Credit Card with a Computer Inside
A smarter credit card could mean new security features and other functionality.
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Tom Simonite
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I’m MIT Technology Review’s IT editor for hardware and software and enjoy a diverse diet of algorithms, Internet, and human-computer interaction with chips on the side. Working in our San Francisco office, I cover new ideas about what computers can do for us, whether they spring from tech giants, new startups, or academic labs.
My journey to the West Coast started in a small English town called Wantage and took in the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, and five years writing and editing technology news coverage at New Scientist magazine.
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Intel Outlines An Era of Friendly Surveillance
Gadgets that track everything around you could become smart assistants, instead of dumb tools.
License Plates Used for Public Messaging
Apps that read license plates can send notes to their owners, and help businesses track customers.
Intel Puts Game Physics in the Cloud
Simulating the physics of light makes for games that better mimic the real world.
A Search Service that Can Peer into the Future
A Yahoo Research tool mines news archives for meaning--illuminating past, present, and even future events.
Living Data
The three-story-high Allosphere creates unique visualizations.
Google Offers Cloud-Based Learning Engine
Providing developers with machine learning on tap could unleash a flood of smarter apps.
A New Kind of Microchip
A probability-based processor may speed up flash memory, and eventually much more.
Software Upgrade Lets Android Phones Take Orders
New voice recognition features for everything from text messaging to music
Computing at the Speed of Light
Replacing metal wiring with fiber optics could change everything from supercomputers to laptops.
