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IBM to use DNA to shrink chip size

News The work, which builds on the research on "DNA origami" conducted by the California Institute of Technology's Paul Rothemund, is only in the preliminary stages. Photo stories Check out silicon.com's latest photo stories here…

Tags: ibm, chip, dna, grid

[21 Feb 2008]

Photos: The first Windows Vista computers

Photos: The first Windows Vista computers

Photo The ultra-portable Medion UMPC has a slide-out keyboard and 6.5-inch touchscreen using Microsoft's Origami user interface. Microsoft unveiled the first new PCs and laptops designed for the Windows Vista operating system at the annual Consumer...

Tags: microsoft vista, windows vista

[10 Jan 2007]

Are laptops set for a new roll in the enterprise?

News So could you ever use your folding laptop to do, say, origami when you're stuck on the Tube? Future commuters could be set to swap opening the morning paper for unfurling a laptop screen as the roll-up laptop takes one more step towards reality.

Tags: laptop, laptops

[25 Sep 2006]

Samsung's origami tablet hits US shops

News The Korean electronics manufacturer said on Monday that the Q1 - the first brand-name device to use Microsoft's Origami Project software - is now available at all 32 Fry's Electronics locations in the US as well as in some Best Buy stores in Texas.

Tags: q1, origami, samsung

[20 Jun 2006]

The Weekly Round-Up: 16.06.06

Round-Up It's worth noting: there also comes a point where robustness may have been edged out of the equation to a degree which doesn't really suit the rather knock-about treatment that mobile phones - origami ones or not - are subject to.

Tags: weekly round-up, round-up

[16 Jun 2006]

Photos: Mobiles of the future

Photos: Mobiles of the future

Photo With its origami-like folding mechanism, the phone can take the form of an envelope or a traditional, thin candy bar phone. Students at Central St Martins College of Art and Design in London have been coming up with designs for the biggest selling...

Tags: design, st martins, mobile, nokia

[13 Jun 2006]

Microsoft makes plans for Vistagami

News With the first Origami devices out the door, Microsoft is setting its sights on the next generation of tiny tablet PCs - products known within the company as "Vistagami" devices. The software maker generated huge publicity with a "teaser" campaign...

Tags: vistagami, origami, microsoft

[25 May 2006]

Samsung unveils Origami tablet

News Samsung brought its Origami tablet to the US on Monday, announcing that the device would go on sale at Best Buy's online store next week and will show up in some of the retailer's outlets this summer.

Tags: ultra mobile pc, origami, tablet pc, tablet

[02 May 2006]

Smart fabric controls in Origami's future

News Microsoft has revealed it will be working with a UK-based peripherals company to make a fabric-based keyboard available for its Origami ultra-mobile PC device. Eleksen, based in Pinewood Studios near London, will provide Bluetooth and USB keyboards...

Tags: origami

[10 Mar 2006]

Photos: Trio of <strong>Origami</strong> PCs get CeBIT airing

Photos: Trio of Origami PCs get CeBIT airing

Photo Intel's general manager for Europe, Christian Morales, introducing three Ultra Mobile Origami PCs - from Asus, Founder and Samsung - at CeBIT on 9 March. Photo: Charles McLellan Samsung's Q1 will be available in Europe from May, and will cost...

Tags: origami

[10 Mar 2006]

First-gen Origamis 'not iPod killer', admits Microsoft

News The hype around Microsoft's mysterious Origami gadget has begun to unfold. Over the last year, several PC makers have been readying mini-tablets under the Origami code-name. Vista has built-in support for touch screens and power-management features...

Tags: origami, microsoft

[09 Mar 2006]

Microsoft to unveil console-cum-tablet-cum-sat-nav

News Microsoft looks set to reveal a new gadget next month, currently known under the name of 'Project Origami'. While Origami is a concept we've been working on with partners, please know that the video seen on Digital Kitchen’s web site is a year old...

Tags: origami, microsoft

[27 Feb 2006]

National Semiconductor Conceptual Products Group Decided to Create a Multifunction Information Appliance

whitepaper To ensure maximum reliability, versatility, interoperability, and a broad set of features in a small footprint, the group decided to build its National Origami Mobile Communicator on the Microsoft Windows XP Embedded operating system.

Tags: concept, desktop, functionality, embedded

[09 Aug 2005]

Made in Japan: Why the Bank Consolidations Strategy is an Origami Tiger

whitepaper This paper discusses the results of an examination into the dilemma and forces behind the consolidation strategy as well as a straightforward analysis of its pitfalls. The study evidence challenges the notion that the mergers can achieve the...

Tags: outsourcing, outsourcing, achieve, objectives

[01 Mar 2004]

Technology is useful: Official!

Comment Erik Demaine, an assistant professor from MIT's computer science department, has produced an 'origami algorithm' to establish whether or not an unfurled map can be returned to its original state. First there was the pub-detecting watch (http://www...

[21 Feb 2002]

US techie works out whether a map can be folded

US techie works out whether a map can be folded

News Erik Demaine, an assistant professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) computer science department, has produced an origami algorithm to establish whether or not a roadmap can be folded correctly.

[19 Feb 2002]

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