Omicron Variant, Quantum Computing, Xenobots, SciFri Trivia. Dec 3, 2021, Part 2

Omicron Variant, Quantum Computing, Xenobots,...

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How Did Ancient Humans Use The Acoustics Of Spaces Like Caves?

The sound of a choir performing in a cathedral is iconic for a reason. It’s this beautiful human experience: being side-by-side with other people, feeling the sound vibrate through you, reverberating around the space.But how long has that been a part of our culture? And what role ...  عرض المزيد

What The Sounds Of Melting Glaciers Can Tell Us

As the planet warms, the world’s glaciers are melting faster than snow can replenish the ice. That has implications for sea level rise, ocean currents, and global weather patterns. But collecting data at the edge of a melting glacier can be risky.Glaciologist Erin Pettit and her ...  عرض المزيد

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1 - Dawn of a Quantum Era
Forwards & Backwards: A History of Quantum Computing

On May 6th, 1981, at the MIT Endicott House, a group of computer scientists gathered together with elite physicists to make the case that quantum phenomena could be used for computation. Here, ideas that would influence the next four decades of quantum computing research and deve ...  عرض المزيد

2 - Quantum Computing Has A Purpose! (The Factoring Algorithm)
Forwards & Backwards: A History of Quantum Computing

In the mid-90’s, there was no quantum computing field. There was excitement, sure, but nearly a decade and a half after the conference at MIT Endicott House, the possibilities of marrying physics and computer science had yet to yield a significant technological breakthrough. That ...  عرض المزيد

Quantum computers aren't what you think — they're cooler | Hartmut Neven
TED Tech

Quantum computers obtain superpowers by tapping into parallel universes, says Hartmut Neven, the founder and lead of Google Quantum AI. He explains how this emerging tech can far surpass traditional computers by relying on quantum physics rather than binary logic, and shares a ...

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When brains and computers meet
BBC Inside Science

Are cyborgs now reality? Elon Musk certainly thinks so. His company, Neuralink, has successfully implanted one of its wireless brain chips in a human. Although billed as a breakthrough, they’re not the first to do it. In fact, similar devices have already been implanted, all with ...  عرض المزيد