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Report Reveals Wave of New Features for Apple's Mixed-Reality Headset (4 minute read)
A new report has revealed a broad range of specific features for Apple's mixed-reality headset. The features include a waist-mounted battery, a dial that enables users to quickly transition between the virtual and real world, magnetically attachable custom prescription lenses, motors that automatically adjust internal lenses to match the wearer's interpupillary distance, an H2 chip for ultra-low latency connection with the second-generation AirPods Pro, and much more. Apple has considered pricing the headset at around $3,000 or more.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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In a first, human brain organoids placed in the mouse cortex react to visual stimuli (4 minute read)
An experiment at the University of California showed that human brain organoids implanted in mice have functional connectivity and respond to external sensory stimuli. While the experiment has been attempted before, previous teams were unable to show that the organoids could respond to stimuli due to limitations in recording technology. The team in this study was able to record optically and electronically at the same time. The setup opens up opportunities for further research into developmental brain diseases.
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What are companies doing with D-Waveās quantum hardware? (11 minute read)
Most companies renting access to general-purpose quantum computers are either running research projects or just gaining experience with programming the systems. D-Wave's quantum annealer can't solve the same full range of mathematical problems as general-purpose quantum computers, but it can be used to solve a variety of optimization problems. This article looks at how POLARISqb and SavantX are using D-Wave's quantum annealer for very different applications. POLARISqb uses the hardware for drug discovery while SavantX uses it for optimizing logistics.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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burn (GitHub Repo)
burn is a complete deep learning framework written in Rust. It features a flexible and intuitive custom neural network model, training with full support for metric, logging, and checkpointing, a Tensor crate with several backends, and a Dataset crate with multiple utilities and sources. burn is aimed at researchers and practitioners for easier experimentation, training, and deployment of models.
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Transition from Software developer to manager (11 minute read)
This article describes a first-hand experience of what it is like transitioning from a software developer to a manager. It aims to help readers decide whether moving to management is the right career change for them. The article includes advice on how to become a better manager. Managing a team isn't for everyone, so the decision to lead should be thought through very carefully.
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CES 2023 Preview (5 minute read)
This article looks at ten technologies that will be demonstrated at CES 2023. These include carbon-nanotube sensors, a reusable breath test for Covid-19, RSV, and the Flu, a sweat-monitoring wearable with a dehydration alarm, apps that analyze selfies and check vital signs, and biometric IDs for pets. An estimated 100,000 people will be at the show, much more than the 45,000 who went in 2022 but down from the 175,000 attendees in 2019.
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