TechAndComputer (Apr. 1, 2011) Engineering scientists at the University of Southampton have reached above the clouds in a first-of-its-kind experiment to develop new technologies that probe the stratosphere using an unmanned vehicle.
The test flight was part of the ASTRA (Atmospheric Science Through Robotic Aircraft) project, and it demonstrated how a low-cost high altitude platform could be used to send a payload with atmospheric monitoring...
TechAndComputer (Apr. 1, 2011) Engineering scientists at the University of Southampton have reached above the clouds in a first-of-its-kind experiment to develop new technologies that probe the stratosphere using an unmanned vehicle.
The test flight was part of the ASTRA (Atmospheric...
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Scientists reach beyond the clouds with a mobile phone app to explore the outer atmosphere
- 30 March 2011
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Researchers in Taiwan to use volunteer computing to visualize earthquakes
- 28 March 2011
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TechAndComputer (Mar. 28, 2011) Researchers in Taiwan are planning to use volunteer computing to visualise the motion of earthquakes after they occur. They hope this will cut the time of creating 'shake movies' from a few hours to just minutes, providing valuable information to rescuers once an earthquake has occurred.
As recent events in Japan have shown, earthquakes and their effects can have devastating consequences. For those countries...
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As recent events in Japan have shown, earthquakes and their effects can have devastating consequences. For those countries...
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Fast laser could revolutionize data communications
- 04 March 2011
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TechAndComputer (Mar. 6, 2011) Researchers at Chalmers in Sweden have shown that a surface emitting laser -- a cheaper and more energy-efficient type of laser for fiber optics than conventional lasers -- can deliver error-free data at a record speed of 40 Gbit/s. The break-through could lead to faster Internet traffic, computers and mobile phones.
Today's commercial lasers can send up to 10 Gb of data per second (Gbit/s) through optical fibers....
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Today's commercial lasers can send up to 10 Gb of data per second (Gbit/s) through optical fibers....
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New developments in quantum computing
- 02 March 2011
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TechAndComputer (Mar. 3, 2011) Quantum computers are computers that exploit the weird properties of matter at extremely small scales. Many experts believe that a full-blown quantum computer could perform calculations that would be hopelessly time consuming on classical computers, but so far, quantum computers have proven hard to build.
At the Association for Computing Machinery's 43rd Symposium on Theory of Computing in June, associate...
TechAndComputer (Mar. 3, 2011) Quantum...
At the Association for Computing Machinery's 43rd Symposium on Theory of Computing in June, associate...
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New generation of optical integrated devices for future quantum computers
- 01 March 2011
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TechAndComputer (Mar. 1, 2011) A research group led by scientists from the University of Bristol has demonstrated the quantum operation of new components that will enable compact circuits for future photonic quantum computers.
Quantum computers, holding the great promise of tremendous computational power for particular tasks, have been the goal of worldwide efforts by scientists for several years. Tremendous advances have been made but there is...
TechAndComputer (Mar. 1, 2011) A...
Quantum computers, holding the great promise of tremendous computational power for particular tasks, have been the goal of worldwide efforts by scientists for several years. Tremendous advances have been made but there is...
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