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How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world-changing technology nearly 6,000 years ago

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kai James, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) Imagine you’re a copper ...
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Microsoft's new light-based computer inspired by 80-year-old technology — it could make AI 100 times more efficient

A computer that uses light rather than digital switches for calculations could help reduce the energy demands of artificial ...

Microsoft Develops New Optical Computer Inspired by Technology from 80 Years Ago, AI Energy Efficiency May Increase by a Hundredfold

A new study indicates that a computer that uses light instead of digital switches for computation may help reduce the energy demands of artificial intelligence (AI). The scientists who invented this ...
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How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world-changing technology nearly 6,000 years ago

Imagine you’re a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 B.C.E. Day after day you haul copper ore through the mine’s sweltering tunnels. You’ve resigned yourself to the grueling monotony ...