New Method Can Stop Cyberattacks in Less Than a Second
Computers, laptops, and other smart gadgets in our homes could be protected by artificial intelligence that can quickly identify and eliminate malware. Cardiff University researchers…
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MIT AI Hardware Program Aims To Lead in Artificial Intelligence Technology Development
MIT AI Hardware Program launches with five inaugural companies to advance AI technologies for the next decade. The MIT AI Hardware Program is a new academia and…
NASA Engineers Work To Give Satellite Swarms a Hive Mind
Swarms of small satellites could communicate with one another to collect data on important weather patterns at different times of the day or year, and…
F Prime: The Innovative Open-Source Software Powering NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
Created at NASA’s JPL, the open-source flight software called F Prime isn’t just powering humanity’s first interplanetary helicopter; it’s also powering inspiration at multiple universities….
Pushing Computing to the Edge With Innovative Microchip Design to Make AI Accessible in Real-Time
Responding to artificial intelligence’s exploding demands on computer networks, Princeton University researchers in recent years have radically increased the speed and slashed the energy use…
NASA’s Lunar Gateway: Core Flight Software Chosen for Moon Orbiting Outpost
NASA is improving a flight software system to help create and certify essential software for the lunar Gateway. As part of the Artemis program, NASA…
Graduate Student’s BADASS Code Has Astronomical Benefits
An astro-statistics course University of California, Riverside, graduate student Remington O. Sexton took three years ago taught him techniques that led him to develop free,…
Cold Bending: New Tool Enables Economic Curved Glass Design
Curved glass façades can be stunningly beautiful, but traditional construction methods are extremely expensive. Panes are usually made with “hot bending,” where glass is heated…
New Circuit Compression Technique Could Deliver Real-World Quantum Computers Years Ahead of Schedule
A major technical challenge for any practical, real-world quantum computer comes from the need for a large number of physical qubits to deal with errors…
New Platform Analyzes Big Data to Answer Plain-Language Queries in Minutes
Companies often employ number-crunching data scientists to gather insights such as which customers want certain services or where to open new stores and stock products….
CertiKOS: A Step Toward Hacker-Resistant Operating Systems
Researchers from Yale University have unveiled CertiKOS, the world’s first operating system that runs on multi-core processors and shields against cyber-attacks. Scientists believe this could…
New Debugging Method Finds 23 Undetected Security Flaws in Popular Web Applications
A new debugging system found 23 previously undiagnosed security flaws in 50 popular Web applications, and it took no more than 64 seconds to analyze…
Thermal-Imaging Quickly Tracks Energy Leaks in Homes and Buildings
New thermal-imaging cars from MIT spinout Essess can quickly track energy leaks in thousands of homes and buildings, helping owners curb energy loss. In 2007,…
First Images From Project 1640
After six years of development, Project 1640 is underway and using new technology on the Palomar Observatory’s 200-inch Hale telescope near San Diego, California to…
New MIT Software Solves Many of SSH’s Problems
Designed by researchers at MIT and freely available on a number of different websites, the remote-login program called Mosh solves many of SSH’s problems. The…
New Programming System Could Help Prevent Information Leaks
Developed by computer scientists, Aeolus is a new programming system that could help prevent inadvertent information leaks by automatically keeping track of users’ data-access privileges….
Computerized System Recognizes Smiles of Delight and Frustration
Engineers at MIT have created a computer program that can differentiate smiles of delight and frustration in human faces. Their goal is to help people…
Mathematical Framework Formalizes Loop Perforation Technique
As computer scientists continue to look for ways to enhance performance, Martin Rinard and the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory hope their technique of loop perforation, the…
