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In 1982, computer scientists Edward Fredkin and Tommaso Toffoli suggested that it might be possible to construct a computer out of bouncing billiard balls rather than electronic signals. Spherical balls bouncing frictionlessly between buffers and other balls could create circuits that execute logic, at least in principle. In 2011, Yukio-Pegio Gunji and his colleagues at Kobe University extended this idea in an unexpected direction: They found that “swarms of soldier crabs can implement logical gates when placed in a geometrically constrained environment.” These crabs normally live in lagoons, but at low tide they emerge in swarms that behave in predictable...

Nokia's new devices include nice-price Android phones and a redesigned 3310 featurephone.

Software engineering (SWE) is the application of engineering to the development of software in a systematic method.

bnflite is a C++ template library for lightweight grammar parsers (BNF can be "executable"! ) - bnflite/README.md at master · r35382/bnflite

With links to Donald Trump, Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage, the rightwing American computer scientist is at the heart of a multimillion-dollar propaganda network

NGD Systems this week announced its first SSD that also happens to be one of the highest capacity drives in the industry. The NGD...

Intel’s Xeon D SoCs and supporting platforms for storage, web hosting and networking applications seem to be getting traction with actual hardware manufacturers as...

The science is proven. The concept works. Whether it's built before humanity's looming energy crisis is up to us.

Tech helped Fake Markets took over Free Markets without media or politicians even noticing.

A simple, command line tool to download Unsplash wallpapers. It’s not intended to be anything particularly fancy — it just works. - GitHub - splash-cli/splash-cli: A simple, command line tool to do...

How is intuition developed? How does this lead to innovation? What does this have to do with Deep Learning?

Physicists have made a new phase of matter called a time crystal—but what does that even mean?

'Hybrid cloud isn't going to be a mix of AWS and Google, or AWS and on-premise. It will be a mix of AWS and client machines.'

Exploring the costumed world of maid roleplay and owl selfies.

Millennials aren’t lazy, says economist Tyler Cowen, they’re just better adapted to thriving in the modern age.

President Trump’s acrid comments about Sweden come at a time when Swedes themselves are questioning their generosity toward immigrants and its potential limits.

Ikea is a behemoth. The home furnishing company uses 1 percent of the planet’s lumber, it says, and the 530 million cubic feet of wood used to make Ikea furnitu…

Search tool designed for developers. Contribute to fbeline/kaki development by creating an account on GitHub.

"Driving isn't just a mechanical operation but also a complex social activity."

One of the best things about Portland is how easy it is to get to conferences from the airport. Just jump on the Red Line light rail at the airport and jump off at Pioneer Square for $2.50 and about 30 minutes of travel time. I learned this because earlier this week, yours truly was…

Great Moments in Nazi Punching: The German American Bund was formed in 1936 to promote the causes of Nazi Germany in the United States. It was open to Americans of German descent, provided they could prove they had no black or Jewish ancestry. These guys were openly Nazis, like, not even the kind who think they can hide behind fake irony and shitty frog memes. Their flag was a swastika ...

I’m fired up about the work I want to share at Domains 2017 this summer. The tagline for the conference is Indie Tech and Other Curiosities, and I plan to be one of the curiosities! I’v…

Treasury is starting to get serious about money laundering in high end residential real estate.

Matter is going to move more freely and cheaply than ever before