This Week In Emerging Technology – August 16th | eWEEK Labs

This Week In Emerging Technology – August 16th

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Jim Rapoza
Jim Rapoza
Aug 17, 2007
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Here are the emerging technology stories for the week of August 13th.

New Airport Security Stratgies – Interesting look at some new technologies that will supposedly improve airport security screening.

AMD to Ease Multicore Development – Since so many apps don’t take advantage of multicore processors it’s nice to see that AMD is trying to make it easier for developers with these new extensions. We’ll see if it works.

New CPU Cooling Technique – This looks very cool. Called the Ionic Wind this technology creates charged electrons that increase airflow over a chip surface.

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