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Intro to Robotic Simulaton in Isaac Sim
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Intro to Robotic Simulaton in Isaac Sim

Of interest, new to me:SELF-PACED ONLINE COURSEIntroduction to Robotic Simulations in Isaac SimRobotic automation has enjoyed great success in recent years with...

China wants to build the world's first nuclear reactor with fusion ignition
From The Eponymous Pickle

China wants to build the world's first nuclear reactor with fusion ignition

 How close? China wants to build the world's first nuclear reactor with fusion ignitionBy: Maksim Panasovskyi    in GadgetChina's Sichuan province could host the...

First 3D Printed Multi Story Home
From The Eponymous Pickle

First 3D Printed Multi Story Home

New directions for efficient assembly become possible First Multi-Story 3D-Printed Home Blends Concrete, WoodCornell University ChronicleJames Dean, September 14...

From Computational Complexity

Art and Technology

Last weekend I went to one of Chicago's jewels, the Art Institute, and saw the opening of a new exhibit by Berlin-based artist Josephine Pryde entitled The Vibrating...

How Well-Designed Infrastructure Can Overcome Challenges to Big Data Analytics Workloads
From insideHPC

How Well-Designed Infrastructure Can Overcome Challenges to Big Data Analytics Workloads

In this sponsored post, our friends over at Silicon Mechanics discuss how using big data analytics and predictive analytics through deep learning (DL) are essential...

ALCF’s Michael Papka Wins Pinnacle of Education Award
From insideHPC

ALCF’s Michael Papka Wins Pinnacle of Education Award

Oct. 5, 2022 — Michael E. Papka, a deputy associate laboratory director at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and director of the...

Intel Says It’s Moving Toward Large-Scale Quantum Chip Production
From insideHPC

Intel Says It’s Moving Toward Large-Scale Quantum Chip Production

Intel announced today it has demonstrated the industry’s highest reported yield and uniformity to date of silicon spin qubit devices. “This achievement represents...

CoolIT System: District Court Rejects Asetek Patent Claims
From insideHPC

CoolIT System: District Court Rejects Asetek Patent Claims

Calgary, Alberta. October 5, 2022 – Liquid cooling technology company CoolIT Systems announced that on September 11, 2022 the United States District Court for the...

Wegmans Abandons Self-Checkout
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wegmans Abandons Self-Checkout

 Useful retail example. Wegmans Discontinues Self-Checkout App, Citing LossesBy The New York Times, October 4, 2022Wegmans has discontinued the self-checkout SCAN...

Thinking, Detecting  Bots
From The Eponymous Pickle

Thinking, Detecting Bots

Home/News/Bot Hunting Is All About the Vibes ACM NEWSBot Hunting Is All About the VibesBy Wired, October 4, 2022Christopher Bouzy is trying to stay ahead of the...

ICANN75 Recap: Challenges, Successes, and Looking Ahead to 2023
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group

ICANN75 Recap: Challenges, Successes, and Looking Ahead to 2023

By the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) As the ICANN community came together for the last Public Meeting of 2022, the Universal Acceptance SteeringICANN75...

Kakuro, Logic and Computer Science – problem-solving brain teasers
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Kakuro, Logic and Computer Science – problem-solving brain teasers

Imagine being able to pick up an ordinary banana and use it as a phone. That's part of the vision of 'invoked computing', which is being developed by Japanese researchers...

Digital Twins Could Help Society Solve Key Sustainability Challenges
From The Eponymous Pickle

Digital Twins Could Help Society Solve Key Sustainability Challenges

 Digital Twins Could Help Society Solve Key Sustainability ChallengesBy design products & applications, September 7, 2022The transformative potential of digital...

NASA Webb Space Telescope Data Could be Misinterpreted
From The Eponymous Pickle

NASA Webb Space Telescope Data Could be Misinterpreted

Data May be Misinterpreted?   Is always an issue.  Models that use the data also must be good.  CNN should look to themselves as a glaring example of bad interpretation...

Q-CTRL Releases Learning Platform to Make Businesses Quantum Ready
From insideHPC

Q-CTRL Releases Learning Platform to Make Businesses Quantum Ready

SYDNEY, Oct. 4, 2022 – Quantum control infrastructure software company Q-CTRL today released Black Opal Enterprise, an expanded version of its learning platform...

DOE Office of Science Announces $400M in Research Funding Opportunities
From insideHPC

DOE Office of Science Announces $400M in Research Funding Opportunities

Oct. 4, 2022 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced an up to $400 million funding opportunity for basic research in support of DOE’s clean energy...

NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Launch of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Launch of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently released a joint Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) announcing the launch of the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination...

This Robot Catches Grandma Before She Falls
From The Eponymous Pickle

This Robot Catches Grandma Before She Falls

I doubt it, but its a good direction. Robot Catches Grandma Before She FallsThe Washington PostPranshu Verma, September 10, 2022A mobile robot balance assistant...

On Supercomputing Today
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Supercomputing Today

With all the talk about Quantum, why supercompute? Some backgroundThere is Plenty of Room at The Top (of Supercomputing), By Bennie MolsCommissioned by CACM Staff...

From Computational Complexity

Is it okay for a paper or book to say `for more on this topic see Wikipedia Entry BLAH.

 One of the proofreaders for Computational Intractability: A Guide to Algorithmic Lower Bounds(available here)made the following objection, which raises some questions...
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