Magnets are materials that generate a field which attracts or repels certain other materials (such as iron and nickel) from a specific distance. This invisible field, known as a magnetic field, is responsible for key properties of a magnet. Ancient...
The word “computer” was first used in 1613 to describe a human who performed calculations or computations. The definition remained the same until the end of the 19th century when the tech industry gave rise to machines whose primary task...
The history of roller coasters can be traced back to the 16th century when large ice-covered wooden slides were used as an amusement ride in Russia. The so-called Russian Mountains were between 21-24 meters in height and had a maximum 50-degree drop...
The newly developed accelerometer is 100 times more sensitive and 10 times less noisy than conventional ones. It was able to achieve 1 µG level resolution. It can be used in various motion sensing applications, and medical and healthcare technology...
Researchers for the first time develop fully functional, programmable memristor chip. It can enable AI processing directly on small, energy-constrained devices, including sensors and smartphones. Memristor is a compact device capable of both...
The new highly compact camera can image polarization of light in one shot, revealing how light is reflected and transmitted. The camera enables 3D reconstruction of an object and measures its shape, depth, and texture. It can be integrated with...
The new ‘universal memory’ can write or erase data using 100x less energy than DRAM. It would allow computers to boot up instantly and imperceptibly go into sleep mode, even between keystrokes. While different types of charge-based...
Believe it or not, guns are an integral part of our society and have been that way since a very long time. The earliest form of a weapon known to us (a bamboo tube powered by gunpowder) is dated back to 10th century A.D. The next major reform in...
TPU is an AI accelerator chip specifically designed for neural network machine learning. TPUs are good for deep learning tasks involving TensorFlow, while GPUs are more general purpose and flexible massively-parallel processors. Machine learning, a...
Researchers build an optical random access memory that performs both Read and Write operations at 10 Gigabit per second. This high throughput optical memory units can decrease the ever-growing gap between processor and RAM performance. Optical...