Computers

As the use of wearable devices such as augmented reality (AR) glasses has slowly but steadily increased, so too has the desire to control these devices in an easy and convenient way. Ring controllers worn on the finger already exist, but usually have some drawbacks in their size, weight or... Read more

Say a local concert venue wants to engage its community by giving social media followers an easy way to share and comment on new music from emerging artists. Rather than working within the constraints of existing social platforms, the venue might want to create its own social app with the... Read more

Time and again, unexploded aerial bombs from the Second World War need to be defused or detonated in controlled explosions. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI are working together with partners to develop models that predict fragmentation flight and simulate the underground spread of shock waves.... Read more

Covering half of North America, the U.S. electric grid functions somewhat like a vast, complex organism. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new simulation platform for understanding and predicting the behavior of this modern grid. Using a combination of mathematical tools, automation and... Read more

One of the hottest markets in the artificial intelligence industry is selling chatbots that write computer code.... Read more

Microsoft on Wednesday announced new options for US and European customers to safely extend the life of the Windows 10 operating system free of charge just days before a key deadline to upgrade to Windows 11.... Read more

Microsoft's plan to halt updates for its Windows 10 operating system in mid-October has raised hackles among campaign groups and left some users worried they must buy new computers to be safe from cyberattacks.... Read more

Whether you're an artist, advertising specialist, or just looking to spruce up your home, turning everyday objects into dynamic displays is a great way to make them more visually engaging. For example, you could turn a kids' book into a handheld cartoon of sorts, making the reading experience more immersive... Read more

3D printing has come a long way since its invention in 1983 by Chuck Hull, who pioneered stereolithography, a technique that solidifies liquid resin into solid objects using ultraviolet lasers.... Read more

Embedded systems such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices and single-board computers possess limited memory and processing power, necessitating the effective management of these constraints. This makes Linux—a flexible and cost-effective platform—promising for embedded systems. Indeed, Linux-based operating systems, including Ubuntu Core, Raspberry Pi OS, BalenaOS, and OpenWrt, are commonly... Read more

Quantum computers are a key emerging technology, particularly for specific kinds of problems that require enormous computing power. However, integrating quantum systems into existing supercomputers poses a challenge.... Read more

Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Peregrine software, used to monitor and analyze parts created through powder bed additive manufacturing, has released its most advanced dataset to date.... Read more

Alongside text-based large language models (LLMs), including ChatGPT in industrial fields, GNN (Graph Neural Network)-based graph AI models that analyze unstructured data such as financial transactions, stocks, social media, and patient records in graph form are widely used. However, there is a limitation, in that full graph learning—training the entire... Read more

Is this movie review a rave or a pan? Is this news story about business or technology? Is this online chatbot conversation veering off into giving financial advice? Is this online medical information site giving out misinformation?... Read more

If you think of software as a building, you might say it's made up of code blocks. Many of these building blocks are custom-built for a specific application. Others are standard components and used in many buildings—cryptographic algorithms and functions are a prime example of this.... Read more