IBM has announced an industry-first initiative to build commercially available universal quantum computing systems. “IBM Q” quantum systems and services will be delivered via the IBM Cloud platform. While technologies that currently…
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Brain-Computer Interface allows Fast, Accurate Typing by people with Paralysis
In a Stanford-led research report, three participants with movement impairment controlled an onscreen cursor simply by imagining their own hand movements. The clinical research has demonstrated that a brain-to-computer hookup can enable…
MIT Researchers devise efficient Power Converter for Internet of Things (IoT)
IoT ie the “internet of things” is the idea that vehicles, appliances, civil structures, manufacturing equipment, and even livestock will soon have sensors that report information directly to networked servers, aiding with…
Towards an Artificial Brain
The fast-advancing fields of neuroscience and computer science are on a collision course. David Cox, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Computer Science at Harvard, explains how his lab is…
Achieving the full potential of 3D and 4D printing through computational design
3D printers are becoming more and more capable – for example, we can now print in 40 materials simultaneously, or print structures that will change in response to aspects of their environment,…