powerful, more efficient and smaller computer chips. In their experiments, the...

George Fernandes bows out

Shantanu — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:09:04 +0000

The first time I saw George Fernandes was outside Pune railway station when he was addressing a rather sparsely attended public meeting. Although the crowd was not large, they were also those who were listening with rapt attention with an attitude...

IBM intends to refine date search with System S Debut

Atul — Thu, 14 May 2009 07:16:47 +0000

The debut of IBM stream computing or the System S technology has come about the right time. With the amount of digital information storage expected to reach 998 exabytes by the end of this decade, data searching could become the most...

IBM starts speaking to the web, internet’s voice controlled

Harshpaul — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:26:20 +0000

IBM’s research arm in India is developing a technology that will allow users to “talk” to the web and create voice sites through mobile phones. A Hyper Speech Transmission Protocol (HSTP) similar to the HTTP has been developed to aid...

IBM files patent for bionic body armor

Desh — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:06:06 +0000

IBM has just filed a patent for bionic body armor. Will it, in fact, protect the wearer against bullets? No doubt, we appreciated when Neo dodged shotgun shells in The Matrix, but to do it, more often than not, may be a far-fetched dream. Got to...

Eco Tech: IBM’s next-gen supercomputer to be energy-efficient

Anupam — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:59:40 +0000

Eco Factor: IBM is trying to increase processing power without increasing electric power. IBM has announced plans to build the next-gen Blue Gene-class supercomputer, one which would scale up to 20 petaflops. Sequoia, as the new supercomputer...

IBM’s new supercomputer to be superpowerful

Harshpaul — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:35:58 +0000

IBM has announced plans for a new supercomputer, which according to the company will be a powerhouse doing calculations at the unbelievably fast rate of 20 petaflops per second. And, the machine will be more powerful enough to (virtually) punch...

Computerized voice most realistic to humans developed by IBM

Bharat — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:36:13 +0000

It’s the computer age personified, with scientists at IBM developing a computerized voice, which can convincingly utter ums, ers and sighs - and is almost indistinguishable from a human voice. The developed technology, called the...

IBM Remains US Patent Leader

Taylor Flatt — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:36:54 +0000

IBM, for 16 straight years, has dominated in most patents per year. This year, they have topped off at over 4,000. IBM managed to beat out their challenger Samsung by 671 patents. IBM said this in their official release, “IBM’s 2008...