Asus has some extremely lofty dreams. Digitimes reports that the company has just finalized the spin-off of its manufacturing arm, Pegatron. Asus Chairman Jonney Shih stated that the company intends to become another Apple, based around open-source platfor…
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Spintronics — much like Cook-Out milkshakes and cotton candy for all — seems like a pipe dream at this point. We’ve been beaten over the head with theoretical miracles, but we’re getting to the point where it’s put up or shut up. Thankfully, a team of Dutch boffins are clearly in the same camp, and they’ve been toiling around the clock in order to achieve spin polarization in non-magnetic semiconductors at ambient temperature. The amazing part here is that “temperature” bit; up until this discovery, spin polarization was only possible at levels of around 150 K, or at temperatures far, far cooler than even your unheated basement. If spintronics could effectively be enacted at room temperature, all those unicorn-approved phenomena we mentioned earlier would have a much greater chance of sliding into the realm of reality. Here’s hoping they get this stuff ironed out prior to 2012.
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We’ve brought you news – and video – of Sony’s Japanese and UK adverts for its new PS3 Slim, and now we have the American version to share too. Hit play now to see the spin the Yanks have put on the new version of the PS3 and there’s links below to the other territory’s ads in case you missed them.
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VIDEO: American PS3 Slim ads revealed originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:08:08 +0100
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