Pitt engineer and surgeons unveil wireless metamaterial spinal implants that feel, heal, and communicate
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Optical computing, which uses light rather than electricity to process information, offers a promising route to overcome the speed and energy limits of conventional electronics. In a recent study, researchers from China developed an optical feature extraction engine, OFE2. The integrated system performs high-speed feature extraction using optical diffraction. Operating at 12.5 GHz, OFE2 demonstrated record-low latency and enhanced performance in various tasks, including image analysis and real-time processing of financial data.
Between 2008 and 2010, polarization in society increased dramatically alongside a significant shift in social behavior: the number of close social contacts rose from an average of two to four or five people. The connection between these two developments could provide a fundamental explanation for why societies around the world are increasingly fragmenting into ideological bubbles.
Scientists at the Earlham Institute introduce MARTi, a powerful new tool for the real-time analysis of nanopore metagenomics.