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The Blockchain Trilemma. Credit: KyodoU/Kazuko Shuto In blockchain development, there is a rule of thumb that only two of the following can be effective at the same time: scalability, security, and decentralization. However, the mathematical expression of that rule is still under development. Now, a research team from Kyoto University has found a mathematical expression of the blockchain trilemma: for proof-of-work-based blockchains, including Bitcoin, the product of the three terms scalability, security, and decentralization is one. “By observing the trilemma formula, we can see how to improve scalability without sacrificing security or decentralization,” said Kazuyuki Shuto, team leader at Kyoto…
Himaraya Technologies Co., Ltd. Himalaya Technologies plans to enter the multi-billion dollar smart buildings market organically through planned strategic investments and acquisitions. HMLA is entering a new chapter targeting the smart building market with its AI and IoT-driven platform for commercial, government and public building customers to prevent damage losses.”— John Conklin, COOPITTSBURGH, PA, USA, July 22, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ — Himalaya Technologies, Inc. (OTC: HMLA) is pleased to announce the appointment of John Conklin, an experienced business development and operations executive and inventor, as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Director supporting new business development and venture opportunities. Mr. Conklin has…
AI and accelerated computing are the twin engines that NVIDIA is continually improving, helping to drive energy efficiency across many industries. This is progress that the wider community is beginning to recognise. “Even if predictions that data centers will account for 4% of global energy consumption in the near future come true, AI will have a significant impact on reducing the remaining 96% of energy consumption,” said a report by Lisbon Council Research, a nonprofit organization founded in 2003 that studies economic and social issues. The paper, by a Brussels-based research group, is one of a few big-picture studies beginning…
The real estate industry has always been at the forefront of adopting new technologies to improve the buying and selling experience. Technological advancements, such as online listings and drone photography, have revolutionized the way properties are marketed. One of the most groundbreaking innovations in recent years is virtual reality (VR). This technology has revolutionized home viewings and property marketing, providing a more immersive, efficient, and engaging experience for both buyers and sellers. In this article, we explore how virtual reality is changing the real estate industry and how it can benefit the industry. The Emergence of Virtual Reality in the…
University of Washington researchers, working with international collaborators, have discovered why organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) used in biosensors and other medical devices experience a delay when turned on. OECTs use a two-step process to activate, but the work shows that they can be deactivated in a simpler, faster, one-step way, paving the way for improved designs in medical and computing applications.A new study reveals that the delay observed when switching on organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) is due to a two-step activation process, providing important insights for designing more effective and customizable OECTs for a variety of technological and biological applications.Researchers…
US Vice President Kamala Harris is not yet the Democratic candidate in this year’s presidential election, but following President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out and the flood of endorsements for Harris over the past day, she is set to become a contender. Ms. Harris has extensive ties to the tech industry, not surprising for someone who served as a San Francisco prosecutor, California attorney general and senator. She attended the wedding of early Facebook executive Sean Parker and is close to LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, billionaire Laurene Powell Jobs and venture capitalist John Doerr. “We are family,” she told…
Enlarge / The researchers write, “In this image, the person on the left (Scarlett Johansson) is real, while the person on the right has been generated by AI. Their eyeballs are painted under their faces. The reflections in the eyes match in the real person, but are inaccurate (from a physical point of view) in the fake one.” In 2024, it’s almost trivial to create realistic images of people using AI, raising concerns about how these fake images will be detected. Researchers at the University of Hull recently unveiled a new way to detect AI-generated deepfake images by analyzing the…
Figure Dendritic regions. Courtesy of the Netherlands Neuroscience Institute. A new mouse study from the Netherlands Institute of Neuroscience (NIN) reveals that neurons build “mini-computers” during early childhood to boost the brain’s computational power. The study is published in the journal eLife. Building a functional brain requires wiring neural circuits with high specificity. Key to this system are branched extensions of neurons called dendrites, which process and integrate information they receive from other neurons. Previously, computational neuroscientists have proposed that dendrites could compute information locally in many separate segments within a single cell. Such “computational subunits” or “mini-computers” would dramatically…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of California, Berkeley have developed a new method to improve how computers organize and analyze large data sets. The advancement could improve our ability to extract information from knowledge graphs, with implications for our ability to analyze social networks and customer behavior. The new method, described in a study led by Benjamin Moseley, an associate professor of Carnegie Bosch Operations Research at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Management, can more effectively group similar items together while keeping dissimilar items separate. The paper will be presented at the…
To create fault-tolerant quantum processors, qubits must be coupled to create entanglement. Superconducting qubits are a promising platform for quantum information processing, but to scale up to full-scale quantum computers, many qubits must be interconnected with low error rates. Traditional methods often limit coupling to nearest-neighbor qubits, requiring a large physical footprint and complex fabrication due to the need for a large number of couplers. To address these challenges, a team led by Mohd Ansari of FZJ and Britton Plourde of Syracuse University developed a new approach using multimode couplers. The new design, presented at PRX Quantum, features a ring-like…