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Custom camouflage
By Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office | 22 May 2014
Stanford scientists create circuit board modeled on the human brain
By By Tom Abate | Stanford Engineering | 03 May 2014
Personal touch signature makes mobile devices more secure
24 Apr 2014
A new system that provides security by monitoring how user touches the screen has been developed to make data in mobile devices more secure
Quantum photon properties revealed in plasmon
16 Apr 2014
New ‘switch’ could power quantum computing
By By Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office | 11 Apr 2014
A light lattice that traps atoms may help scientists build networks of quantum information transmitters
Could diamonds be a computer’s best friend?
05 Apr 2014
Quantum chips: D-wave chip passes rigorous tests
07 Mar 2014
Robots will outsmart humans in 15 years, says Google's AI chief
24 Feb 2014
According to Google’s new chief of artificial intelligence, Ray Kurzweil, by 2029, computers would be more intelligent than humans and learn from experience, crack jokes, tell stories and even flirt
Smarter caching
21 Feb 2014
Cleverer management of the local memory banks known as ‘caches’ could improve computer chips’ performance while reducing their energy consumption
Silicon-germanium chip sets new speed record
20 Feb 2014
A faster internet — designed by computers?
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 22 Jul 2013
Computer-designed algorithms for controlling network congestion yield transmission rates two to three times higher than those designed by humans
How computers can learn better
By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 30 May 2013
Another step toward quantum computers: using photons for memory
By By Eric Gershon | 02 Apr 2013
Scientists at Yale University have found a new way to manipulate microwave signals that could aid the long-term effort to develop a quantum computer
Erasing electronic footprints
26 Mar 2013
A ‘cleaner app’ which allows those at risk from domestic violence to seek help online without leaving an electronic trail behind them has been developed by Newcastle University
Making cloud computing more efficient
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 13 Mar 2013
For database-driven applications, new software could reduce hardware requirements by 95 per cent while actually improving performance
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