Compressor and turbine blades are important components in aircraft engines and gas turbines. When they become damaged, it is often cheaper to repair them than to buy replacements. Now there is a new robotassisted technique that is boosting efficiency. The German turbomachinery sector is booming. Over the past 25 years, it has doubled its [...]
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World Population Could Be Nearly 11 Billion by 2100
A new statistical analysis shows the world population could reach nearly 11 billion by the end of the century, according to a United Nations report issued June 13. That’s about 800 million, or about 8 percent, more than the previous projection of 10.1 billion, issued in 2011. The projected rise is mostly due to [...]
When Will My Computer Understand Me?
It’s not hard to tell the difference between the “charge” of a battery and criminal “charges.” But for computers, distinguishing between the various meanings of a word is difficult. For more than 50 years, linguists and computer scientists have tried to get computers to understand human language by programming semantics as software. Driven initially by [...]
2013 Q1 Internet World Statistics
From our friends at www.internetworldstats.com Internet Gender Divide Currently there are 2,749 million estimated internet users in the world. Although this statistic shows a promising upward growth, there is a digital gap between men and women in regards to internet adoption. This disparity is more pronounced in less developed countries. In the developing world, men [...]
Feeling Sick Makes Us Less Social Online, Too
When it comes to posting on social media, there are few areas of our lives that are off limits. We post about eating, working, playing, hunting, quilting — you name it. Just about everything is up for public consumption … except our health. A new study from BYU finds that while most of us [...]
‘Bad Neighborhoods’ On the Internet Are a Real Nuisance
Of the 42,000 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) surveyed, just 20 were found to be responsible for nearly half of all the internet addresses that send spam. That just is one of the striking results of an extensive study by the University of Twente’s Centre for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT). This study focused on “Bad [...]
When We Stop Being Human
Terence McKenna talks about the Singularity and Change Change is a constant, and however we might forget or passively ignore the fact, it is happening behind our backs, in front of our eyes, above our heads, and at a corner we have not bothered hearing about. For me, the change we have let slide passively [...]
Into the Quantum Internet at the Speed of Light
Not only do optical fibers transmit information every day around the world at the speed of light, but they can also be harnessed for the transport of quantum information. In the current issue of Nature Photonics, a research team of Innsbruck physicists led by Rainer Blatt and Tracy Northup report how they have directly transferred [...]
Dr. John Hennessy Speaks at Fujitsu North America Technology Forum
Fujitsu’s annual conference is a good deal. It is free and presents prominent speakers on timely technology subjects with very little Fujitsu propaganda. I am fortunate enough to be on their invitation list. I will discuss the overview of the conference in a later blog but focus now on this special keynote by Dr. John [...]
New Dynamic Dual-Core Optical Fiber Enhances Data Routes On Information Superhighway
Optical fibers -the backbone of the Internet-carry movies, messages, and music at the speed of light. But for all their speedy efficiency, these ultrathin strands of pristine glass must connect to sluggish signal switches, routers, and buffers in order to transmit data. Hoping to do away with these information speed bumps, a team of researchers [...]
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