Musk wants to link his brain to a computer
Could not find anyone else to do it
After hinting for a while that he would like to see better brain interfaces with computers and getting no takers, Elon Musk is doing it himself.
Boffins work out how to build a self-replicating computer
Age of Intel, Nvidia and AMD will be past
Boffins armed with white boards and slide rules claim it is possible to build a self-replicating computer that replaces silicon chips with processors made from DNA molecules.
Aussies build a better Qubit
Step closer to cat-friendly quantum computers
Australian boffins have come up with a better qubit which makes quantum computers more likely.
D-Wave announces a faster “quantum computer”
Doubles the number of qubits without increasing the number of cats
D-Wave Systems, which claims to make the world’s first quantum computer, today announced details of its most advanced quantum computing system, featuring a new 2000-qubit processor and no extra potentually dead or alive cats.
Online gamer kids are brainy kids
They do better in maths, reading and science
New research has shown that kids who play computer games online every day perform better academically in science, maths and reading tests.
Quanta profits hurting
Lowest in nine years
Quanta has reported that its net profits declined 5.6 per cent on year to US$538.91 million for 2015, the lowest level in nine years.
Oxford boffins create quantum hybrid logic gate
Made from two types of Calcium and no cats
Researchers at Oxford University have created a ‘hybrid’ logic gate using two isotopes of calcium, the abundant isotope calcium-40 and the rare isotope calcium-43.
Audiophiles dying out
Ghost of Steve Jobs wonders how that happened
A new survey has shown that the days of listening to high quality music on a decent stereo are dying out as many people are actually happy with the quality of their computer speakers.
Apple rejects security app because it mentions Apple insecurity
Chaos shows that Apple TV will be as slanted as Fox
It is starting to look like Apple TV will be heavily censored to conform Jobs’ Mob marketing.
Gamers can save the planet by tweaking
Berkeley researchers investigate energy use
Computer gamers could save a fortune, and the planet if they tweaked their machines a bit better.