Scientists with the Institute for Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago have made two breakthroughs in the quest to develop quantum technology. In one study, they entangled two quantum bits using sound for the first time; in another, they built the highest-quality long-range link between two qubits to date. The work brings us closer to harnessing quantum technology to make…
Tag: Sensors
Sensors made from gummy bears could monitor how children chew
A sensor made with a gummy bear could help researchers study how children chew. It’s cheap to make and offers a tasty treat for the child being tested Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2200886-sensors-made-from-gummy-bears-could-monitor-how-children-chew/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
‘How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer’
Slashdot reader omfglearntoplay shared this article from IEEE’s Spectrum. In “How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer,” pilot (and software executive) Gregory Travis argues Boeing tried to avoid costly hardware changes to their 737s with a flawed software fix — specifically, the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (or MCAS): It is astounding that no one who wrote the…
Corporate Surveillance: When Employers Collect Data on Their Workers
An anonymous reader quotes CNBC:
The emergence of sensor and other technologies that let businesses track, listen to and even watch employees while on company time is raising concern about corporate levels of surveillance… Earlier this year, Amazon received a patent for an ultrasonic bracelet that can detect a warehouse worker’s location and monitor their interaction with inventory bins by using ultrasonic…
Canada Is Getting Sued Over Sidewalk Labs’ ‘Smart City’ In Toronto
The Google affiliate’s Quayside project has been hit by a massive legal challenge from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association targeting all three levels of government. Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gy4bgj/canada-is-getting-sued-over-sidewalk-labs-smart-city-in-toronto…
What’s new on Coursera for Business – February and March 2019
We launched 97 new courses in February and March of this year, including 13 courses in Arabic, 10 in Spanish, and 11 in Russian. Here are our top ten courses in English from the past two months: AI For Everyone, deeplearning.ai – AI is not only for engineers. If you want your organization to become […]
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