Sentences with phrase «about building computer»

You do realize that all science is about modelling, and that the best science is about building computer models that make competent predictions or projections?

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Nick and Jill moved into a cottage in the redwood forest near Pescadero, where Nick set about working 16 - hour days at the computer and the sewing machine, testing new fabrics for the next - generation product, designing marketing materials, writing patent applications, and starting to build up a network of retailers.

In the course of the fascinating discussion, which ranges from Houston's early computer obsession to his ideas about building a successful startup culture, Houston boils down his advice for ambitious young people into an incredibly simple if slightly quirky three - part formula: a tennis ball, a circle, and the number 30,000.

But while everyone talks about ImageNet's success, «we hardly talk about the failures,» she said, underscoring the hard work researchers have building powerful computers that can «see» like humans.

Not quite out of his computer science undergraduate program, Jackson Stone isn't just thinking about what's next, he's building it.

• Kano, a London - based startup that teaches kids (and adults) about computers and coding through do - it - yourself hardware building kits, raised $ 28 million in funding.

Take a human body — the brain and the neural networks are more powerful than any computer system ever built, what about body r frame — skeleton, see how it is structured and well ordered.

Sure, you can read all about how to build a computer, but until you get all of the parts, and start assembling, you won't really know.

You can find a variety of classes that teach everything from the basics of using computers and tablet devices, building website with HTML, becoming a SharePoint, or just about anything else.

They had been playing computer civilisation - building games and one of them — Civilisation II — had whole sections about the advantages of different types of environment.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about a solar farm developer looking to build the largest in the Capital Region, Scenic Hudson extends its reach in preserving farmland, and telemedicine's promise to let patients talk to medical experts by smart phone or computer.

The enormous range of scales (stars, the building blocks of galaxies, are each about one trillion times smaller in mass than the galaxy they make up), as well as the complex physics involved, presents a formidable challenge for any computer model.

Even though «there is no contract, no agreement,» says Frank Dellaert, a robotics and computer - vision researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, who has received two grants of about $ 40,000 from Microsoft, «it is in my own self - interest to use the money [as proposed] to build that relationship up.»

The tension from this looming threat ratcheted up in January with leaks from Edward Snowden reportedly about a secret $ 80 million National Security Agency program called «Penetrating Hard Targets,» which is focused on building a quantum computer.

To show how information builds up and flows among scientific disciplines, Columbia University computer scientist W. Bradford Paley, along with colleagues Kevin Boyack and Dick Klavans, categorized about 800,000 scholarly papers into 776 areas of scientific study (shown as colored circular nodes) based on how often the papers were cited together by other papers.

With most movies now, about half of what you see is a physical build, the rest is computer - generated.

To find out, Jian Ge of the University of Florida in Gainesville and colleagues built a computer simulation of the system, which showed that moon - sized protoplanets — the precursors to larger worlds — could indeed form after about a million years.

Computer simulations built by the scientists suggest that this has already happened in the Amazon about 20,000 years ago, in accordance with evidence from the Earth's past.

Expresses concerns about DOE's quest to build a world - leading exascale computer.

The scientists, in collaboration with IBM, are launching the effort by building a computer model of the neocortical column of a rat, a single circuit of about 10,000 cells, each of which is capable of thousands of connections.

Exascale computers built on the same principles would devour 100 to 500 megawatts — about the same as a small city.

The computers built by commercial firm D - Wave of Burnaby in British Columbia, Canada, have many more qubits — about 500 — but use a method known as adiabatic quantum computing, which, unlike the traditional method, has not yet been proved to give a quantum power boost.

Credit growing concerns about climate and computer advances that make it easier to fashion custom - shaped panels, says Sam Zelinka, head of building and fire sciences research at the Forest Products Laboratory, an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in Madison.

Such a computer could answer the questions about materials that the Princeton team is pursuing, but building a general - purpose quantum computer has proven to be incredibly difficult and requires further research.

The industry giants racing to build such a machine quietly started recruiting app designers, which suggests the long quest to make good on the hype about quantum computers might have entered a new stage.

True, crows aren't likely to build computers or space stations any time soon, but their skills do challenge current ideas about how our ancestors became master toolmakers.

It is, though, a passive display: while some computer enthusiasts wax lyrical about building virtual reality, Disney builds parallel reality with the pragmatism of an engineer.

Technology visionaries are thinking about using nitrogen - vacancy centers to probe for cracks in metals, such as bridge structures or jet engine blades, for homeland security applications, as sensitive rotation sensors, and perhaps even as building blocks for quantum computers.

«This is the first time that any hardware design has been proposed — it hasn't been built yet — that would give you this level of security while only having about a factor of three or four overhead in performance,» says Srini Devadas, the Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, whose group developed the new system.

The researchers built the device — which uses about one - billionth the electric current needed to power a hair dryer — while exploring how to use quantum dots, which are bits of semiconductor material that act like single atoms, as components for quantum computers.

Their robotic centipede — built through microfabrication techniques similar to those used for making computer chips — is just over an inch long and about a third as wide, weighing less than two - hundredths of an ounce.

The Raspberry Pi Projects Kit gave her the opportunity to do some really cool, creative projects over the summer break, all while learning more about computer programming and increasing her electronics and circuit - building skills.

Computer Science Education Week is this week, December 4 - 10, 2017 — In addition to hands - on projects and career profiles to help students learn more about computer science and coding, Science Buddies has suggestions for teachers to build on the momentum and integrate computer science projects with other classroom sComputer Science Education Week is this week, December 4 - 10, 2017 — In addition to hands - on projects and career profiles to help students learn more about computer science and coding, Science Buddies has suggestions for teachers to build on the momentum and integrate computer science projects with other classroom scomputer science and coding, Science Buddies has suggestions for teachers to build on the momentum and integrate computer science projects with other classroom scomputer science projects with other classroom subjects.

«What's exciting about using Majorana particles to build quantum computers is that the system would be fault - tolerant.»

Hmm, while the WiiU would excel at a traditional RPG with use of the gamepad, I can't complain about a PC release, as I just built a pimpmazing computer:).

The original «Mission: Impossible,» directed by Brian de Palma, built an incomprehensible plot about the theft of a computer file with the names of America's top secret agents around the film's massive action set - pieces.

The period detail is superb, although I couldn't help thinking about the fact that almost everything must have been painted in place with computer graphics: the London streets, the vintage cars, the buildings, the crowds.

He began thinking about his own college admissions process — both the good moments and the difficult ones — and decided to use his computer programming knowledge to build a website that would make the college search a more engaging, enjoyable experience.

Computer science is about learning how to think, and it's applicable to everything from writing a symphony to building a business like I did.

They move about the building as needed to the library, science lab, art studio, offices, or anyplace they can find a free telephone, computer, printer, or scanner.

For example, CSILE (Computer - Supported Intentional Learning Environment) provides a means for students to engage in knowledge - building within a learning community, i.e. students focus on a problem of interest and begin to build a communal database of information about the problem: discourse, reflection and peer review.

By the end of our time together you'll have a better understanding of how we all perceive things we see especially on a computer screen, how to build high quality graphics using PowerPoint, and have a few new techniques about visual design principles.

Before school ended for summer break, I sat down with my building principal and discussed my concerns about our sixth - grade students taking end - of - year assessments on the computer with no opportunity to practice beforehand.

Selected by lottery from San Diego's diverse neighborhoods, HTH's 350 students move among state - of - the - art specialty labs, seminar rooms, and individualized computer workstations as they pursue projects about molecular biology, robotics, painting, bridge building.

I was curious so I emailed the company quoted above to see what they had to say about someone building a one - off car computer.

About Blackdog Speed Shop Blackdog Speed Shop Blackdog Speed Shop is a high - performance, custom car builder in the northern suburbs of Chicago specializing in ground - up car builds, high - performance upgrades for engines, transmissions, suspension and exhaust including computer and dyno tuning.

Carburetors are long gone, being replaced by computer - controlled fuel injection, and just about every car made comes with a built - in diagnostic system to help pinpoint errors in the event of an unexpected failure.

The MMI computer supervises about every aspect of the SQ5, from the satnav and the phone to the built - in Audi Wi - Fi hotspot, the Bang & Olufsen stereo, and the finer points of interior lighting, auto - locking and so forth.

A tablet computer with a 7 - or 8 - inch multi-touch screen — about four times the iPod touch screen area — with Apple's OS X built in.

I've talked before about the importance of book marketing and author branding to build a platform, but it's also about getting out there, from behind the computer screen, and connecting with people.