Tag: SILICON

Though Apple pioneered the creation of the computer mouse, the company has had a long history of uncomfortable and unconventional mice (e.g. the rage-inducing iMac 'hockey puck' model or the nubbed Mighty Mouse). The Magic Mouse, the latest from the labs at Cupertino, is much flatter than most mice, which puts the user in the odd position of not being able to rest his or her palm on the mouse. ...

Normally, we get excited when a slab of silicon makes our games run at a smooth 60 frames per-second, but in this case we're impressed with a new chip that filters out cancer cells. The device, created by some impressive souls at Princeton and Boston University, directs and focuses streams of cells in a liquid. Like a change sorter, it then separates regular cells form unusual ones. The silicon ...