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ALCF to Hold Cerebras AI Testbed Workshop, Aug. 9-10
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ALCF to Hold Cerebras AI Testbed Workshop, Aug. 9-10

The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) will hold a virtual AI testbed training event Aug. 9-10 that will introduce users to the Cerebras hardware andALCF...

Considering the Uncanny Valley
From The Eponymous Pickle

Considering the Uncanny Valley

Often considered, we did in building early interactions with consumers.Crossing the Uncanny Valley,    By Logan KuglerCommunications of the ACM, August 2022, Vol...

Google AR Glasses Update
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google AR Glasses Update

 Will this open the door to new augmented reality AR?Google Starts Real-World Testing for Augmented Reality Glasses That May Employ North Focals TechERIC HAL SCHWARTZ...

ORNL’s Rafael Ferreira da Silva Elevated to IEEE Senior Member
From insideHPC

ORNL’s Rafael Ferreira da Silva Elevated to IEEE Senior Member

Oak Ridge, TN — Rafael Ferreira da Silva, a senior research scientist in the Data Lifecycle and Scalable Workflows group at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)...

Green Revolution Cooling Announces Lineup for Data Center Liquid Immersion Cooling Awareness Month
From insideHPC

Green Revolution Cooling Announces Lineup for Data Center Liquid Immersion Cooling Awareness Month

AUSTIN – July 28, 2022 – GRC (Green Revolution Cooling), maker of single-phase data center liquid immersion cooling, announced today the lineup of participantsGreen...

Watching Humans to Learn
From The Eponymous Pickle

Watching Humans to Learn

Humans can be taught,  carefully.   dealt with lots of these.   Robots Learn Household Tasks by Watching HumansCarnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science...

Increasing Retail Sales via Product Discovery
From The Eponymous Pickle

Increasing Retail Sales via Product Discovery

 Seems obvious, what are the most useful details?   Google has been on this for some time. Increasing Sales via AI Product DiscoveryJuly 28, 2022, Supply ChainBrain...

Jacdac and Micro:Bit 2.0–First Look
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Jacdac and Micro:Bit 2.0–First Look

Learning about Jacdac devices was my incentive to buy a Micro:Bit 2.0 The Micro:Bit 2.0 has a number of upgrades and new features from the original. These include...

Most Proteins Mapped with Deepmind
From The Eponymous Pickle

Most Proteins Mapped with Deepmind

 New Digital Biology Advances with DeepmindDeepMind found the structure of nearly every protein known to scienceThey’ll all be freely availableBy Nicole Wetsman...

Fraunhofer Works Audio  Experience
From The Eponymous Pickle

Fraunhofer Works Audio Experience

 Emphasizing personal experience, working with Mercedes.Fraunhofer IDMT’s audio software enables an individual listening experienceNews / July 07, 2022  by Frauhofer...

Accessibility Challenges
From The Eponymous Pickle

Accessibility Challenges

 Working at the edge of  accessibility is very instructive.For Blind Internet Users, the Fix Can Be Worse Than the FlawsThe New York Times   Amanda Morris, July...

From Cloud to Edge
From The Eponymous Pickle

From Cloud to Edge

 Considering a major rework of smarthome.How The Migration From Cloud to Edge Powers Tomorrow’s Smart HomesCarsten Gregeren  in DatanamiThe edge is here to stay...

Dead Spiders for Robot Grippers.
From The Eponymous Pickle

Dead Spiders for Robot Grippers.

 Clever Biomimicry Example.  Necrobiotic use of forms, Necrobotics: Dead Spiders Reincarnated as Robot Grippers That microhydraulic gripper you’ve always wanted...

Sonar and Facial Expressions
From The Eponymous Pickle

Sonar and Facial Expressions

Another kind of  privacy invasion?Cornell University researchers have developed EarIO, a wearable earphone device (earable) that can reconstruct the wearer's face...

Defending Your Enterprise
From The Eponymous Pickle

Defending Your Enterprise

Modeling your Defense with Chaos.Defending the EnterpriseBy David Geer, July 26, 2022 Cyberattacks bring turbulence and disruption, leaving unpredictable and chaotic...

@HPCpodcast: A Look at HPC Marketing Strategies with Mike Bernhardt — It’s More Than Speeds-and-Feeds
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@HPCpodcast: A Look at HPC Marketing Strategies with Mike Bernhardt — It’s More Than Speeds-and-Feeds

Because HPC is barrier-pushing technology it’s understandable that HPC marketers often focus on speeds-and-feeds. But Mike Bernhardt, one of the most recognized...

Comparing strtod with from_chars (GCC 12)
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

Comparing strtod with from_chars (GCC 12)

A reader (Richard Ebeling) invited me to revisit an older blog post: Parsing floats in C++: benchmarking strtod vs. from_chars. Back then I reported that switching...

Bluetooth Signals Used to Identify, Track Smartphones
From The Eponymous Pickle

Bluetooth Signals Used to Identify, Track Smartphones

Tracking SmartphonesBluetooth Signals Can Be Used to Identify, Track SmartphonesUC San Diego News CenterIoana Patringenaru, June 8, 2022Engineers at the University...

JW Space Telescope Reshaping Axtronomy
From The Eponymous Pickle

JW Space Telescope Reshaping Axtronomy

Good,  non-tech piece, intro belowTwo Weeks In, the Webb Space Telescope Is Reshaping Astronomy  in QuantaMagIn the days after the mega-telescope started delivering...

Leap Seconds Confuse Computers
From The Eponymous Pickle

Leap Seconds Confuse Computers

 Unknown to me ....Leap seconds cause chaos for computers — so Meta wants to get rid of themFacebook’s parent company wants new ways to calculate timeBy James Vincent...
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