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Running supercomputers on sunshine
Work is underway to install a solar panel array at the Met Office which will generate enough energy to power one of their supercomputers. The array will generate 221,000 kW hours of electricity per year – enough to power the equivalent of 67 houses – and will save about 116 tonnes of C02 per year. [...]
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Acer announces new Ivy Bridge travel laptop
Acer is packing Intel’s Ivy Bridge processor into the latest model of its TravelMate series of laptops.The TravelMate P243 will run on an Intel Core i5 Ivy Bridge processor with Turbo Boost technology. It also features a 14-inch 1366×768 resolution scr…
Samsung to bring more RAM to every mobile
Samsung is about to help the whole of the mobile market, as it readies a new memory chip for handsets.Not only is Samsung responsible for the likes of the Galaxy S2, Galaxy Note and most recently the Galaxy S3, it also produces a wide array of componen…
Review: Sony KDL-46HX853
IntroductionWith the latest TV ranges from Samsung and LG already out and attracting mostly positive critical notices, the pressure on Sony’s debut TV for 2012 really couldn’t be any greater. Especially with Sony’s TV business contributing spectacularl…
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News in Brief: One More Thing: Incredible robotic …
BrainGate – Cathy Hutchinson’s arms and legs have been paralysed for over 15 years but this incredible brain-machine interface allows her to control a robotic arm by thought alone. There’s a sensor in the motor cortex part of her brain that picks up ne…
Review: Toshiba 55ZL2
IntroductionWell here’s something you don’t see every day. A TV that not only enables you to watch 3D without any glasses on, but also sports a native Quad HD or 4K resolution. In fact, no television before the Toshiba 55ZL2 has been able to offer eith…
