Tag: SMALL

We've reported before on robots that play music for you. We've written up reports on robots that memorize your voice commands and can change the channel or lower the volume automatically on your home theater system. And now, we've found a robot that researchers say will navigate its way through your colon, looking for polyps -- a replacement of the dreaded colonoscopy, an uncomfortable procedure ...

When Intel typically develops and debuts a new microprocessor to the computer buying public, it usually gets fanfare around new high speeds attained -- and, of course, the higher price point. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company may be bucking its own trend the next time around, however, as it finishes development of a new low-priced, smaller-sized chip code named "Diamondville." This new chip, ...

In the world of computing, small is in. Be they laptops or desktops, PCs keep getting smaller. And that's not a bad thing. Smaller means a laptop is easier to toss in a backpack without feeling like you're carrying a computer, or that a desktop can be moved to the living room without looking too tacky. Bottom line: Smaller PCs can be hidden completely from view. We took a walk around CES ...

Digital cameras just keep getting smaller -- so small, in fact, that a camera based on a newly-christened "worlds' smallest" 1.4-millimeter (1/18 of an inch) chip from TDC would be almost completely unnoticeable no matter where you put it. The camera could fit in a package the size of this square: The chip is ultra-low power, which means it requires only 3.3 volts of electricity. It is also ...