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Quantum computers are many years away from cracking crypto: MIT Tech Review - 0 views

  • Condensed matter theory physicist and quantum information expert Sankar Das Sarma has argued in MIT Technology Review that quantum computers remain a very long way away from cracking RSA-based cryptography.
  • An example of the methodology in crypto is the creation of a new wallet that generates a public address and private key.
  • Quantum security is seen as a major issue in the blockchain and crypto sector and it is widely believed that powerful quantum computers will one day become advanced enough to hack current cryptography.
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  • cracking cryptography is currently well beyond the grasp of current computing power.
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Futurist's Cheat Sheet: Quantum Computing - 0 views

  • “A quantum computer can take many inputs, do many calculations, and produce many results at the same time.”
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    "A quantum computer can take many inputs, do many calculations, and produce many results at the same time."
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Brains of rats connected allowing them to share information via internet | Science | gu... - 0 views

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    An organic computer? Brain communication over continents via the internet? This would be one way to "connect" with our museum visitors;-)
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3D Printing [infographic] - 0 views

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    More about 3D printing...interesting that the graphic has a category for "disruptive technology" that includes Western Union noting the shortcomings of telephones and the (famous) Thomas Watson quote that the world market would be "maybe five computers."
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Digital talking head expresses human emotions on demand - 0 views

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    Here comes "face messaging"....a digital talking head which can express human emotions on demand could herald a new era of human-computer interaction.
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Center for the Future of Museums: Museums and Digital Badging - 2 views

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    "The Museum Computer Network"
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Digilogue: the convergence of the digital and analogue - 0 views

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    Change doesn't care if you like it or not. A computer interface can never really replace a human face...or can it?
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Data in a human context - 0 views

  • Data in a human context March 6, 2012 to Data Art  •  Comments (3)  •  Share on Twitter Jer Thorp, a data artist in residence at The New York Times, shows off some of his work (like this and this) and speaks about the connection between the real world and the mechanical bits we know as data. Worth your 17 minutes.
  • a data artist in residence at The New York Times, shows off some of his work (like this and this) and speaks about the connection between the real world and the mechanical bits we know as data.
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    Gets to the human context at ~13:30 mins. Great illustration of how to make meaning from the seemingly meaningless, or at least from data that we don't usually connect to our daily experience.
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How the 'creative class' is re-making the world | SmartPlanet - 1 views

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    $100/month membership-based workshops filled with otherwise inaccessible and often hugely expensive machinery, such as CNC mills, 3D printers and laser cutters. populated by people whose skills in computed-aided design and access to new materials is changing the world of manufacturing Perhaps, as has been suggested, the greatest opportunity for small scale manufacturing is in the developing world. But can Tech Shop be replicated in regions that aren't flush with people who have sizable disposable incomes?
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Smart systems and global chaos - 0 views

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    A proliferation of embedded systems and mobile computing is rushing us towards an easily predicted future - the "Internet of things" where everything is connected.
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TommyEdisonXP - YouTube - 2 views

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    Folks at any museum who are thinking about incorporating experiences for the blind should watch these videos - especially Describing Colors to Blind People, Intangible Concepts to a Blind Person, and How a Blind Person Uses a Computer. Lots of other good stuff here too, plus you gotta love Tommy's attitude.
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New tasks become as simple as waving a hand with brain-computer interfaces | UW Today - 0 views

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    The bionic man/woman is not too far off.
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The race to save the Internet from quantum hackers - 0 views

  • Even the most bullish proponents of quantum computing say we’ll have to wait a while until the machines are powerful enough to crack encryption keys, and many doubt it will happen this decade — if at all.
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Your next smartphone might use sapphire glass - 0 views

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    Evolution of Smartphone parts: Sapphire Glass - strength near to a diamond and 10x more scratch resistant than normal glass
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The School of the Future at newlearningonline - 0 views

  • Students still sit in classrooms, but lessons rely heavily on information found on the Internet and on interactive software. Students will be allowed to learn at their own pace. Homework is done on computer and sent to the teacher for grading and parents can access the school’s network to read teacher feedback on their child’s progress.
  • [T]extbooks and blackboards are out, so are paper and pens. There aren’t even books in the library. Everything is done on laptops
  • ‘One half of the period you’re learning math, the other half of the period you’re learning science. But it all comes together,’ said one student.
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  • There are no textbooks to buy: that budget is used to give each kid a laptop to take home …
  • The ultimate test will be whether technology as tutor will actually help students learn
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