Europeans are more mobile than ever before, moving not only around their own countries, but also across a largely borderless EU, in pursuit of leisure,…
Introducing all-optical circuits is exactly what one European research group has done. The driving force behind the research is the ever-faster data transfer…
The chief aim of the EU project entitled “Multi-Core Execution of Hard Real-Time Applications Supporting Analysability” (MERASA) is to make cars and planes…
Modern society is fast-paced and mobile. For ICT to really keep up with dynamic lifestyles, it has to be just as mobile. This is where the EU-funded MobiLife…
It is Monday morning in the not-too-distant future and two neighbours, Bob the builder and Bob the businessman, are getting ready for work. The builder has to…
In a typical broadcast transmission, radio signals bounce off objects in the environment, reaching the receiver over multiple paths. Distortion from…
Fitted not long ago with 2140 processors and a near 5 terabyte memory (the equivalent to over 5000 personal computer memories), Magerit is the second most…
The changes wrought by the internet, by broadband and by IPTV on media distribution are immense. User experience, too, is undergoing a sea change:…
If you could shrink yourself smaller than a dust mite and explore the innards of a modern car you would discover some amazing microscopic machines. Carefully…
Although the idea of creating intelligent networked home environments as a way to make life easier, safer and more enjoyable has been around for some time, the…
Photonics is the science of controlling photons – the particles that make up light. Photonic devices are essential in telephone and computer networks, where…
The canton of Geneva became a world pioneer when it decided to use quantum cryptography to protect the dedicated line used for counting votes in the October…
To date, many commercial ultra-fast lasers – the kind that emit light in short pulses for laser machining or spectroscopy – have been based on solid-state…
Sound vibrating a windowpane or through a tabletop is something most people experience daily. Sound waves travel well through most solid materials. Now,…
Action learning, learning by doing, is the most effective form of training a company can deploy. Instead of remembering facts or processes, students perform…
The colour Sudoku adds another dimension to solving the puzzle by assigning a colour to each digit. Squares containing a digit are coloured according to the…
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