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Jan 17, 2021
Laser Switching? Just Add DNA
Posted by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes in category: biotech/medical
Team creates a microlaser whose wavelength can be switched by injecting single-stranded DNA into the cavity—and switched back with another, complementary DNA strand.
Jan 17, 2021
Accelerating AI computing to the speed of light
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: information science, robotics/AI
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are already an integral part of our everyday lives online. For example, search engines such as Google use intelligent ranking algorithms, and video streaming services such as Netflix use machine learning to personalize movie recommendations.
As the demands for AI online continue to grow, so does the need to speed up AI performance and find ways to reduce its energy consumption.
Now a University of Washington-led team has come up with a system that could help: an optical computing core prototype that uses phase-change material. This system is fast, energy efficient and capable of accelerating the neural networks used in AI and machine learning. The technology is also scalable and directly applicable to cloud computing.
Jan 17, 2021
Virgin Orbit set to try and send satellites to space for the first time
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: satellites
Virgin Orbit, a sister company of Richard Branson’s space tourism effort, is set to try to send its rocket into orbit for the first time ever on January 17th after failing to do so last year. It will also attempt to send satellites into space for the first time. The four-hour launch window opens at 1PM ET.
Jan 17, 2021
Sharper signals: how machine learning is cleaning up microscopy images
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
Computers trained to reduce the noise in micrographs can now tackle fresh data by themselves.
Jan 17, 2021
Science of The Expanse — Could you Survive the Vacuum of Space?
Posted by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes in category: science
The vacuum of space is no place for a human without a suit, but would it kill you immediately?
#season5 #expanse #spaced
Jan 17, 2021
Scientists Successfully Store Data Inside DNA of Living Bacteria
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: biotech/medical
Jan 17, 2021
NASA’s Juno has a new mission to explore moons of Jupiter
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
Jan 17, 2021
Xicato extends SSL-engine lumen and color warranty to ten years
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
Cold or remote phosphor techniques enable Xicato to back its LED light engine for ten years even with tight initial photometric specifications.
Jan 17, 2021
Why Goodyear’s Illuminated Tires Were Way Ahead of Their Time
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
Eighteen bulbs were stuffed into the center of the wheel, brightly illuminating the 1950s with brilliant hues for the pure purpose of flair.