Archive for the ‘computing’ category: Page 566
Dec 5, 2016
17 for ‘17: Microsoft researchers on what to expect in 2017 and 2027
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: business, computing, education
This week we are celebrating Computer Science Education Week around the globe.
In this “age of acceleration,” in which advances in technology and the globalization of business are transforming entire industries and society itself, it’s more critical than ever for everyone to be digitally literate, especially our kids.
This is particularly true for women and girls who, while representing roughly 50 percent of the world’s population, account for less than 20 percent of computer science graduates in 34 OECD countries, according to this report.
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Dec 3, 2016
ARL insight into synthetic biology and advanced 3D printing materials
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: 3D printing, bioengineering, biological, computing, military
The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) are at an advanced stage of with their synthetic biology research. The work could see bacteria being used to send signals and sense in a way similar to computers, the advantage being that it could potentially provide a more intuitive sensory experience to a piece of tech, and bypass some of the pitfalls unique to electrical structures. The research also has application for new 3D printing materials.
Dec 2, 2016
Free, built-in VPN in Opera for computers
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: computing, internet
Right in your browser.
Now, you don’t have to download VPN extensions or pay for VPN subscriptions to access blocked websites and to shield your browsing when on public Wi-Fi.
Dec 1, 2016
Quantum computing breakthrough: UK scientists develop technique to greatly simplify trapped ions
Posted by Andreas Matt in categories: computing, quantum physics
University of Sussex physicists have found a new way to create quantum gates – apply voltage to microchips.
Dec 1, 2016
Is BRAIN HACKING the future of war? Experts predict drone control chips, ‘neural dust’ to treat PTSD and remote weapons to disrupt soldier’s thoughts all set to become commonplace
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, drones, neuroscience
This has been worked on since WWII using various methods that never fully worked out. However, our technology has advance; so it could be within reach this time.
An expert from Rutgers University Newark explores the proper role of neuroscience in defense and war efforts, and how technologies designed with this science can be misused to harm people.
Dec 1, 2016
Neuroscience Is a Tool of War
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, computing, drones, government, military, neuroscience
What could once only be imagined in science fiction is now increasingly coming to fruition: Drones can be flown by human brains’ thoughts. Pharmaceuticals can help soldiers forget traumatic experiences or produce feelings of trust to encourage confession in interrogation. DARPA-funded research is working on everything from implanting brain chips to “neural dust” in an effort to alleviate the effects of traumatic experience in war. Invisible microwave beams produced by military contractors and tested on U.S. prisoners can produce the sensation of burning at a distance.
What all these techniques and technologies have in common is that they’re recent neuroscientific breakthroughs propelled by military research within a broader context of rapid neuroscientific development, driven by massive government-funded projects in both America and the European Union. Even while much about the brain remains mysterious, this research has contributed to the rapid and startling development of neuroscientific technology.
Dec 1, 2016
Majorana Particles Observed for 1st Time: Contain Their Own Antiparticles –“Impacts Future of Quantum Computers”
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, particle physics, quantum physics
Around 75 years ago, Italian physicist Ettore Majorana hypothesized the existence of exotic particles that are their own antiparticles. Since then, interest in these particles, known as Majorana fermions, has grown enormously given that they could play a role in creating a quantum computer. Majoranas have already been described very well in theory. However, examining them and obtaining experimental evidence is difficult because they have to occur in pairs but are then usually bound to form one normal electron. Ingenious combinations and arrangements of various materials are therefore required to generate two Majoranas and keep them apart.
Nov 30, 2016
Photons created in a superposition of two colours
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, quantum physics
Nov 30, 2016
IEEE Brain-Computer Interface Hackathon Participant Builds Mobile App to Detect Distracted Driving
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, neuroscience
The organization’s largest event dedicated to building BCI prototypes was held in Budapest.
30 November 2016