A Swarm of Cyborg Cockroaches That Lives in Your House

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Digital Nature Group at the University of Tsukuba in Japan is working towards a “post ubiquitous computing era consisting of seamless combination of computational resources and non-computational resources.” By “non-computational resources,” they mean leveraging the natural world, which for better or worse includes insects.  At small scales, the capabilities of…
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5G, Robotics, AVs, and the Eternal Problem of Latency

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Far-Infrared Now Near: Researchers Debut Compact Terahertz Laser

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Terahertz rays could have a dizzying array of applications, from high-speed wireless networks to detecting cancers and bombs. Now researchers say they may finally have created a portable, high-powered terahertz laser. Terahertz waves (also called submillimeter radiation or far-infrared light) lie between optical waves and microwaves on the electromagnetic spectrum. Ranging in…
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Are Electronic Media Any Good at Getting Out the Vote?

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