&#39;Thinking Cap&#39; Controls Computer in New Experiment
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Four people were able to control a computer using their thoughts and an electrode-studded &quot;thinking cap,&quot; US researchers reported on Monday.
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A chip configured with magnets levitates minuscule droplets, offering a new approach to labs-on-a-chip.
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Scientists capture a beam of light and make it reappear elsewhere, potentially leading to advances in computing.
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Four people were able to control a computer using their thoughts and an electrode-studded "thinking cap," U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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One of Britain's top scientists is putting her name to computer games designed to keep the brain fit.
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Research work could mean data gets in and out of computer chips at speed of light.
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IBM and several of the world&#39;s leading scientific and philanthropic groups this week launched a project that would put millions of PCs to work on research problems ranging from Alzheimer&#39;s to disaster forecasting.
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Alex "Sandy" Pentland is on a quest to make personal computers more personable. The psychologist and computer scientist says he dabbles in most cutting-edge technologies and often arrives at a rather dismal diagnosis -- "irritating," "obnoxious," "not quite right."
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Japanese researchers have implanted a  small camera inside a mouse's brain to see how memory is  formed, in an experiment they hope to some day apply to humans  to treat illnesses such as Parkinson's disease.
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The computer maker's approach is based on exploiting the most widely used memory technology in a new way.
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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&#039;s minds.
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Scientists develop an electronic device to test for serious head injuries.
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US researchers show that a computer can be controlled by the brain without the need for implants.
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Researchers are working on the nose-mouse, and other unorthodox ways of moving a cursor.
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Strolling past a row of user cubes during his lunch break, this IT guy notices something odd: One PC's monitor has a full-screen DOS prompt with lots of commands already entered -- and it looks like trouble.
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SCIENTISTS have sounded the death knell for the plug and power lead.   In a breakthrough that sounds like something out of Star Trek, they have discovered a way of 'beaming' power across a room into a light bulb, mobile phone orlaptop computer without wires or cables.
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In my most recent Times column, I reviewed macro software that automates common tasks on your Mac or PC. I opened the article with a reference to a 1986 M.I.T. study, which concluded that people are less productive with computers, not more. And as a joke, I concluded the story with this: âThe bottom line: [...].