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Uglier Fonts Could Mean Better Information Recollection

1:40PM January 18, 2011 | G. Jesse Martinez

Most textbooks and e-readers tend to follow the same idea when it comes to their fonts: Easier to read means easier to absorb and recall later. Looks like they were wrong. More »


Science

Engineers Solve 80-Year-Old Computer Modelling Puzzle

10:00AM February 27, 2010 | Brian Barrett

A quantum physics breakthrough that can predict the kinetic energy of electrons in simple metals – and semiconductors – will enable computers to simulate the behaviour of new materials up to 100,000 times faster than they currently can. That’s huge. More »


Science

Real Mouse Navigates Quake 2 Using A Trackball

8:50AM October 15, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Neuroscientists at Princeton created a new way to study the neurons of the classic mouse-in-a-maze: Strap it to a suspended ball and have it run through a virtual maze. That first virtual maze? Derived from a Quake 2 level. More »


Gadgets

Princeton Students Hate The Kindle DX

7:00AM September 29, 2009 | Adam Frucci

Bad news for Amazon, who’s hoping that in the future all college students will read their textbooks through the oversized Kindle DX: the first students to use it, at Princeton, are not fans. More »


Data Encryption Easily Broken Using Keys Hiding In RAM

11:45AM March 6, 2008 | Wilson Rothman

Scientists at Princeton have discovered a way to grab otherwise-protected data encryption keys from memory on a computer that’s just been powered down. This is pretty scary stuff, since the keys—which are well protected when the computer is on—are the one thing that keeps super-tight encryption from cracking.

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Entertainment

Exclusive: The Secret Sauce That Goes Into an OLED High Def TV

9:00AM December 1, 2007 | Wilson Rothman

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UDC is one of a handful of companies pioneering OLED development and manufacturing techniques for the big boys such as Samsung, Sony, LG and of course, the US Department of Defense. No one’s written about how they make these displays, panels that’ll make up our next generation of super-slim HDTVs, until now. This week, Benny and I visited Universal Display Corporation’s headquarters in Princeton, NJ for an exclusive tour of the factory, where we witnessed just how they make ‘em. More »


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Tiny Bluetooth Adapter is Mostly USB, Smallest Ever?

6:20AM August 28, 2007 | Jason Chen

This Princeton Bluetooth adapter is probably the smallest USB adapter we’ve seen yet, being made of mostly a USB tip and a tiny little body. The USB adapter works on both PCs and Macs, has Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, and sticks out only a tiny bit so you don’t accidentally snap it off. If our laptops didn’t already have Bluetooth, we’d be on this faster than Big Daddys on Little Sisters. [Princeton] More »


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Princeton Cuby gives the iPod Shuffle a Voice

10:32PM June 26, 2007 | Seamus Byrne

The Cuby is rather a chic little dock from Princeton Japan for your Second-Gen Shuffle. Compact and bijou, you can power it up via USB or with 3 AA batteries. Measuring 49 x 49x 59 mm and weighing 95 grams, it delivers sound from its 0.5W x 2Ch speakers and you can get it for $33 in Japan. See it undressed below. More »