Archive for the ‘computing’ category: Page 702
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
Nov 30, 2016
The World of Quantum Computing May Be Closer Than We Thought
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, quantum physics
Glad others have caught the QC Light. I told so many we’re not 10+ or even 10 years away.
Quantum computing got a big push forward this month as researchers managed to create quantum dot light-emitting diodes (LED’s) that have the ability to produce entangled photons that could be used to encode information. Previously, the highest number of photons known to be entangled at one time was 8, but as of June, that number has now risen to 10.
Nov 29, 2016
Microsoft update left Azure Linux virtual machines open to hacking — By Rene Millman | SC Magazine UK
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in category: computing
“Microsoft patches configuration hole that allowed hackers to upload software packages to its Azure update infrastructure.”
Tag: Linux
Nov 28, 2016
4 no-bull takeaways from Microsoft quantum computing
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, quantum physics
Microsoft plans to create its own quantum computing systems; here’s how the company is doing so differently and how it can do it better.