We’ve just heard about a working quantum computer tucked inside a diamond, and we’re already talking about quantum networks that could herald a quantum Internet? Yep, and in fact more than just talking: Scientists say they’ve …
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No Money, No Problems: Canada Considers Completely Digital Currency
While Americans pull crumpled paper bills out of their pockets to pay for their Mega Millions tickets, Canadians are busy ditching all of their old currency. The Canadian government introduced plastic bills in November, recently …
Meet the Quantum Computer Inside a Diamond — Does It Run ‘Forever’?
What happens if you embed an ultrafast quantum computer inside a diamond (you know, aside from qualifying for sale in one of Tiffany’s catalogues and inviting “forever” computing quips)? Answer: You get a quantum computer that …
Navy Looking to Use Helicopter Drones to Hunt Pirates
Pirates are funny when they’re portrayed by a rum-soaked Johnny Depp. In real life, however, they pose a serious problem, with around 160 ships and 4,000 sailors affected by pirates in the last decade. Last year, three American …
The Delicious Future: 3D Chocolate Printer Finally Available for Purchase
As the world shifts to an increasingly paperless existence, the lowly computer printer catches fleeting glimpses of its glory days in the rear-view mirror.
“Text me the directions; I’ll pull them up on my phone,” says John …
Performance Technology the Driver Behind New NFL Uniforms
We’ve long known that elite athletes aren’t simply tossing on cotton T-shirts for competition, but most of us never considered that an NFL uniform with nine different materials woven together would make up the latest offering. …
Project Glass: Google’s Augmented Reality Glasses Take Hands-Free Computing to the Extreme
You already move from your desktop to your laptop to your tablet to your smartphone — but what about those few moments when you’re walking around on the street? You’re wasting valuable time listening to birds chirp and being …
Galileo Robotic iPhone Dock Lets You Pan and Tilt Video Chats Remotely
Galileo is a Kickstarter project billed as an “iOS-controlled robotic iPhone platform with infinite spherical rotation capability.” Translation: You dock an iPhone into it, which can then be tilted and panned remotely via another …
Flying Cars: Finally Here… Kind Of
Whenever I imagine a flying car, which is quite often for some reason, it usually looks like something out of The Jetsons or Back to the Future. Sadly, today’s flying cars look more like lackluster Transformers.
Not that the …
IBM to Help Research and Develop ‘Exascale’ Supercomputing Telescope
What has IBM’s thumbs up, millions of antennas, runs 10,000 times faster than today’s radio devices, will produce upwards of 100 times as much data per year as the Large Hadron Collier and study the beginning of time itself? If …
White House to Spend $200 Million on ‘Big Data’
Today, the White House is announcing that it’s spending $200 million on its “Big Data” initiative, which aims to “advance state-of-the-art core technologies needed to collect, store, preserve, manage, analyze, and share huge …
Finally, a Bluetooth Fridge Magnet That Orders Pizza with a Single Touch
Behold the latest installment in our hard-hitting series of practical innovations that have changed the world in immeasurably positive ways! This is a refrigerator magnet with a built-in Bluetooth connection that, when pressed, …
