Interactive wallpaper turns on the lights 
Photos A team at MIT has created electronically enhanced wallpaper that can be used to activate lamps, music systems and other devices with the touch of a hand [04 Nov 2009]
Paving slabs harness energy of pedestrians
Photos The Pavegen system uses flexible paving slabs that convert the energy made by footsteps into electricity [03 Nov 2009]
Beams all round as LHC progress accelerates
News Flagship experiment is making rapid progress towards its first new science, says Cern [24 Nov 2009]
Baguette 'dropped by bird' causes LHC disruption
News The Large Hadron Collider was hit by crouton torpedo when a rogue piece of bread caused an electrical system failure [06 Nov 2009]
'Gordon' supercomputer uses flash to go faster
News The system, which will use flash memory, will model climate simulations and the effects of earthquakes [06 Nov 2009]
HP 'sensing technology' to connect objects, people
News The company has announced a new Mems accelerometer that is 1,000 times more sensitive than existing products on the market [06 Nov 2009]
Researchers claim lithium-ion battery breakthrough
News A silicon gel could improve lithium-ion battery performance by up to 10 times, say the researchers [02 Nov 2009]
Wind turbines suspended after flaw discovered
News Manufacturer Quiet Revolution remotely shut down its entire network of QR5 turbines after its safety system discovered a fault [19 Oct 2009]
LHC cooled to operational temperatures
News The Large Hadron Collider has now been completely recooled to its operating temperature, just two degrees above absolute zero [19 Oct 2009]
'Wimpy nodes' could cut datacentre power bloat
News An experimental computing cluster using embedded chips and small amounts of flash memory could help companies combat spiralling power costs in their datacentres [19 Oct 2009]
Mandelson: UK needs entrepreneurs
News The gap between research funding and real products can be closed by entrepreneurs, according to business secretary Peter Mandelson [14 Oct 2009]
IBM applies electronics to genetic sequencing
News IBM Research hopes its electronic automation technology will give people and their doctors individual genetic records for less than £600 [06 Oct 2009]
LHC on course for November restart
News The giant particle accelerator should restart in mid-November, and could commence high-energy experiments before the end of the year [05 Oct 2009]
Intel aims to make fibre optics mainstream
Analysis The chipmaker hopes its Light Peak project will bring fibre-optic speeds to ordinary computer users, and USB is the logical path to get there [29 Sep 2009]
Geekender Gallery: IDF 2009
Photos Check out the technology that attracted our on-the-spot editor, Rupert Goodwins, at IDF in San Francisco [25 Sep 2009]
Smart signs and digital slot machines at IDF 
Video Executive vice president Sean Maloney demonstrates a new digital billboard and virtual slot machine that can be remotely managed and reprogrammed using vPro processor technology [24 Sep 2009]
Government invites bids for £22m marine energy fund
News The Carbon Trust will administer the fund, which is intended to stimulate the development of renewable-energy technology [22 Sep 2009]
IBM dives into 'smart grid for water'
News IBM is leading an effort to design IT systems to monitor and analyse water use, with a view that governments and businesses will need to better manage water resources [08 Sep 2009]
British Steam Car team beats 103-year-old record
News The British Steam Car project says its namesake vehicle averaged nearly 140mph in two runs over a measured mile, beating the 127mph record set in 1906 [26 Aug 2009]
- Stanley Steamer - tjfsteele
Video ad to appear in magazine this autumn
News Broadcast network CBS plans to advertise its autumn TV season with a video-chip ad in the September issue of US magazine Entertainment Weekly [20 Aug 2009]
Cern plans gentle restart for LHC in November
News The European Organisation for Nuclear Research plans lower energy level restart in November [10 Aug 2009]
Natal's gesture recognition gets a workout
News Microsoft is counting on the new technology to give an important boost to the Xbox 360 [07 Aug 2009]
Lab on a chip promises to speed experiments
News Researchers have developed a chip that can be used to perform over 1,000 experiments simultaneously [06 Aug 2009]
Culprit found for latest LHC leaks
News The liquid helium leaks that have pushed back the restart of the Large Hadron Collider are thought to have been caused by a fault in flexible hosing [03 Aug 2009]
Microsoft turns room into a PC
News Project Natal's gesture-recognition technology could be used to extend the desktop PC to a whole room, with gestures as input and walls as a display, according to Craig Mundie [03 Aug 2009]
