NIST researcher Tara Fortier aligns optics to maximize the signal coming from an optical clock. The signal is measured by a frequency comb. Credit: R. Wilson/NIST
Recently, you’ve probably seen the word quantum used everywhere—in computing, in names for tech companies, and maybe even for explanations of love and consciousness.
The new Engine Accelerator offers startups specialized lab equipment, advanced machining, fabrication facilities, office space, and a range of startup support services. Credit: Nana Kusi Minkah of Minks Media
In a large, open space on the first floor of 750 Main St. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a carbon-capture company is heating up molten salts to 600°C right next to a quantum computing company’s device for supercooling qubits.
“Mechanical Muses.”
Generative AI, when harnessed correctly, has the potential to revolutionize the way companies operate, innovate, and compete.
Innovation isn’t just about novel ideas, but novel ideas that endure.
Investors and business leaders are always on the lookout for the next big thing, the paradigm shift that will upend industries and change the world. The hope is to get in early and ride the wave—or at least avoid getting flattened by it.
Industry is increasingly looking to additive manufacturing as a path to restore domestic capacity for fabricating large metal structures, much of which has moved overseas. Photo by eMotion. Tech on Unsplash
Scientists at the U.S.
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Artificial intelligence’s capacity to process and analyze vast amounts of data has revolutionized decision-making processes, making operations in healthcare,
MIT researchers developed an algorithm that can automatically select the best shortcuts for a robot to take on its way to a destination that will reduce the overall travel time while limiting the likelihood that the robot will meet an impassable obstacle. Image: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT; iStock
If a robot traveling to a destination has just two possible paths, it only needs to compare the routes’ travel time and probability of success.
Gone are the days of manual labor and repetitive tasks. Nowadays, robots are taking over these responsibilities, leaving human workers to focus on complex problem-solving and innovation.
Implementing an automated compliance management solution is a mammoth undertaking with high stakes and potentially high returns for those who navigate the process successfully.
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