Canada is in fifth place among OECD members for attracting immigrants, based on data collected up until 2012, even though it attracted 258,000 new permanent residents, or a gain of 4%, in 2012 alone. Compare that to the U.S., which drew in 1.03 million more people in the same year, although 3% fewer than in …
This is IBM attempting to use enterprise artificial intelligence to accelerate technology in science, medicine and business. If they succeed this could be the first real artificial intelligence acceleration of technological development and they are attempting to enhance the productivity of science and business. It is a huge lift that is being attempted and it …
Justin Yifu Lin, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, the World Bank, provides his take on how China achieved success and how other developing countries should follow in Demystifying the Chinese Economy. China had per capita GDP of $4,260 in 2010. China had per capita GDP (nominal US$) of $6,091 at the end of 2012. …
The world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) to pass the Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart — Captcha — debuts today from Vicarious FPC Inc. in San Francisco. Vicarious is a three-year old California Flexible Purpose Corporation (thus the FPC after its name), which instead of maximizing shareholder value, like a …
1. Fujitsu announced that it has received an order for a new supercomputer system from Canon.. The system will be a 96-node configuration of the Fujitsu Supercomputer PRIMEHPC FX10, and will have a theoretical peak performance of 20.2 teraflops. The system will contribute to more sophisticated analytical simulations in Canon’s product development processes. The system …
DISH and NTELOS Holding have now deployed broadband service in rural Virginia using wireless spectrum in the 2.5 GHz range. Broadband service speeds at the initial test sites are ranging from 20 Mbps to more than 50 Mbps. A fixed wireless solution delivering true broadband speeds will bring improved broadband options to potentially millions of …
Here are Microsoft’s third quarter revenue and income. Quarterly Operating income (loss) 2012 2011 (comparing 3rd quarters) Windows & Windows Live Division $ 1,646 $3,270 Server and Tools 1,748 1,565 Online Services Division (364) (514) Microsoft Business Division 3,646 3,717 Entertainment and Devices Division 19 340 Corporate-level activity (1,387) (1,175) Consolidated $ 5,308 $7,203 Revenue …
Sea trials of an Indian Navy aircraft carrier refitted at a Russian shipyard were unsuccessful due to design failures in the vessel’s boilers, a former Russian official has said. * Russia was giving the aircraft carrier itself for free but India was paying for the refitting and repairs and for $500 million in Russia fighter …
New Scientist – Suzanne De la Monte has interfered with the way the rats’ brains respond to insulin and produces results that mimic dementia. The hormone is most famous for controlling blood sugar levels, but it also plays a key role in brain signalling. When de la Monte disrupted its path to the rats’ neurons, …
Thin Film Electronics ASA (“Thinfilm”) has 15 years of experience in the field of non-volatile memories using functional polymers. Thinfilm’s unique all-printed re-writable products are ideal for use in standalone consumer applications, including personalized toys and online-enabled games. They can also be integrated with logic elements, sensors, batteries, and displays for mass market applications such …
1. EETimes – By about 2018, engineers are expected to create an exascale supercomputer—capable of a 1,000-fold performance improvement compared with today’s state-of-the-art petaflop systems. If engineers can use new technology to create an exascale system that consumes only 20 MW of power, the same technology can also be used to dramatically lower the power …