Technology Mashup

I was writing about this issue back in mid April, but it is nice to see this is now being raised at Parliament...

MPs warned of GPS jamming risks - Ministers are urged to invest in a radio system developed during World War Two as a back-up to GPS satellite navigation.

[BBC UK Technology News]

Inside the Government's Backup Plan for GPS Failure - With the threat of everything from antisatellite weapons to solar flares, the Department of Homeland Security is upgrading an old navigation system to eLORAN to track signals across the country...

Scientists create stretchable silicon circuits - Scientists have developed a new form of stretchable silicon integrated circuit that can wrap around complex shapes.

[Printed Electronics News]

MADE IN IBM LABS: IBM Cools 3-D Chips with H2O - In IBM’s labs, tiny rivers of water are cooling computer chips that have circuits and components stacked on top of each other, a design that promises to advance Moore’s Law in the next decade and significantly reduce energy consumed by data centers.

[IBM Newsroom]

Increasing concern about silver - Nanosilver is so tiny it can go right to the surface of an organism and essentially shoot ions into the organism, says a research scientist. [Printed Electronics News]

IBM Boosts Business Intelligence Software Performance on BladeCenter Servers - IBM today announced breakthrough scalability and performance running the SAP NetWeaver(R) Business Intelligence Accelerator (SAP NetWeaver BI Accelerator) component of the SAP NetWeaver platform on IBM BladeCenter servers.

An interesting introduction to nano-scale technology.

RFID and security at the Infosecurity Show - Are RFID security worries all they're cracked up to be?

David Bicknell [Tune in to RFID]

Progress with lithium batteries - USA/France/Japan - Solicore has developed a unique Polymer Matrix Electrolyte (PME) which allows batteries to be ultra-thin, very flexible, environmentally friendly and extremely safe. [Printed Electronics News]

Transport card security concerns increase as evidence grows on MiFare RFID hack - More security research has raised questions about the security of cards used in transport systems such as the London Underground's Oyster card.

David Bicknell [Tune in to RFID]

Nano switch hints at future chips - The world's smallest transistor is made out of a material that could one day replace silicon, say scientists. [BBC UK Technology News]

Omnitrol Networks Integrates IBM RFID Software Into Work-In-Process Appliance - Omnitrol Networks and IBM today announced that Omnitrol has embedded IBM's WebSphere RFID Information Center software into the OMNITROL Work-In-Process (WIP) appliance to create an EPC-based traceability and tracking solution for the manufacturing and logistics industries. [IBM Newsroom]

IBM races to make hi-tech memory - Gadgets with vastly bigger memory capacities could result from research by IBM scientists. [BBC UK Technology News]

Soligie to develop smart packaging and drug delivery patch - [Printed Electronics News]

Intel 'will survive US recession' - Intel will ride out any US recession, the firm's chief executive Paul Otellini tells BBC News. [BBC UK Technology News]