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Last year, Monash University scientists created the “DishBrain” – a semi-biological computer chip with some 800,000 human and mouse brain cells lab-grown into its electrodes. Demonstrating something like sentience, it learned to play Pong within five m… Continue reading Computer chip with built-in human brain tissue gets military funding
Cambridge scientists have developed a new prototype for computer memory that could make for faster chips that could hold up to 100 times more data. The system is made up of barium bridges between films of a disordered material.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Computer memory prototype ditches 1s and 0s for denser data storage
Today at its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple has announced what it says are the most powerful Macs ever made. One is the revamped Mac Pro, while the other is the latest and greatest take on the Mac Studio.Continue ReadingCategory: Computers, Tec… Continue reading Apple announces better, stronger, faster Mac Pro and Mac Studio
Back in 2020, Sony unveiled a 15.6-inch display that used eye tracking and a micro-optical lens to deliver 3D visuals without the need for glasses or VR headsets. Now a 27-inch, 4K model has joined the Spatial Reality Display lineup.
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Continue reading Sony bumps up size and resolution of immersive glasses-free 3D display
One of the first computer mouses and a coding keyset created by computer pioneer Douglas Engelbart have sold for US$178,936 at auction. Like the two previous such Engelbart mouses that have gone to auction, the mouse was sold at RRAuction in Boston, th… Continue reading Engelbart/SRI mouse smashes record price for a computer mouse
You can build just about anything out of Lego, and now that even includes your keyboard. Pixel is a new mechanical keyboard from MelGeek that can be customized with Lego bricks around the rim, on the back or even on the keys themselves.Continue Reading… Continue reading Pixel keyboard can be customized with Lego bricks
Minnesota company Upper Story has sent us its Turing Tumble, a fascinating educational toy that quietly tricks kids into inventing binary logic computers using nothing more than tiny marbles dropping through a series of clicky-clacky plastic pieces.Con… Continue reading Review: Turing Tumble lets kids build complex marble-powered computers
Affordable laptops from Lenovo, Acer, HP, and Samsung prove you don’t need to spend big for a laptop that rival Apple’s MacBook. Continue reading The Best Budget Laptops Under $800 (That Still Get the Job Done)
Intel has demonstrated a prototype of the next generation of its Thunderbolt interface. The new connection will be up to three times faster than the existing Thunderbolt 4 when it debuts next year.Continue ReadingCategory: Electronics, ScienceTags: Com… Continue reading Intel’s next-gen Thunderbolt doubles and triples transfer speeds
Quantum computing requires extremely cold temperatures. To that end, IBM has built and demonstrated a huge “super-fridge” codenamed Project Goldeneye that chills things colder than outer space.Continue ReadingCategory: Computers, TechnologyTags: Quantu… Continue reading IBM builds huge super-fridge colder than space to chill quantum computers