Barefoot Networks' New Chips Will Transform the Tech Industry
• WiredNick McKeown and his new startup, Barefoot Networks, just launched out of stealth.
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Light is information's new friend: 100x increase in amount of information 'packed into light
• https://www.sciencedaily.comA research team demonstrates over 100 patterns of light used in an optical communication link, potentially increasing the bandwidth of communication systems by 100 times.
WHY DID I IMPLANT A CHIP IN MY HAND?
• http://www.popsci.com, By Rose EvelethMY SO-CALLED CYBORG LIFE
In New Advance, IBM Engineers Put Universal Memory Within Reach
• http://motherboard.vice.comIt can be kind of hard to keep track of the tangle of emerging computer memory technologies with one seemingly announced every other week, from Intel's highly publicized but still mysterious 3D XPoint technology to organic ferroelectrics. The memory
Primitive quantum computers may already outperform standard machines for very specific tasks
• http://www.gizmag.com, Colin JeffreyQuantum bits (qubits) are the building blocks of quantum computers, but putting enough of them together in the one device to run computations like those expected in a standard computer is difficult to say the least.
VoCore: Mini Linux Computer
• https://store.gizmag.comTake on Endless Electronic Projects with the Tiniest Linux Computer Yet!
IBM Is Now Letting Anyone Play With Its Quantum Computer
• http://www.wired.com, AUTHOR: CADE METZ. CADE METZQuantum computing is computing at its most esoteric.
Camera chassis converts iPhones into mobile journalism rigs
• http://www.gizmag.com, Stanley GoodnerSmartphones can pack substantial optical power, at least for their slight forms, so it's no wonder they're a favored way of capturing life's images.
WISP Is A Tiny Wireless Computer That Draws Power From Radio Waves
• http://www.popsci.com, By Kelsey D. AthertonBatteries not included or required
Facebook Hopes Its Antennas Will Force the Internet to Expand
• http://www.wired.com, CADE METZFacebook now builds wireless antennas that can beam Internet signals across cities and well beyond.
HYPER VISION
• http://www.wired.com,The world's hottest startup isn't located in Silicon Valley--it's in suburban Florida. KEVIN KELLY explores what Magic Leap's mind-bending technology tells us about the future of virtual reality.
Nvidia goes deep with new DGX-1 supercomputer
• gizmag.comComputing giant Nvidia has announced the world's first "supercomputer in a box" - the DGX-1.
Brain-like supercomputing platform to explore new frontiers
• gizmag.comIn the old days, it was common to hear a computer chip referred to as an "electronic brain."
VoCore is a Tiny Linux Machine to Power Your Projects -- Now 13% off
• http://www.gizmag.comMakers around the world use affordable microcomputers as the digital brain for their hardware projects.
Way to Go, FCC. Now Manufacturers are Locking Down Routers
• WiredHey, remember when the FCC reassured us last year that it wasn't going to lock down Wi-Fi routers?
PLAYSTATION VR VS. OCULUS RIFT VS. HTC VIVE: HERE'S HOW THEY STACK UP
• http://www.popsci.com
GAME OF CLOUDS: DROPBOX DECLARES INDEPENDENCE FROM AMAZON
• WiredNow Dropbox has cut out the middleman and built its own super servers, challenging the internet's biggest cloud computing companies.
Playstation VR Will See October 2016 Release Date, Priced At $399
• popsci.comComing This Year
New chip paves the way for optical quantum technology in laptops and smartphones
• http://www.gizmag.com, Colin JeffreyIncorporating a number of quantum technologies on a single chip, researchers claim that their work paves the way for building quantum computing circuits into a range of everyday devices
Siri's inventor looks forward to Viv, 'a giant brain in the sky'
• usatoday.comScience and technology have always cut with double-edged swords, capable of both propelling humanity to new achievements while threatening us with potential catastrophe.
Raspberry Pi 3: 50 percent faster, same price
• theverge.comThe Raspberry Pi 3 is 50 percent faster than its predecessor and now includes both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Here's our first look at these big upgrades for the $35 computer.
Raspberry Pi Wi-Fi Ahead Of C.H.I.P. Launch
• https://2paragraphs.comRaspberry Pi 3 is imminent -- and the new RPI will include built-in Wi-Fi. A mini computer that has won fans among hardcore techies, avid hobbyists and everyday users, the Raspberry Pi will now make a real push toward widespread adoption as it includ
Real Life Emoji Keyboard!
• youtubeThis is the most ridiculous thing I've built in a long while: a full-size, real-life emoji keyboard, made of 14 keyboards and over 1,000 individually placed stickers. And yet, it's got everything from Unicode 8 -- but not yet the candidates from Unic
Linux Takes Command
• WiredThe open source operating system is fast becoming an essential building block of business, powering everything from drones and TVs to the infrastructure that tackles the toughest tech challenges.
Italian town shuts down Wi-Fi over health fears
• http://www.thelocal.itThe mayor of Borgofranco d'Ivrea, a town in Piedmont, has ordered Wi-Fi to be turned off in two schools over health fears.
Will This Fancy Metallic Glue Kill Soldering?
• http://motherboard.vice.comIf you want to piss off an electrical engineer, tell them that future electronics might be built using a room-temperature metallic glue instead of conventional soldering techniques. Despite the tedium, burns, bad joins, and dangerous lead fumes, sold
CES Opens Its Doors Today. Here's the Gear to Check Out
• http://www.wired.comLAS VEGAS, NEVADA--The official first day of the CES is today.
The Endless Mini Is An Affordable Computer For The Developing World
• http://www.popsci.comAnd it doesn't always need wi-fi. More than 4 billion people in the world can't read this article. That's not necessarily because they can't read, although illiteracy is an issue affecting nearly 10 percent of the world's population, but beca
Few Computers Are Powerful Enough to Support Virtual Reality
• http://www.bloomberg.comVirtual reality has a very real problem. With several technology giants preparing splashy introductions for the first VR headsets in 2016, few people own hardware capable of fully supporting Facebook's Oculus Rift or other systems.
Mozilla's Rust-based Servo browser engine inches forward
• infoworld.comNext-gen Servo project more fully exploits modern multicore hardware, but don't expect it to replace Firefox any time soon
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