The number of connected devices may be on the rise, but large swaths of the global population still live in areas without telecom infrastructure or a reliable internet connection. A group of EPFL researchers, working with ...
Telecom
Nov 27, 2017
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A quest to help the systems software community work on very large supercomputers without having to actually test on them has spawned an affordable, scalable system using thousands of inexpensive Raspberry Pi nodes. It brings ...
Hardware
Nov 13, 2017
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Silicon Valley youngster Pi on Monday claimed it had developed the world's first wireless charger that does away with cords or mats to charge devices.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 19, 2017
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A portable system which allows communications to be restored in the wake of a disaster and help direct survivors to safety is being devised by academics.
Earth Sciences
Jun 14, 2017
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Astronauts aren't the only ones who get to use NASA technology. Computer scientists and engineers at NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, work to make flight software and satellite technology more accessible ...
Space Exploration
Jun 3, 2016
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One of the most important numbers in maths might today be named after the Greek letter π or "pi", but the convention of representing it this way actually doesn't come from Greece at all. It comes from the pen of an 18th ...
Mathematics
Mar 14, 2016
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After thousands of years of trying, mathematicians are still working out the number known as pi or "π". We typically think of pi as approximately 3.14 but the most successful attempt to calculate it more precisely worked ...
Mathematics
Mar 14, 2016
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Few true mysteries remain, but Pi is one of them.
Mathematics
Mar 11, 2016
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Lenovo, the Chinese firm that has bought up IBM's cast off PC business, has announced a miniaturised computer not much larger than a smartphone, which can be connected to any screen via an HDMI connection.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 29, 2015
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Math students everywhere will be eating pies in class this week in celebration of what is known as Pi Day, the 14th day of the 3rd month.
Mathematics
Mar 16, 2015
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