A few Danish computer scientists have solved a years-long mathematical puzzle that lay dormant for decades, after researchers made insignificant progress since the 1990s. The abstract problem in question is part of what is called graph theory, and specifically deals with the challenge of finding an algorithm to solve the …
Read More »Engineer’s best friend: how a dog-like robot is helping Ford to remodel plants
Boston Dynamics’ dog-like robot, Fluffy, uses lasers to scan the Ford Van Dyke Transmission Plant to help engineers come up with a computer-aided design plan to reorganize the plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA. In this undated photo. Ford Motor Company / Brochure via REUTERS (Reuters) – He runs, walks, …
Read More »NASA just released a spectacular 10 year time lapse of our fascinating sun
For once, let’s break with the usual advice and tell you that you should look at the Sun. Specifically, in the new NASA activity video over the 10-year time span on the solar surface. Lasting 61 minutes in total, the impressive video has been produced from high-resolution images captured by …
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