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Keyword - future computing

• • Head in the clouds - Premium content

    'Cloud computing' is being pitched as a new nirvana for scientists drowning in data. But can it deliver? Eric Hand investigates.

    24 October 2007

  • Throw away your PC - Premium content

    Power savings for those willing to relinquish control over home computing.

    12 June 2007

  • Virtual journey to the centre of the Earth - Premium content

    Earth Simulator's 3D theatre allows better interaction with supercomputer data.

    21 May 2007

  • Computer-game console contributes to science - Premium content

    PlayStation-3 owners chip in to help research projects.

    30 March 2007

  • muse@nature.com: Chinese ban on Internet caf�s ducks the issue - Premium content

    If addiction's the problem, says Phil Ball, prohibition's not the answer.

    9 March 2007

  • Quantum computing at 16 qubits - Premium content

    Programmable computer solves sudoku and sets seating charts.

    15 February 2007

  • INTERVIEW: The next wave of the web - Premium content

    Web gurus and geeks descended on Edinburgh, UK, this week for www2006. Chairing the panel 'The Next Wave of the Web' was Nigel Shadbolt, an artificial intelligence researcher at the University of Southampton, UK, and deputy president of the British Computer Society. Declan Butler asks him about the Web's progress.

    26 May 2006

  • Better bifocals on the horizon - Premium content

    Electrical lenses switch modes at the flick of a switch.

    3 April 2006

  • The computer that works when it's idle - Premium content

    Quantum computers get the answer without being turned on.

    22 February 2006

  • Magnetic thinking - Premium content

    Credit-card strips could get a mind of their own.

    12 January 2006

  • Alien search merges with other home projects - Premium content

    SETI@home is getting a boost in computer power.

    15 December 2005

  • Nanotubes refine computer memory - Premium content

    Manufacturers gear up to mass-produce unconventional chips.

    4 October 2005

  • Nanotech transistor powers up - Premium content

    Carbon nanotubes could make for smaller circuits.

    14 August 2005

  • Quantum computers go for a spin - Premium content

    Theoretical device helps researchers rethink quantum computing.

    21 July 2005

  • Video conferencing gets quantum security - Premium content

    Photon technology ramps up encryption speeds.

    28 April 2005

  • Atoms never forget - Premium content

    Arrays of atoms could make faster, cheaper memory devices .

    11 March 2005

  • Silicon laser runs non-stop - Premium content

    Physicists hail next step in optical computing.

    16 February 2005

  • Robot wars - Premium content

    Technology guru Ray Kurzweil offers a vision of future fighting machines.

    8 February 2005

  • First silicon laser pulses with life - Premium content

    Key component in optical computing unveiled.

    26 October 2004

  • Video disks ditch binary storage - Premium content

    Next-generation disks could hold hundreds of hours of footage.

    27 September 2004

  • Miniature aerials pick up light - Premium content

    Nanotubes work like radio antennas to convert light into electricity.

    20 September 2004

  • Device senses spin of single electron - Premium content

    Tiny magnetic lever could aid quantum computing.

    14 July 2004

  • Quantum computing gets a step closer - Premium content

    Researchers have created the flying qubit.

    11 March 2004

  • Physicists flip a qubit - Premium content

    First step to quantum computation - NOT.

    24 October 2002

  • New spin on transistors - Premium content

    Electron spin controls transistor made from artificial atom.

    5 July 2002

  • Silicon quantum computer - Premium content

    A quantum computer might be built using today's technologies.

    19 June 2002

  • Molecules take electronics for a spin - Premium content

    Magnetism controls new single-molecule electronic device.

    19 April 2002

  • Trillion-atom triumph - Premium content

    Physicists take first step towards practical teleportation.

    27 September 2001

  • Quantum juggling - Premium content

    US physicists have shown the way forward towards the quantum computer, by keeping four atoms balanced in a delicate entanglement. Philip Ball explains.

    16 March 2000

  • Getting in a spin - Premium content

    23 December 1999

  • Entangled photons and quantum computers - Premium content

    14 January 1999

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