Micromotors are artificial microscale devices which can achieve autonomous movement by converting supplied fuels or externally provided energy into kinetic energy. Since the concept of micromotors was ...

Microsoft Corp. is getting into the business of bar codes. But these aren't your typical black-and-white stripes. The company has developed a new type of bar code that uses multiple colors and ...

(Nanowerk News) A new, nanotechnology-enabled color barcode system developed by Microsoft will find its way onto DVDs later this year. "We use color to store more information," said Gavin Jancke, ...

A colour barcode system holding more data than current codes will find its way onto DVDs later this year. The four and eight-colour geometric patterns can hold up to two-pages of data, double the ...