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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Toward computers that fit on a pen tip
A prototype implantable eye pressure monitor for glaucoma patients is believed to contain the first complete millimeter-scale computing system. And a compact radio that needs no tuning to find the right frequency could be a key enabler to organizing millimeter-scale systems into wireless sensor networks. These networks could one day track pollution, monitor structural integrity, [...]
FCC to update phone subsidy program for broadband
(AP) — The federal government spends more than $4 billion a year, collected from phone bills, to subsidize phone service in rural and poor areas. Now, it’s considering ways to give those places more for the money: high-speed Internet connections instead of old-fashioned phone lines. The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote Tuesday to [...]
Nasdaq hackers target service for corporate boards
(AP) — Hackers broke into a Nasdaq service that handles confidential communications for some 300 corporations, the company said Saturday – the latest vulnerability exposed in the computer systems Wall Street depends on. The intrusions did not affect Nasdaq’s stock trading systems and no customer data was compromised, Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. said. Nasdaq is [...]
Emergency detection systems for senior citizens
Elderly people living alone have a dangerous life: after a fall, they often spend hours lying on the floor before their situation comes to anyone’s attention and a doctor is contacted. A new system automatically detects predicaments like this and informs a trusted person. This makes it possible to live an independent life in one’s [...]