The Future of Computing, According to Intel

Although Intel recently demonstrated a low-power, eight-core chip, Intel Research director Andrew Chien is already looking beyond eight-core processing to terascale computing, and is working with computer scientists at Intel and universities around the world to find the best uses for these machines. Some of the major projects at Intel include the idea of inference [...]

‘Pulp-Based Computing’ Makes Normal Paper Smart

MIT researchers are developing technology that could be used to make paper embedded with wires, sensors, and computer chips, creating “pulp-based” computing. MIT researchers, working with colleagues at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, are blending traditional paper-making techniques with electronic components. MIT researcher Marcelo Coelho says paper-making is an ancient process, but the ability to [...]

‘Smart Homes’ Could Track Your Electrical Noise

Instead of a house embedded with sensors, smart homes of the future may track a homeowner’s movements by monitoring the electrical noise made by different devices throughout the house as they are turned on and off. “The problem I see with a lot of ubiquitous computing research is that it requires the creation of new [...]

Liverpool FC News: The ‘must win’ mentality

Rafa Benitez believes his players need to have a “must win” mentality if they are to maintain their position at the top of the Barclays Premier League.
The Spaniard thinks his side will have to claim three points from the bulk of their games this season if they are to clinch their first league title [...]

A Supercomputer for the Rest of Us

University of Maryland researchers have built a prototype of a desktop supercomputer, and now plan to shrink the license-plate-size board running at 75 MHz to a version that is about the size of a fingernail and runs between 1 GHz and 2 GHz. The Explicit Multi-Threading (XMT) computer makes use of parallel computing algorithms and [...]

Second Life

 
What is Second Life? 
Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its Residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by a total of 9,351,619 Residents from around the globe.

From the moment you enter the World you’ll discover a vast digital continent, teeming [...]

Sensor Rise Powers Life Recorders

Hewlett-Packard’s Trusted Systems Lab director Martin Sadler predicts that by 2057 there could be at least 1 million devices for every resident in the United Kingdom, and that a person’s entire life could be recorded on a network of intelligent sensors. However, Sadler warns that such massive amounts of collectable personal data could lead to [...]