Old Tech May Lead To New AI Computing

Old Tech May Lead To New AI Computing

Though every month we read about some new advance in artificial intelligence, how much progress is really being made?  Neuromorphic computing has created software and electronic hardware that…
Gauguin As Experimental Printmaker Analyzed

Gauguin As Experimental Printmaker Analyzed

French artist Paul Gauguin has had quite the resurgence - having a painting sell for nearly $300 million will do that - but the artist noted for his colorful paintings of Tahitian life was also a…
Giant Billboards In 3-D, No Glasses Needed

Giant Billboards In 3-D, No Glasses Needed

Engineers in Austria have given us a blessing and a curse - they have created a giant laser system that sends beams in different directions, which makes them visible from many different angles.…
"Air Laser" Created In The Lab

"Air Laser" Created In The Lab

By Charles Q. Choi, Inside Science - A laser could be created with air in a practical way, a new advance that could one day be used to help spot explosives or pollutants from afar, researchers say.…
Weighing Trees - Now With Lasers

Weighing Trees - Now With Lasers

A terrestrial laser scanning technique that allows the structure of vegetation to be 3D-mapped to the millimeter is more accurate in determining the biomass of trees and carbon stocks in forests than…