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Special Issue: What’s New @ IEEE Year-in-Review
This month’s issue of What’s New @ IEEE in Computing will take a look back at the most popular news stories for the past year. Ranked in order of popularity based on the number of clicks received, each story will give a brief synopsis of the initial article, provide links to the original What’s New story and full article, and include recent updates on the featured technology, where applicable.
Next-Generation Processor Unveiled By University of Texas
Computer scientists at the University of Texas at Austin designed and built a revolutionary computer processor capable of reaching trillions of calculations per second, which could be used to accelerate industrial, consumer, and scientific computing. The processor, called TRIPS, is currently part of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (Darpa) Polymorphous Computing Architectures (PCA) project, which seeks to develop processing architectures that can reconfigure and adapt to changing mission requirements.
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Computer Worm Continues to Grow
A novel computer worm called Storm has been increasing in power by quietly infiltrating computers in India, posing a potentially wide-scale threat. According to experts, the Storm virus is particularly deadly because the content of the message keeps altering. The virus, considered one of the most dangerous computer worms in history, has infected so many computers it is now one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world.
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Double-Sided Touch Screen Technology Introduced
Microsoft is developing a mobile platform with a double-sided touch screen system that appears transparent and allows users to manipulate content with their thumbs and fingers wrapped around the device. Photos of the device, dubbed “LucidTouch,” show the device being used as a GPS unit and a gaming platform. Microsoft has also been developing an application called “InkSeine” that lets users search on their hard drives and on the Internet directly from ink, without transcribing information to a search box. See images
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Scientists Now Able to Transmit Data from One Qubit to Another
The process of sending data from one quantum bit (qubit) to another has been achieved by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, allowing for a technological advancement in the field of superconductor-based quantum information processing.
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IEEE Launches Internet Television
IEEE.tv is an Internet-based television network featuring targeted programming on technology and engineering produced by IEEE members. Officially released in October 2007, IEEE.tv includes programs available to the general public, along with special programming for IEEE members. New programming includes a feature on designing for sustainability with experts discussing the technical challenges of “green engineering”, an overview of career possibilities in information technology, and a program about the political challenges of developing the Group on Earth Observations (GEOSS), a global information service that includes satellite-based remote sensing technologies for data collection and analysis.
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Next Generation Supercomputer Unleashed
The second generation of IBM’s Blue Gene supercomputer was revealed at the end of June, with an expanded focus on the oil and gas industries, in addition to commercial organizations such as financial services companies. The latest supercomputer from IBM is aimed at providing not only a faster, higher-performing machine, but also a more simple process for application development. The IBM Blue Gene line of supercomputers recently made the list of the world’s most energy efficient computers, capturing 26 of the top 27 spots on the inaugural Green500 list.
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Personal Robot Earns Top Prize in iRobot Competition
A personal robot that can perform many human functions, created by 35-year-old Danh Trinh of Towson, Maryland, USA, has earned first place and the US$5,000 prize in the iRobot Create contest. The winning robot can move around, play music, and do household tasks with the use of video cameras and sensors attached to the robot.
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High-Speed Cell Computing Board Introduced
In August, Sony unveiled a prototype of its high-speed Cell Computing Board at Siggraph in San Diego, California, USA. The Cell Board, which can obtain computational speeds beyond 230 gigaflops, will be utilized for “real-time image processing” of over 4,000 images and for the portrayal of computer graphics.
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Expert: Robots Geared to Evolve into Companions, Spouses for Humans
In his book, Love and Sex with Robots, British researcher David Levy says robots will develop a heightened ability to respond to human emotions, engage in intelligent conversations, and show emotions much like humans do.
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New Material May Lead to Quantum Computing Breakthrough
Scientists working at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida State University announced the development of a new material that could have huge implications for the next generation of computers. The material – a compound made from potassium, niobium, oxygen, and chromium ions – is said to “be to computers of the future what silicon is to the computers of today”.
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Intel Debuts Engineering Program in Second Life
In June, Intel launched a series of engineering presentations in Second Life, the 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents, as an extension of Intel’s Web presence. The program allows developers of multicore, manageability, and mobility technologies to communicate with Intel engineers and experts. The Intel Dev Zone, the company’s home in Second Life, hosts plenty of live events and links to technical content, online training, webcasts and other resources for developing software. See images of Intel in Second Life
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