Bell, Ellie, and I had to set up the labs for the freshmen to dissect worms. Things got a bit out of hand at some points, like Ellie trying to shove tweezers up my nose TWICE, and Bell having fun talking about the worms xD

Author: iitsdezi
Keywords: disection worms school
Added: January 5, 2009

For more than 60 years, AT&T has been at the forefront of developments in mobile communications. What next? It's up to you. Visit http://www.att.com to learn more.

Author: ShareATT
Keywords: AT&T wireless communications mobile cell phone milestone bell labs Motorola cellular network technology SMS text message Digital One Rate Plan long distance EDGE email internet camera domestic roaming RAZR iTunes music apple iPhone Visual Voice Mail Video Share GPS 3G airline boarding pass mass transit GSM operating system applications
Added: November 4, 2008

Nintendo has teamed up with InPhase Technologies for a new Holographic storage Disc Drives. Unfortunately the Technology is all new, and wouldnt be a viable solution for the current Wii storage issues. But it is innovate and exciting enough to be worth mentioning even now years before it will probably even be used for gaming systems. SAVING DATA IN 3-D A holographic disk isn't much bigger than a DVD, but it holds 30 times as much data. A gel-like film inside stores bytes throughout its entire depth, not just in one or two flat layers. A laser burns a checkered pattern—representing 0s and 1s—into the film at several angles, packing in more information. The first drives and 300-gigabyte disks, available this year, are aimed at pro archives; consumer versions arrive in a few years. The currently in use product is tapestry™300r (only in major corporate libraries and archieves): * 300GB capacity * 20MB/s transfer rate (120 Mbps); native mode Predicted Generation 2: * 800GB capacity * 80MB/s transfer rate (640 Mbps); native mode Predicted Generation 3: * 1.6TB capacity * 120 MB/s transfer rate (960 Mbps); native mode Rewritable media is currently under development and has already demonstrated the ability to record/erase digital data for numerous cycles. The product roadmap follows the same increase in capacity and transfer rate as original set up, but one generation behind. (in time for next gen gaming consoles.) Technology Overview How is data recorded? Light from a single laser is split into two beams, the data-carrying signal beam, and the reference beam. Data is encoded into the signal beam by a spatial light modulator which converts the electrical signals of 0s and 1s into an optical checkerboard pattern of over one million light and dark bits, or pixels. The hologram is formed when the signal beam and reference beam intersect in the recording medium. How is data read back? In order to read the data, the reference beam deflects off the hologram, and projects the image onto a detector that reads the entire data page at once. How are high capacity and transfer rates achieved? Conventional storage is recorded one bit at a time. Holographic storage achieves fast transfer rates because it records over one million bits of data in a single millisecond exposure from the laser. High capacities are achieved because hundreds of holograms, each containing over one million bits of data, are recorded in the exact same volume of material. What goes into this storage solution? Holography has long held promise as a data storage technology. However, the major challenge has been the development of a suitable storage medium. The fundamental materials research started at Lucent's Bell Laboratories and completed by InPhase Technologies now brings this revolutionary technology to market. The tapestry™ medium meets the commercial requirements of high capacity and performance, durable archive life, all at a competitive price. Additional breakthroughs in key optical components, such as high-speed CMOS detectors used in digital cameras, digital modulators used in TVs, and blue lasers (405 nanometer wavelength), were critical in the development of a commercial holographic drive. These components have been integrated into the InPhase tapestry™300r drive and have allowed holographic storage to leap from dream to reality. Does InPhase have plans to release a bare disk product? InPhase has no plans to release a bare disk product. Prior to recording, the media is sensitive to 405 nanometer (nm) light, and the cartridge protects the raw media from exposure. In archive applications, which often use library automation systems, having the protective cartridge enables the library to use bar code labels for media management. The cartridge also provides an added level of protection in applications where the data maybe archived for many decades. Here are some exerpts from the very long patent. ... disclosure is herein made that the claimed invention was made pursuant to a Joint Research Agreement as defined in 35 U.S.C. 103 (c)(3), that was in effect on or before the date the claimed invention was made, and as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of the Joint Research Agreement, by or on the behalf of Nintendo Co., and InPhase Technologies, Inc. ... a written contract, grant, or cooperative agreement entered into by two or more persons or entities for the performance of experimental, developmental, or research work in the field of the claimed invention. http://www.inphase-tech.com/default.asp?tnn=1 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7336409.PN.&OS=PN/7336409&RS=PN/7336409

Author: Meltd0wn
Keywords: Nintendo InPhase Holographic Storage Technology NextGen
Added: July 31, 2008

This is a useless video of the second and third times I ever booted into Plan 9 using QEMU. You can tell by the way I move my cursor after I've booted in that I'm completely baffled. I definitely need to learn more about it.

Author: 355over113
Keywords: qemu plan boards of canada circle os operating system boc unix computing
Added: June 22, 2008

An Overview of the KioskNet System S. Keshav, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science University of Waterloo Internet kiosks can provide services such as birth and marriage certificates, land records, and medical and agricultural consulting to the poorest sections of society. To effectively serve its users and be profitable to its operator, a kiosk should be always available and have a low-cost and reliable connection to the Internet. However, kiosk computers often fail, requiring frequent and expensive repairs. Network connectivity can be lost due to failures and computer viruses. Faced with high costs and unreliable service delivery, customers lose interest and kiosk deployments become unsustainable. KioskNet provides a platform for low-cost and reliable Internet kiosks. It provides connectivity using traditional solutions such as dialup and satellite, as well as opportunistic communication between a kiosk and a wireless router on a vehicle passing by. Computation is provided by a kiosk controller that allows recycled PCs to boot from it, and that also provides a mountable file system. The KioskNet platform supports end-to-end security, user management, and applications such as email and content distribution. Over the last three years, a team of over 20 researchers at the University of Waterloo has designed, implemented, and field-tested KioskNet. Based on our experiences, we have continually refined the initial design, gaining both simplicity and greater ease of deployment. In this talk, I will present an overview of the KioskNet system, outlining its software architecture. I will then focus on the changes we made to the architecture over the years. I will conclude with a description of its current status and our plans for field deployments. ----- S. Keshav is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Tetherless Computing at the School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada. Earlier in his career has was a researcher at Bell Labs, an Associate Professor at Cornell, and a co-founder of Ensim Corporation, a Silicon Valley startup. He is the author of a widely used graduate textbook on computer networking and has been awarded the Director's Gold Medal at IIT Delhi, the Sakrison Prize at UC Berkeley, and the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship. His current interests are in infrastructural issues underlying tetherless computing. Keshav received a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Delhi in 1986 and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1991, both in Computer Science.

Author: citrisuc
Keywords: CITRIS UCBerkeley Science Technology
Added: April 24, 2008