Systems & Networks

Mojo Vision Details Low-Power Chips for Augmented Reality Contact Lenses

IEEE Spectrum: A millimeter-scale microLED display that fits onto a contact lens to provide augmented reality is, frankly, amazing, but for it to be useful it needs to know what…

The U.S. Government Finally Gets Serious About IoT Security

IEEE Spectrum: The U.S. government is a larger customer of IoT products than you may realize. Veterans Affairs, for example, buys connected IV pumps for its hospitals, while the Environmental Protection Agency buys water sensors to measure pollution. To protect all…

D-Wave demonstrates performance advantage in quantum simulation

Physics World: Researchers at the quantum computing firm D-Wave Systems have shown that their quantum processor can simulate the behaviour of an “untwisting” quantum magnet much faster than a classical machine. Led by D-Wave’s director of performance research Andrew King, the…

Xi’s Gambit: China Plans for a World Without American Technology

New York Times: China is freeing up tens of billions of dollars for its tech industry to borrow. It is cataloging the sectors where the United States or others could cut off access to crucial technologies. And when its leaders released their…