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Techknowledgey

Events, Advances, and News from the Electronics World. This column covers it all: advanced technologies, computers and networking, circuits and devices, industry and the profession. Started in February 2001.


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TechKnowledgey 2010
By Jeff Eckert
September 2010, Page 10
The return of the Nixie, molecular bot walks and decides, IBM tweaks Microsoft, laser generates bursts of nothing, plus other stuff you’ll find interesting.

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TechKnowledgey 2010
By Jeff Eckert
August 2010, Page 10
Artificial black hole created, your own teleprompter, talking with pedal power, plus other stuff you’ll find interesting.

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TechKnowledgey 2010
By Jeff Eckert
July 2010, Page 10
Solar airplane takes flight, what’s old is new again (think Commodore 64), compact AC/DC power supplies, plus other stuff you’ll find interesting.

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TechKnowledgey 2010
By Jeff Eckert
June 2010, Page 10
Return of the memristor, home for Mac orphans, new Class-D audio amps, plus some other stuff you’ll find interesting.

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Techknowledgey 2010
By Jeff Eckert
May 2010, Page 10
Topics covered include Maxwell’s demon is discovered, affordable night vision, new ’scopes are introduced, butterflies are not free, plus some other stuff you’ll find interesting.

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TechKnowledgey 2010
By Jeff Eckert
April 2010, Page 12
Topics covered include the fastest graphene transistor, turning your HDTV into a videophone, a flytrap that eats cesium, plus some other stuff you’ll find interesting.

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TechKnowledgey 2010
By Jeff Eckert
March 2010, Page 12
Topics covered include glitter power, an entry-level server, Psystar throws in the towel, plus some other stuff you'll find interesting.

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TechKnowledgey 2010
By Jeff Eckert
February 2010, Page 10
Topics covered include the destruction of the universde, Mac upgrades, a three-axis gyroscope in a single package, plus some other stuff you'll find interesting.

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TechKnowledgey 2010
By Jeff Eckert
January 2010, Page 10
Topics covered include a humongous hybrid, the world's first USB 3.0 RAID drive, text-to-speech handheld, plus other stuff.

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Techknowledgery 2009 | December 2009
By Jeff Eckert
December 2009, Page 10
Topics covered include a $10 million buzz, adapter to simplify sharing digital content, vintage Mac fetches $8260, plus other stuff.

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TechKnowledgey 2009 | November 2009
By Jeff Eckert
November 2009, Page 10
Topics covered include tapping tree power, a dual monitor laptop, subminiature pushbutton switch, plus other stuff

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TechKnowledgery 2009 | October 2009
By Jeff Eckert
October 2009, Page 12
Topics covered include iPOD recording device, repulsive light force discovered, protecting personal data, China to dump Lenova holdings, plus other stuff.

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Techknowledgey 2009
By Jeff Eckert
September 2009, Page 12
Topics covered include the world’s smallest reed switch, lasers that create new forms of metal, a new all-in-one PC, plus other stuff you’ll find fascinating.

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TechKnowledgey 2009 | August 2009
By Jeff Eckert
August 2009, Page 12
Topics covered include lasers with curves, the smallest DC/DC concerter, quantum error suppression, plus other info you won't want to miss.

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Techknowledgey 2009
By Jeff Eckert
July 2009, Page 12
Topics covered include harnessing antimatter, eye-to-robot interface, Intel fined $1.45 billion, plus other info you won't want to miss.

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TechKnowledgey 2009
By Jeff Eckert
June 2009, Page 12
Topics covered include cold fusion... it's back, new Minis arrive, PUMAs, chip sales bottoming, pluys other cool stuff.

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TechKnowledgey 2009
By Jeff Eckert
May 2009, Page 12
Topics covered include super charged lithium-ions, fuel cell buses, viewing Mars, plus other cool stuff.

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TechKnowledgey 2009
By Jeff Eckert
April 2009, Page 12
Topics covered include "meat" for robot brains, rodent power, dangerous printer particles, plus other cool stuff.

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Techknowledgey 2009
By Jeff Eckert
March 2009, Page 12
Topics covered include a dual screen laptop, phone watch, motor sets RPM record, plus more.

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TechKnowledgey 2009
By Jeff Eckert
February 2009, Page 12
DNA analysis, owning a Cray, Navaztags explained, plus more.

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Techknowledgey 2008
By Jeff Eckert
January 2008, Page 10
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Techknowledgey 2008
By Jeff Eckert
February 2008, Page 10
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Techknowledgey 2008
By Jeff Eckert
March 2008, Page 10
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Techknowledgey 2008
By Jeff Eckert
April 2008, Page 12
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Techknowledgey 2008
By Jeff Eckert
May 2008, Page 12
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Techknowledgey 2008
By Jeff Eckert
June 2008, Page 12
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Techknowledgey 2008
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July 2008, Page 12
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Techknowledgey 2008
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August 2008, Page 12
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Techknowledgey 2008
By Jeff Eckert
September 2008, Page 12
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Techknowledgey 2008
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October 2008, Page 12
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Techknowledgey 2008
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November 2008, Page 12
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TechKnowledgey 2009
By Jeff Eckert
January 2009, Page 12
Reconnecting Brain Cells, Another Leap Toward The Sun?, New Unified Storage Appliance, Rugged Military Computer Introduced, and more.

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TECHKNOWLEDGEY 2003
By Jeff Eckert
January 2003, Page 0
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June 2005, Page 83
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July 2005, Page 12
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September 2005, Page 8
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October 2005, Page 9
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November 2005, Page 8
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December 2005, Page 8
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Techknowledgey 2006
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January 2006, Page 8
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February 2006, Page 8
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March 2006, Page 8
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April 2006, Page 8
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May 2006, Page 8
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June 2006, Page 8
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July 2006, Page 8
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August 2006, Page 8
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September 2006, Page 8
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Techknowledgey 2006
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November 2006, Page 8
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December 2006, Page 8
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Techknowledgey 2007
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January 2007, Page 8
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February 2007, Page 8
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March 2007, Page 8
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April 2007, Page 8
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May 2007, Page 8
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June 2007, Page 10
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Techknowledgey 2007
By Jeff Eckert
July 2007, Page 10
IBM (http://www.ibm.com) has announced the “first-ever manufacturing application of self-assembly used to create a vacuum — the ultimate insulator — around nanowires for next-generation microprocessors.” ...

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Techknowledgey 2007
By Jeff Eckert
August 2007, Page 10
The diamond anvil cell (DAC) has been around since 1958, when it was invented by Weir, Van Valkenburg, Lippincott, and Bunting at what was then called the National Bureau of Standards...

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Events, Advances, and News
By Jeff Eckert
September 2007, Page 10
Nanotechnologists at the University of California, Riverside (http://www.ucr.edu) have come up with a way to control the color of a liquid by applying a magnetic field..

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Techknowledgey 2007
By Jeff Eckert
October 2007, Page 10
Detecting Cancer with light, Another Step toward Fusion, Sun Introduces New Microprocessor, Software Enhances NASCAR, Name-Based Search Engine, and Audio Amp Driver Introduced

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Techknowledgey 2007
By Jeff Eckert
November 2007, Page 10
DESKTOP SUPERCOMPUTER DEVELOPED

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Positronium Observed in Lab
By Jeff Eckert
December 2007, Page 10
In case you’re not up on particle physics, note that when an electron meets its antimatter counterpart — the positron — this generally results in mutual annihilation and the release of a couple gamma rays...