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This research has been going on for a very long time.

Researchers at the National Institute of Informatics are closing in on a solution to keep computers cool by submerging them under water. How will such research benefit the computer industry? What are the implications of such technology?

Underwater computers sound idea but, when you look at the amount of power dissipated by computers, the idea becomes less bizarre.

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Maybe this is the secret ingredient to futurists.

By Paul Levy: The following is excerpted from from Paul Levy’s upcoming book, The Quantum Revelation: A Modern-Day Spiritual Treasure, and was originally published on Paul’s website Awaken the Dream …

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In Brief:

• Using swarm intelligence, UNU was able to pr
• Swarm intelligence may be a safer way to develop AI since the intelligence gathering is human centered.

Rarely a week goes by at Wareable where a patent from some big tech company doesn’t get us guessing about the future.

Like Hansel and Gretel with smartwatches, we follow the proverbial tech crumbs all the way to the end, but we’re quick to forget how many of the ideas actually make the cut — and which get lost along the way.

So we’re going to a mini-series we’re calling ‘The patented history and future of…’, looking at some of the big launches in wearable tech, starting with the Apple Watch. These are going to be miniature timelines, small trips down memory lane looking at the patents that led up to the announcement and those that have happened since, to see what came true, what didn’t, and what might still be to come.

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Bots can be good.

Today’s mobile workforce is comfortable collaborating in a chat-based environment, so a smart company better have something to offer. Microsoft Teams is that something.

US and Chinese governments are already testing out their own EmDrive devices on spacecraft, sources say.

New technique allows scientists to read the pages of an ancient text without opening the book.

Paramount provided this tease to let me announce on November 13, I’ll be in Japan for an exclusive trailer launch party for GHOST IN THE SHELL with director Rupert Sanders and stars Scarlett Johansson and Takeshi Kitano.