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Elizabeth Merritt

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.
Elizabeth Merritt

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.
Ruth Cuadra

An app that encourages friends to put down their phones - 0 views

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    To be available for iPhone next year. When users activate the app and put their phones together, apples will start growing, which can then be harvested and exchanged for rewards, such as discounts. The productivity of the apples is dependent on the time the phones are placed together. Apples will only be produced when users are not using other apps.
Lisa Eriksen

The Startup That's Bringing Coding to the World's Classrooms | Business | WIRED - 0 views

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    Do museums have a role in supporting or getting coding into the curriculum?
David Bloom

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.
Lisa Eriksen

A Mind-Blowing Dome Made by 6,500 Computer-Guided Silkworms | Wired Design | Wired.com - 0 views

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    Science, engineering, and worms = art.  This is cool.  Watch the video.
Lisa Eriksen

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.
Ruth Cuadra

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."
Ruth Cuadra

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
Ruth Cuadra

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.
Lisa Eriksen

Brains of rats connected allowing them to share information via internet | Science | guardian.co.uk - 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;-)
Garry Golden

Center for the Future of Museums: Museums and Digital Badging - 2 views

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    "The Museum Computer Network"
Ruth Cuadra

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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