Scattering grains of sand across a stone is one of the oldest and most primitive computing methods there is. Called geomancy, it is a divination technique that has been used for over a 1,000 years to ...

Academics have made breakthroughs on two fundamental problems in computer science. Academics from the University of Bristol will present new breakthroughs on two fundamental problems in Computer ...

Computer memory has taken on many forms over the years, from mercury-based delay-line tubes to handwoven magnetic core. These days, volatile storage using semiconductors has become ubiquitous with ...

Quantum computers that save their data in so-called quantum bits (or qubits) will be confronted with a fundamental limitation. This is the claim made by Dutch theoretical physicists from the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper documents the recent emergence of generalized networks as a fundamental computer-based planning tool and demonstrates the power of ...