In 2009 the Irish rock band U2 experienced the realities of space communication when they connected in a live 2-way video conference between Bono on the concert stage in front of stadium audiences and astronauts in the International Space Station. ...
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The concept of “stemness” refers to the capacity within a stem cell to create different kinds of cells. It promises to revolutionize medicine. Isolated in the petri dish, stem cells exhibit interesting behaviors that scientists are just beginning to understand. ...
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Zero energy buildings, known as ZEB and also known as zero net energy buildings, promise to have a huge impact on energy consumption globally, especially since office and commercial buildings use nearly 40% of fossil based energy in the U.S. ...
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IT Business Agility: Selim Aissi and Jim Baca know enterprise mobility, not just because they research it for Intel IT — they live it, working closely with each other with a half a continent of space between them. Baca, a ...
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What is possible if we could greatly reduce the bottlenecks in the transfer of data? Electrons and copper wire have taken us far, but only so far. What lies beyond is light speed. Silicon photonics is the transmission of data ...
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IT Information Security: “We cannot solve security problems with technology.” That is one of the observations of Intel IT’s Alan Ross, a Senior Principal Engineer who has developed deep insights into the data security landscape over the past decade. IT ...
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IT Innovation: David Stone, an Intel IT researcher in the Strategy Architecture and Innovation Group, says the idea of context awareness in the enterprise is amazing, but the road to getting there is not only about technology — it’s also ...
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IT Innovation: A great idea can emerge anywhere. But it takes a team of people to bring that idea into reality. It happens when IT can find that one idea from any of the company’s employees on the planet ...
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Michael Payne directs the Interactive Experience Research Group, IXR, at Intel. In this video, he talks about new ways technology can enhance user experience at Research@Intel Day 2010, held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Beverly ...
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At Research@Intel Day 2010, scientists reveal compelling usages for gaming technology. Water Wars employs gaming technology to educate users about water consumption and encourages their participation in public policy. Intel Labs researchers anticipate the move from text-based interaction to a ...
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