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To Crack the Toughest Optimization Problems, Just Add Lasers

27 Νοεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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An odd device known as an optical Ising machine could route airplanes and help the NFL schedule its games Illustration: Chad Hagen Last December, a glitch in the crew-scheduling system for American Airlines threatened to disrupt thousands of flights over the holiday season. The error allowed pilots to drop flights without…

Semiconductor Industry Veterans See the Old Order Crumbling

27 Νοεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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In their crystal ball, they see memories moving to China, Intel building its last fab, and design—not process—innovation stepping up to save the U.S. semiconductor industryWhat will the semiconductor industry look like in 2024? That’s the question Pete Rodriguez, CEO of semiconductor startup incubator Silicon Catalyst, asked a panel—and a…

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The Internet of Disposable Things Will Be Made of Paper and Plastic Sensors

27 Νοεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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For disposable sensors, silicon will never be the right fit—but cheaper tech is nearly here Photo: Dan Saelinger The year is 2028. It’s 8 p.m. on a Wednesday night and you’re famished. You’re staring wistfully at the only remaining item in your refrigerator: a package of sausages with an unappetizing…

How TV-B-Gone’s Mitch Altman Created the ArduTouch Music Synthesizer

26 Νοεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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An Arduino-compatible musical instrument that can teach digital signal processing Photo: Mitch Altman As a kid with a lust for music, I was rocked by the Moog synthesizer sounds of 1968’s Switched-On Bach. I needed to learn how to make those sounds! Thus began a lifetime of learning and synthesizer making…

Amazon May Be Hiding Its Plans to Test New Wireless Tech by Masquerading as a Massage Spa

26 Νοεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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A curious list of test locations in a recent FCC application suggest the tech giant is up to somethingWhat do a Silicon Valley massage spa, a local community college, and a Californian plastics manufacturer have in common? They will soon be testing hundreds of cutting-edge wireless devices, according to an…

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MoonBot Kit Does Sophisticated Vision That's Both Easy and Cheap

26 Νοεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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This robotics kit comes with a vision sensor that promises to be simple to program with autonomous behaviorsFor those of us who aren’t already robotics experts, it’s been encouraging to see the recent variety of educational robotics kits that offer interesting and extendable capabilities at an affordable cost. One such…

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Test and Measurement Is a Major Hurdle for 5G

26 Νοεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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New test rigs and strategies are crucial to keeping 5G on trackBack in June of this year, the component technologies for 5G continued their inexorable march forward with Release 15 of the 5G New Radio specifications. These let equipment manufacturers know the standards network gear must meet to enable 5G networks.…

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The Trouble With Trusting AI to Interpret Police Body-Cam Video

21 Νοεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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Axon is promising its AI will be able to describe events recorded in body-cam video, but we’re skeptical Photo-illustration: Stuart Bradford On 17 July 2014, a group of New York City police officers approached 43-year-old Eric Garner on a Staten Island sidewalk and attempted to arrest him—for allegedly selling cigarettes illegally.…

When Winning Is Losing: Why the Nation that Invented the Computer Lost Its Lead

20 Νοεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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The nation that invented the computer lost its lead by discarding its most plentiful supply of trained technologists: women. This article discusses why failure narratives are as important to understanding the history of computing as success stories, and explains how structural sexism has affected the progress of computing. Source: New…

The Disappeared: Beyond Winning and Losing

20 Νοεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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When “others” (such as women and people of color) make innovative contributions in scientific and technical fields, they often “disappear” from later history and their contributions are ascribed elsewhere. This is seldom deliberate—rather, it’s a result of the accumulation of advantage by those who are expected to innovate. This article…

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