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Quantum Annealing Can Beat Classical Computing in Limited Cases
Quantum annealing computers can run algorithms faster than classical computers in certain instances, but typically not when time… From ACM TechNewsAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Nasa to Hack Mars Rover Opportunity to Fix 'amnesia' Fault
The Mars rover Opportunity is having memory problems that the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration will try to fix remotely.
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How to Design the Fighter Cockpit of Tomorrow
If you think your office needs a lick of paint and some new furniture, spare a thought for fighter pilots.
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Are These the Five Craziest Space Missions?
The landing of the Philae Lander—on a comet travelling at 135,000km/h (84,000mph)—has been hailed as the start of a new chapter in space exploration.
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The 12 Missions of Christmas
In July 1965, Mariner 4 became the first space probe to send back pictures of another world from space. Fifty years on, not only do several spacecraft orbit the...
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The Surprising ses of Games Controllers
Games controllers can end up in the strangest places.
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Food: The Rarely Seen Robots That Package What We Eat
Last July, while touring a jelly bean factory, I came upon a startling sight.
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Rosetta: Concerns For Comet Lander After neven Landing
The lander bounced twice, initially about 1km back out into space, before settling in the shadow of a cliff, 1km from its intended target site.
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Microsoft Headset to Help Blind People Navigate Cities
Microsoft is collaborating with a British charity to develop a headset that could help the blind and the visually impaired navigate urban locations.
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Met Office to Build Supercomputer
The British government will spend 97 million British pounds on a new supercomputer to improve the Met Office's weather forecasting and climate modeling.
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Met Office to Build £97m Supercomputer
The facility will work 13 times faster than the current system, enabling detailed, UK-wide forecast models with a resolution of 1.5km to be run every single hour...
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Can Virtual Reality Make You a Better Person?
"This is already so real, I don’t know if I even want to do this anymore," I say out loud.
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Shellshock: 'deadly Serious' New Vulnerability Found
A "deadly serious" bug potentially affecting hundreds of millions of computers, servers and devices has been discovered.
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Robotic Brain 'learns' Skills from the Internet
Robo Brain is designed to acquire a vast range of skills and knowledge from publicly available information sources such as YouTube.
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Robotics: How Machines See the World
Can you tell the difference between a human and a soda can?
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Do quantum computers threaten global encryption systems?
The modern world is a house of cards built upon encryption.
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Robot 'learns to Keep Going With Broken Leg'
Scientists used a methodology modeled on the behaviors of injured animals to help a six-legged robot relearn how to walk once one or more of its legs were damaged...
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Robot 'learns to Keep Going with Broken Leg'
Engineers have taken a step towards having machines that can operate when damaged by developing a robot that can teach itself to walk, even with a broken leg.
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Harold Edgerton: The Man Who Froze Time
Every time you use the flash on your smartphone or camera, you should give silent praise to Harold Eugene Edgerton.
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Will Workplace Robots Cost More Jobs Than They Create?
The UK unveiled its robotics strategy last Tuesday, revealing a plan drawn up by the Technology Strategy Board that aims to spur the country on towards capturing...
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