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Jul 19, 2024

The Physics and Metaphysics of Computation and Cognition

Posted by in categories: computing, neuroscience, physics

For at least half a century, it has been popular to compare brains and minds to computers and programs. Despite the continuing appeal of the computational model of the mind, however, it can be difficult to articulate precisely what the view commits one to. Indeed, critics such as John Searle and Hilary Putnam have argued that anything, even a rock, can be viewed as instantiating any computation we please, and this means that the claim that the mind is a computer is not merely false, but it is also deeply confused.

Jul 18, 2024

Spiral Multiverse Theory Challenges Big Bang, Proposes Network Of Interconnected Universes

Posted by in categories: computing, cosmology, singularity

The Spiral Multiverse Theory, proposed by computer engineer Tejas Shinde, challenges the conventional Big Bang theory by suggesting a continuous spiral pattern universe originating from a single point, or singularity. This theory posits that each universe begins with its own bang, forming a network of interconnected universes expanding in a spiral shape. The theory introduces the concept of interdimensional quasars as portals for multiverse travel and suggests each universe undergoes its own inflation without observable changes in the cosmic microwave background. This new perspective on cosmic evolution could open up new avenues for scientific exploration and understanding.

The Spiral Multiverse Theory, proposed by Tejas Shinde, a computer engineer, suggests a continuous spiral pattern universe originating from a single point, known as a singularity. This theory challenges the conventional Big Bang theory, which posits a singular explosive origin for the universe. Instead, the Spiral Multiverse Theory proposes that each universe begins with its own bang, forming a network of interconnected universes. This network, or multiverse, expands in a spiral shape, with the width and length of the arms expanding as the universe expands. The point where all universes connect is referred to as the Everyverse.

The Spiral Multiverse Theory offers a fresh perspective on cosmic evolution and presents a potential path for practical research. It introduces the concept of interdimensional quasars as portals for multiverse travel. The theory also suggests that each universe undergoes its own inflation without observable changes in the cosmic microwave background, a remnant radiation from the Big Bang.

Jul 18, 2024

Paving the way to extremely fast, compact computer memory

Posted by in categories: chemistry, computing, quantum physics

For decades, scientists have been studying a group of unusual materials called multiferroics that could be useful for a range of applications including computer memory, chemical sensors and quantum computers.

Jul 18, 2024

Efficiently improving the performance of noisy quantum computers

Posted by in categories: computing, mathematics, quantum physics

Samuele Ferracin1,2, Akel Hashim3,4, Jean-Loup Ville3, Ravi Naik3,4, Arnaud Carignan-Dugas1, Hammam Qassim1, Alexis Morvan3,4, David I. Santiago3,4, Irfan Siddiqi3,4,5, and Joel J. Wallman1,2

1Keysight Technologies Canada, Kanata, ON K2K 2W5, Canada 2 Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada 3 Quantum Nanoelectronics Laboratory, Dept. of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94,720, USA 4 Applied Math and Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA 94,720, USA 5 Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA 94,720, USA

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Jul 18, 2024

The Transhuman Hackers Who Are Getting Chips Implanted

Posted by in categories: computing, transhumanism

Transhuman hackers are a growing subculture that implants technology into their bodies, but now, some hackers are weaponising their implants.

Len Noe is an ethical transhuman hacker and joins us to explain.
#Transhuman #TranshumanHackers #Hackers

Jul 17, 2024

Evolution of Hot Jupiters: From Cold Giants to Star-Hugging Worlds

Posted by in categories: computing, space

“This new planet supports the theory that high eccentricity migration should account for some fraction of hot Jupiters,” said Dr. Sarah Millholland.


How do exoplanets evolve throughout their lifetimes, specifically those known as “hot Jupiters”, which have been found to orbit extremely close to their parent stars? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated the highly eccentric orbit of TIC 241,249,530 b, which is a Jupiter-sized exoplanet located approximately 1,100 light-years from Earth. This study holds the potential to help astronomers better understand the formation of exoplanets like hot Jupiters and how their orbits evolve over time.

Now, TIC 241,249,530 b could help astronomers piece together the evolution of hot Jupiters given the exoplanet’s highly eccentric orbit, meaning it travels very close to its parent star at certain points followed by swinging back out to well beyond the parent star, completing one orbit in 167 days. Astronomers hypothesize this could mean that hot Jupiters initially begin as cold Jupiters in highly eccentric orbits only to slowly become more circular and closer to its parent star over time.

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Jul 17, 2024

Huawei’s long-awaited Windows challenger will likely come to PCs this year — HarmonyOS Next makes the transition from phones to desktops and laptops

Posted by in categories: computing, mobile phones

HarmonyOS Next, on the other hand, is an Android-free variant of HarmonyOS. The new operating system doesn’t use AOSP libraries, can’t run.apk files, and is a significant step towards complete independence from US-based software for the vendor. HarmonyOS Next is not currently shipping with Huawei products but is available as a developer sandbox to develop and test apps for native HarmonyOS use. HarmonyOS Next hasn’t yet arrived on PC, but recent leaks suggest it soon will, paving the way for a new Chinese homegrown desktop OS.

Images of HarmonyOS Next for PC suggest an operating system taking design cues from MacOS. The system has a familiar status bar and dock bar combo on the top and bottom. The fullscreen/minimize/close buttons live on the right-hand side of programs, mirroring MacOS’s traffic light system.

Huawei’s recent strategy for HarmonyOS has publicly been phones-first. With HarmonyOS being open-source, much like Android, widespread adoption across the Chinese market and beyond outside of Huawei phones is possible and a big goal for Huawei. HarmonyOS already makes up 16% of the Chinese phone market, which is expected to grow in the coming years.

Jul 17, 2024

Digital archaeology: New LEP data now available to all

Posted by in categories: computing, futurism

Unlike letters carved on the Rosetta stone, digital data is not written on a virtually immutable support. Just a few years after it is written, its format becomes obsolete, the readout analysis tools can’t run on computers and the visualization code no longer works. But data can still contain interesting scientific information that should remain available to future generations of scientists.

Jul 17, 2024

Metamaterials for the data highway: New concept offers potential for more efficient data storage

Posted by in categories: computing, transportation

Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), TU Chemnitz, TU Dresden and Forschungszentrum Jülich have been the first to demonstrate that not just individual bits, but entire bit sequences can be stored in cylindrical domains: tiny, cylindrical areas measuring just around 100 nanometers.

Jul 17, 2024

Physicists pool skills to better describe the unstable sigma meson particle

Posted by in categories: computing, particle physics

While nuclear physicists know the strong interaction is what holds together the particles at the heart of matter, we still have a lot to learn about this fundamental force. Results published earlier this year in Physical Review D by three researchers in the Center for Theoretical and Computational Physics at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility bring us closer to understanding an important piece of the strong interaction puzzle.

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