IBM researchers say they’ve found a better way to detect and correct errors that could compromise quantum computing. Specifically, they can detect two types of error at the same time, something previously not possible. Quantum computing is based around a simple, if somewhat mindnumbing concept. ‘Traditional’ computing breaks information down into bits, which can each […]
Number two, I knew I would get to the bottom of your devious secrets sooner or later. Seriously, this is why we use #2 pencils on tests. This has been bugging me for years. Cool side note, if you run some chapstick over the answer reader, it is rumored the scantron cannot process the answers […]
Tesla is launching the “Powerwall”, a high capacity battery for powering a home. It’s designed to work with mains (household line) power, solar panels, or a mix of the two. The basics of Powerwall are nothing new: each battery unit will actually be made up of multiple lithium-ion batteries of the type Tesla already uses […]
Google has patented a keyboard design without a dedicated space bar. It appears to be a way of saving space on smaller machines. In the patent, spotted by Quartz, the spacebar would be removed. The trackpad would then be moved up to partially fill the gap, meaning a line’s worth of space could be taken […]
Several American Airline flights were delayed yesterday after an iPad app used by pilots crashed the device. The app acted as an electronic version of a “flight bag” of printed documentation. AA got regulatory permission to use iPads in-flight in 2012 when it proposed using them to store digital versions of aircraft operating manuals and […]
Chewing gum could be the way to get unwanted tunes out of your head according to newly-published research. It’s based on the idea that moving your jaw can impede both short-term memory and recollection of sound. Researchers at the University of Reading were interested in the way that not only do different people seem to […]
Google is offering to buy patents in a “simple, easy to use and fast” process while letting the seller continue using the relevant technology. It’s billing it as a way to combat patent trolls, but it’s by no means an act of philanthropy. According to Google, the purpose of the program is to deal with […]
Swedish researchers have pulled off an “invisibility cloak” with a twist: it’s the person wearing the cloak who thinks they are invisible. It’s all part of a study looking at ways of treating anxiety. The invisibility study stems from work on phantom limb syndrome in which amputees still perceive pain and other feelings from the […]
Telltale games, the makers of such awesome licensed games as Walking Dead and Game of Thrones has just announced their newest team up for their next game. While we know nothing about the actual game or who will be in it, we know one thing: they will be working with Marvel comics. If you have […]
A start-up company says it can give the location of anywhere in the world to the nearest three meters using just three words. How useful that proves to be may depend on how many people use it. What Three Words is based around three ideas: that large parts of the world don’t have any form […]