Computing hardware/software

Semantic search engine helps improve search results

13 January, 2009

A new semantic web search engine developed at The University of Alabama in Huntsville is helping scientists who study the environment retrieve the research data they need, and has the potential to help researchers in other fields perform more focused and productive searches.

Free open-source software kernel helps unlock web resources

05 January, 2009

Most of the web’s potential can’t be tapped via websites and browsers. A smart toolkit that is available for free has been crafted by European researchers to unlock those hidden resources.

Antimicrobial keyboard and mouse

01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Backplane Systems Technology Pty Ltd

InduKey’s InduProof-Med keyboard and mouse are designed to decrease hygiene-acquired infections in medical applications. One of the key features is an antimicrobial agent that inhibits the growth of pathogens.

New Year will be a second late

22 December, 2008

An extra second will be added to 2008 so that the world's clocks are in agreement with the Earth's rotation.

Huge volumes of information are changing the nature of science

03 December, 2008

CSIRO’s new ultra high-resolution visualisation system, CSIROvision, marks Australia's entry into the petabyte age where scientists will analyse volumes of data greater than previously known.

Printing totaliser

01 December, 2008 | Supplied by: Innovec Controls Pty Ltd

The ITP is an intelligent printing totaliser intended primarily for liquid flow measurement. It incorporates an 8-character, alphanumeric, 14 mm digit height LED display, a real-time clock, programmable K factor, working total, background accumulated total and 40-character dot impact printer.

Data evaluation software

01 December, 2008 | Supplied by: Millennium Science Pty Ltd

BioTek Instruments has incorporated parallel line analysis into the Gen5 Data Analysis Software version 1.06. Parallelism analysis can be made with Gen5’s linear regression, 4- and 5-parameter logistic fits.

Battery-free wireless sensors

01 December, 2008 | Supplied by: GE Pacific Pte Ltd - GE Sensing & IT

Global Research has announced a battery-free, multi-detection radio-frequency identification (RFID) sensing platform that could enable a wide range of wireless sensing products in healthcare, food packaging, water treatment and pollution prevention.

Medical data internet to boost research

08 October, 2008

BioGrid will enable researchers to share and aggregate data on diseases. They will be able to extract the de-identified data they need to test hypotheses using their own analytical tools.

Chromatography software

01 September, 2008 | Supplied by: Thermo Fisher Scientific

ChromQuest 5.0 Chromatography Data System (CDS) software provides a new user interface, data acquisition, data processing and reporting for Thermo Scientific LC and GC instrumentation, including the Accela high-speed LC system and all of the configurations of the versatile TriPlus autosampler.

Multi-vendor hardware control

01 September, 2008 | Supplied by: Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (Oceania) Pty Ltd

Control of Shimadzu’s Prominence series high-performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC) by Waters Empower/Empower 2 chromatography data system is now available through a collaboration between Waters and Shimadzu utilising the Open Interface Portal for multi-vendor hardware control.