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04 Oct 23

How Researchers Use Nvidia’s GPUs to Simulate Qubits

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Between integrating its Grace Hopper chip directly with a quantum processor and showing off the ability to simulate quantum systems on classical supercomputers, Nvidia is making waves in the quantum computing world this month.Nvidia is certainly well positioned to take advantage of the latter. It makes GPUs that supercomputers use,…

04 Oct 23

Our Hands-On Citizen-Scientist

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Whether chasing weather balloons with software-defined radio or searching for buried treasure with a DIY magnetometer, detecting solar flares and gamma ray bursts for less than US $100, or tracking the movement of the spiral arms of the Milky Way with a radio telescope he built himself, Senior Editor David…

03 Oct 23

Stay Current on How VR and AR Could Impact Your Industry

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

From smartphone apps and immersive gaming experiences to digital twins and virtual surgical training, augmented and virtual reality technologies have come a long way.They are becoming increasingly commonplace as their applications grow. The global VR market is projected to nearly double in size, from less than US $12 billion last…

03 Oct 23

More Lidar With Less Data Crunching

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.Thanks to its ability to depict environments with detailed precision, lidar has been used for everything from mapping out civilizations that have been long buried underground to ensuring safe autonomous driving. Lidar involves pointing a…

03 Oct 23

How AI can improve health for everyone, everywhere

Computer & Information Technology

Dr. Karen DeSalvo on AI’s potential to improve health for everyone, everywhere. Along with how to approach it so it can benefit everyone.

03 Oct 23

Stay on top of your to-do list with this Gmail Tasks tip

Computer & Information Technology

Here's how to add emails directly to your Tasks to-do list with a few simple clicks.

03 Oct 23

Arc Boats Takes a Page from Tesla

Civil, Structural & Architecture

Mitch Lee can tick off the many environmental advantages of electric boats versus ICE counterparts that rule the waves: No exhaust fumes and pollution. No oil slicks trailing in the wake. No guzzling of pricey marine fuel at 2 kilometers-per-liter or less. But with all respect to the Sierra Club,…

03 Oct 23

Swiss startup opens plant that permanently stores CO2 in waste concrete

Computer & Information Technology

Neustark, a spin-off from Switzerland’s ETH Zurich university, has inaugurated its first commercial-scale carbon capture plant in the EU, located at a construction waste recycling facility on the outskirts of Berlin. The plant, built in partnership with building and recycling company Heim, has the capacity to permanently store over 1,000…

03 Oct 23

New Gmail protections for a safer, less spammy inbox

Computer & Information Technology

Today, we’re announcing new requirements for bulk senders that will help keep Gmail safer and more spam-free.

03 Oct 23

It’s ‘insane’ to let TikTok operate in Europe, NYU professor warns

Computer & Information Technology

The decision to permit TikTok in Europe is “insane,” according to Professor Scott Galloway of New York University. At an event in Helsinki last week, Galloway described TikTok as probably “the most ascendant technology company in history” — and “a national defence threat.” The professor’s concerns stem from two key…