Robotics
Before a robot can grab dishes off a shelf to set the table, it must ensure its gripper and arm won't crash into anything and potentially shatter the fine china. As part of its motion planning process, a robot typically runs ...
Mar 7, 2024
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Software
A team of computer scientists led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced a new method for automatically generating whole proofs that can be used to prevent software bugs and verify that the underlying ...
Jan 4, 2024
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Business
A combined team of researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Tsinghua University has found a possible way to make blockchain processing more efficient—by calculating something useful as part of the consensus mechanism. ...
Computer Sciences
One of the most classic algorithmic problems deals with calculating the shortest path between two points. A more complicated variant of the problem is when the route traverses a changing network—whether this be a road network ...
Mar 11, 2021
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Computer Sciences
A team of researchers have devised a way to verify that a class of complex programs is bug-free without the need for traditional software testing. Called Armada, the system makes use of a technique called formal verification ...
Jun 16, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Smart watches. Pacemakers. Internet-connected glasses. These are devices designed to make life easier. And yet, all this wearable technology can be hacked. The devices send personal health information to your smartphone over ...
Apr 29, 2019
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Business
In blockchain development, there is a rule of thumb that only two of the following are valid simultaneously: scalability, security, and decentralization. However, the mathematical expression of that rule was still a work ...
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Computer Sciences
A radically different type of computing technology under development, known as quantum computing, could in theory decode secure communications and jeopardize military communications, critical infrastructure, and financial ...
Sep 15, 2022
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Business
Fort Worth, Texas will become the first city government in the United States to mine bitcoin, with Mayor Mattie Parker implementing a tech pilot project that could catch on across the nation.
Apr 27, 2022
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Security
There are times when the highest levels of privacy and security are required to protect a piece of information, but there is still a need to prove the information's existence and accuracy. For the Department of Defense (DoD), ...
Jul 22, 2019
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