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Joseph Shavit
- Oct 12
Brain implant wirelessly translates thought to text with an incredible 94% accuracy
BrainGate researchers demonstrated the first human use of a wireless transmitter capable of delivering high-bandwidth neural signals.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 5
Miniaturized, energy efficient, computer chip is faster than silicon
Researchers from UPenn have zeroed in on hardware redesign to deliver required improvements in speed, agility and energy usage.
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 30
Researchers just made the world's websites less vulnerable to hacking and cyberattacks
An international team of researchers has developed a scanning tool to make websites less vulnerable to hacking and cyberattacks.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 13
A thin device uses quantum mechanics’ strangest phenomena to make computers smaller
An ultrathin invention could make future computing, sensing and encryption technologies remarkably smaller and more powerful.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 11
Graphene synapses advance brain-like computers
Computers that think more like human brains are inching closer to mainstream adoption. But many unanswered questions remain.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 10
Amazing new software can edit computer images through the power of human thoughts
We can make a computer edit images entirely based on thoughts generated by human subjects. Nobody has ever done this before.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 3
New computer hardware runs 1 million times faster than the synapses in the human brain
A practical inorganic material in the fabrication process enables their devices to run 1 million times faster than previous versions.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 2
Novel quantum computer works with more than ones and zeroes
The Innsbruck quantum computer stores information in individual trapped calcium atoms, each of which has eight states.
Joseph Shavit
- Jul 22
New material significantly outperforms silicon microprocessors
Silicon is one of Earth's most abundant elements, and in its pure form the material has become the foundation of much of modern technology.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 29
The world's smallest memory unit is the size of an atom
Faster, smaller, smarter and more energy-efficient chips could soon be on the way after engineers created the smallest memory device yet.
Joshua Shavit
- Jun 24
Quantum sensor breakthrough detects signals in all electromagnetic frequencies
Researchers have developed a method to enable quantum sensors to detect any arbitrary frequency, with no loss of their ability to measure
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 20
Oxford scientists develop the world's first ultra-fast photonic computer processor
Research uses multiple polarisation channels to carry out parallel processing – enhancing computing density by several orders of magnitude.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 1
Computer display creates colors out of gold and DNA
People say there’s a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but a new technology is turning that idea on its head – using particles of gold.
Joseph Shavit
- May 23
Scientists create new method to kill cyberattacks in less than a second
Artificial intelligence that can detect and kill malware on the fly could help protect laptops, computers and smart devices in our homes.
Joseph Shavit
- May 22
Unique quantum material could enable ultra-powerful, compact computers
To shrink devices while improving their performance researchers are searching for unique materials that combine both quantum properties.
Joseph Shavit
- May 14
Algae-powered computing: Scientists create reliable and renewable biological photovoltaic cell
Researchers have used a widespread species of blue-green algae to power a microprocessor continuously for a year—using light and water.
Joseph Shavit
- May 9
Apple, Google and Microsoft look to ditch passwords for good
The US tech giants have announced a new standard that allows people to unlock their mobile phones using biometrics, such as fingerprints.
Joseph Shavit
- May 4
Light-powered ‘Optical Computers’ just took a major leap forward
Researchers developed light-operated perovskite optoelectronic logic gate. Enabled all 5 basic logic operations with one optical-logic gate.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 28
Major Milestone: Quantum silicon processors hit 99% accuracy
This shows that it is possible to build quantum computers that have enough scale, and enough power, to handle meaningful computation.