Paul Saffo predicts that robust AI-based voice recognition will enable wearable devices that mainly do not have screens to replace smartphones. Even better versions of Apple SIRI and Google Voice over the next few years will let users discovered what they knew all along: We would much rather talk than tap. Driving directions were so …
O’Reilly Radar podcast interview with George Church. George discusses the potential of synthetic biology. He offer his thoughts on the coming transformation of medicine, whether genes should be patentable, and whether the public is prepared to deal with genetic data. George discusses what the CRISPR genetic engineering technology can do. It is RNA based for …
So when Spain and France have rail accidents there are no people claiming ut beacuse of corruption in the construction of the system like after China s hugh speed rail accident. The Spain and France accidents happened with high speed trains that were on the conventional rail part of the system. The train in Spain …
Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed by China’s National University of Defense Technology, is the world’s new No. 1 system with a performance of 33.86 petaflop/s on the Linpack benchmark, according to the 41st edition of the twice-yearly TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. The list was announced June 17 during the opening session of …
Trends cannot be depended upon to predict the future. Trends may not hold for the duration of predictions. However, trends can be a useful tool to get an idea of what might happen. The projections here are not linear projections but are based upon projections based on models analyzed by McKinsey Global and other stated …
1. Alex Selby has written his own specialist solver for one class of the McGeoch and Wang benchmarks that significantly outperforms the software (and D-Wave quantum annealing machine) tested by McGeoch and Wang on those benchmarks—and who provides the Python code. Summary Preliminary conclusions * FPTYTO ~= 10^5 faster than D-Wave (439 qubit) for Quadratic …
Steve Jurvetson is a venture capitalist who invested in DWave Systems. Dwave makes adiabatic quantum computers. Dwave sold a 512 qubit system to Google for machine learning and artificial intelligence Google’s Harmut Neven said “We actually think quantum machine learning may provide the most creative problem-solving process under the known laws of physics.” This is …
A computer science professor at Amherst College who recently devised and conducted experiments to test the speed of a quantum computing system against conventional computing methods will soon be presenting a paper with her verdict: quantum computing is, “in some cases, really, really fast.” Dwave’s quantum computer system is capable of solving problems thousands of …
Commercial laser printers typically produce pin-sharp images with spots of ink about 20 micrometers apart, resulting in a resolution of 1,200 dots per inch (dpi). By shrinking the separation to just 250 nanometers — roughly 100 times smaller — a research team at A*STAR can now print images at an incredible 100,000 dpi, the highest …
The US Navy has a truck mounted laser weapons program. The Laser Weapon System has the following requirements – * lasing profile including full-power lasing for up to 120 seconds followed by a 20 minute recharge to 80% of total capacity (power and thermal) – this lasing period is cumulative between recharges, and may be …
The PETMAN robot was developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from the DoD CBD program. It is used to test the performance of protective clothing designed for hazardous environments. The video shows initial testing in a chemical protection suit and gas mask. PETMAN has sensors embedded in its skin that detect any chemicals leaking through …