September 26, 2008 |
BANGALORE: Jetking a pioneer in the field of computer hardware and networking training, added one more feather to its cap by being the first in India to introduce the computer fault simulator kit. Jetking will be offering the Heathkit Omni Firm in its JCHNP (Jetking Certified Hardware and Networking Professional) course to develop troubleshooting skills of IT students, a release said. The Omni firm Heathkit allows for repeatable fault (both hardware and software)
September 2, 2002 |
NEW DELHI: IT hardware company Microtek on Monday said it has test-launched its new 'bare-bone' computer in two states priced at about Rs 16,000, and plans to commercially launch the systems across the country within a month. The bare-bone computer includes a monitor, cabinet, motherboard, keyboard, speaker, mouse and a UPS, but excludes a CPU, hardware disk drive, floppy diskdrive, CD drive and a Random Access Memory. "We have come up with a bare-bone computer which has some of the components.
April 6, 2008 |
WASHINGTON: You won't have to rely now on your spouse's fake compliments, if he makes any, to know how gorgeous a dress looks on you, for a computer has come to your rescue. Tel Aviv University researchers have claimed that they have successfully "taught" a computer how to interpret attractiveness in women. In the study, Amit Kagian, an Indian-Israeli along with co-authors Professor Eytan Ruppin and Professor Gideon Dror combined the worlds of computer programming and psychology to determine human aesthetic judgement.
August 29, 2004 |
BEIJING: The first batch of 500 laptops designed by a Chinese company has come off the assembly line, the state media reported on Sunday. Officials from the Information Industry Ministry said the V3 laptop, which is completely designed by Chinese researchers, marks a breakthrough in China's computer industry. Leading Chinese electronics company, Amoi, invested 10 million yuan or about $1.2 million, in the research and development of the computer, China Radio International reported.
July 31, 2013 |
MELBOURNE: Australia's most powerful super computer , Raijin, was today unveiled in Canberra. Raijin, named after the Japanese God of thunder and rain, has costed $45.2 million to build and will cost $10.85 million a year to run, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported. The super computer, unveiled at Australian National University (ANU), is said to be the 27th most powerful computer in the world, it said. ANU researchers said the computer can perform the same number of calculations in one hour that 7 billion people with calculators could perform in 20 years.
July 13, 2012 |
LONDON: Scientists have developed a unique and affordable device which could enable millions suffering from nerve degenerative diseases and amputees to interact with their computers and surroundings using simple eye movements. The eye-tracking devices and "smart" software, which costs less than 40 pounds, can help patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, muscular dystrophy and spinal cord to interact with the computer freely. According to a study, published in The Journal of Neural Engineering, the device could even allow people to control an electronic wheelchair simply by looking where they want to go or control a robotic prosthetic arm. Composed from off-the-shelf materials, the new device can work out exactly where a person is looking by tracking their eye movements, allowing them to control a cursor on a screen just like a normal computer mouse.
September 7, 2004 |
The computer is dead. Long live the computer. The PC as we see it today may well be on its last leg. It's not just about the huge CRT monitor and the clumsy CPU unit but also the kind of things a computer has. With the new iMac, if Apple has already heralded the next wave in designing, then in the semiconductor world, there is yet another attempt to redefine the technologies that made computers feel like computers. Intel , AMD and IBM (PowerPC) are stepping on the gas to bring (dual)
September 27, 2012 |
WASHINGTON: Researchers have discovered that computers can understand and evaluate art much like humans. Computer scientists from the Lawrence Technological University in Michigan tackled the question if machines can understand art. The study found that computers are able to "understand" art in a fashion very similar to how art historians perform their analysis, mimicking the perception of expert art critiques. The researchers used approximately 1,000 paintings of 34 well-known artists, and let the computer algorithm analyse the similarity between them based solely on the visual content of the paintings, and without any human guidance.
May 18, 2011
LONDON: A designer in the US has created what he claims is a computer which allows one to use a typewriter instead of a keyboard. The USB Typewriter conversion kit plugs into the USB port on a laptop, monitor or iPad via a sensor board, says its inventor Jack Zylkin. "It's new and ground-breaking innovation in the field of obsolescence," he said. The modification is "easy to install", according to a statement on 'usbtypewriter.com'. "It involves no messy wiring, and does not change the outward appearance of the typewriter (except for the usb adapter itself, which is mounted in the rear of the machine)
June 27, 2006 |
LONDON: A raised eyebrow, quizzical look or a nod of the head are just a few of the facial expressions computers could soon be using to read people's minds. An "emotionally aware" computer being developed by British and American scientists will be able to read an individual's thoughts by analysing a combination of facial movements that represent underlying feelings. "The system we have developed allows a wide range of mental states to be identified just by pointing a video camera at someone," said Professor Peter Robinson, of the University of Cambridge in England.