Quantum annealing computers can run algorithms faster than classical computers in certain instances, but typically not when time…
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A new satellite, planned for launch in 2012, will contain a flight computer built with field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) that can be completely reconfigured...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 28, 2009
New York University researchers have developed a camera that uses ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR) light to take photos in the dark without the use of a traditional...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 21, 2009
A new generation of monitoring and data-gathering technologies could drastically alter how people travel by car by providing them with more accurate information...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 17, 2009
The lack of a rigorous mathematical foundation for electronics impelled engineer Leon Chua to develop one, which led to the formulation of the memristor — a theoretical...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 13, 2009
Scientists have theorized that many technologies would function better if they were aware of their users' emotional states, and progress in this field includes...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 10, 2009
The Internet's susceptibility to earthquakes, accidents, and other disruptions appears to be greater than people originally assumed, and a great deal of the Net's...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 8, 2009
Fears over energy security and climate change have led to record investment in renewable energy. But a major problem threatens to stall progress towards a more...New Scientist From ACM News | June 11, 2009
Pedro Carpena, a physicist at the University of Malaga in Spain, has used a mathematical technique for studying disorder in quantum systems to extract keywords...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2009