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Bouncing Data Would Speed Up Data Centers
Inside the huge data centers operated by Internet companies like Google, Amazon, and Facebook, information is processed at blistering speed, but it still has to...
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Mystery Men Forge Servers For Giants of Internet
If you drive down highway 880 from Oakland, Calif., take an exit about 30 miles south, and snake past a long line of car dealerships, you’ll find an ordinary...
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How the 10,000-Year Clock Measures Time
Ten thousand years is about the age of civilisation. Archaeologists have a few relics that have spanned this period, mostly stone tools and works of art. But...
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Prof Promises Supercomputer on Every Desktop
When Wu Feng looks at an iPad, he sees something more than a great way to play Fruit Ninja.
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Supercomputers Get Real
HPC designers, domain experts, and embedded chip makers are teaming up to create optimized applications.
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Driverless Car: Google Awarded .s. Patent For Technology
The intellectual rights relate to a method to switch a vehicle from a human-controlled mode into the state where it takes charge of the wheel.
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Wearing Your Computer on Your Sleeve
Google and Apple researchers are developing projects that might result in wearable computers, with smartphones acting as the hub for information sharing.
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San Diego Supercomputer Center Welcomes 'gordon' Supercomputer as a Research Powerhouse
The San Diego Supercomputer Center's new Gordon supercomputer is designed to help researchers solve the most challenging data-intensive problems, including mapping...
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Iran's Alleged Drone Hack: Tough, but Possible
Take everything that Iran says about its captured U.S. drone with a grain of salt. But its new claim that it spoofed the drone’s navigational controls isn't implausible...
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Avatars Develop Real World Skills
Virtual worlds do not disengage young people from real life, but rather provide unique environments for learning and negotiating new situations, according to academics...
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What Is the Higgs Boson and Why Does It Matter?
As the world awaits news of the possible discovery of the Higgs boson, there remains a lot of confusion about what it is, why we have had to work hard to find...
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In Race For Fastest Supercomputer, China Outpaces U.s.
China is outpacing the United States in terms of supercomputer development. In November the Chinese debuted the Tianhe-1A, a supercomputer with five times the...
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Quantum Computing Promises New Insights, Not Just Supermachines
Today's quantum computer researchers have a solid blueprint for a new type of computer that could solve certain problems in seconds that would probably take millennia...
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New System Secures Cellphones For Web Transactions
Password less authentication is an experimental two-factor authentication method designed to ensure the security of online transactions made via cell phones.
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Onr Helps Undersea Robots Get the Big Picture
New software will give undersea gliders a greater ability to make decisions on their own when surveying large swaths of the oceans.
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IBM's 3 Big Chip Breakthroughs Explained
IBM has made three breakthroughs that could help chips continue following Moore's Law.
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.s. Intelligence Group Seeks Machine Learning Breakthroughs
The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity announced that it is looking for new ideas that may become the basis of cutting-edge machine-learning...
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Robotics: Androids Close the Gap With People
Osaka University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro recently led ATR in developing Elfoid P1, a prototype portable tele-operated android that is designed to convey the...
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How the 'internet Of Things' Is Turning Cities Into Living Organisms
When city services can autonomously go online and digest information from the cloud, they can reach a level of performance never before seen. First up, water...
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