SAN FRANCISCO--Intel is trying to see if millions of tiny robots can
work together to create a coffee cup, or a model of a truck.
Intel's lab in Pittsburgh, affiliated with Carnegie Mellon
University, is showing off a technology concept at the Intel
Developer Forum this week called Dynamic Physical Rendering, which
could ultimately lead to a shape-shifting fabric.
http://tinyurl.com/qqkdq
US$10 million skin for DARPA's remarkable ISIS stratospheric airship
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September 29, 2006 Lockheed Martin has received a US$10 million
contract to further develop advanced material technology and next-
generation hull material for DARPA's Integrated Sensor Is Structure
(ISIS) program. The ISIS program will develop the core technologies
necessary to integrate an extremely capable sensor package directly
into the structure of stratospheric airships, which operate at
approximately 70,000 feet. The planned capabilities of the ISIS
project are straight out of a sci fi film – ISIS will provide a
dynamic, detailed, real-time picture of all movement on or above the
battlefield: friendly, neutral or enemy – a big picture map showing
everything moving for hundreds of kilometers.
http://tinyurl.com/mcvht
17 Serial ATA Hard Drives Compared
Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday September 28, @08:41PM
from the kicking-the-tires dept.
TheRaindog writes
"The Tech Report has an in-depth look at Maxtor's DiamondMax 11 hard
drive that provides some interesting insight on how Seagate's recent
acquisition can improve deficiencies in its own drives. More
valuable, however, is the fact that the review offers a detailed
comparison of 17 different Serial ATA drives from Hitachi, Maxtor,
Samsung, Seagate, and Western Digital. Performance is compared across
a wide range of typical desktop, multitasking, and multi-user loads,
and noise levels and power consumption tests also provide interesting
results. Definitely worth a look for anyone in the market for a new
hard drive."
http://tinyurl.com/qn6j5
Dot-it: LED's To Go
September 29, 2006 07:15 AM - Lloyd Alter, Toronto

Soon we won't need wiring at all- LED lights take so little juice
that they can run on next to nothing. This new stick-on light from
Sylvania goes anywhere, and lasts up to 100 hours on three AAA
batteries. Just press on it and it goes. Now if they integrated a
timer or motion detector to turn it off....
http://tinyurl.com/lkexo
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