Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (IT system) is generally an information system, a communications system, or, more specifically speaking, a computer system — including all hardware, software, and peripheral equipment — operated by a limited group of IT users.
What is Moore’s law, you ask? Well, Moore’s law states that the number of transistors on a chip doubles every two years. What is the relation between Moore’s law and the cost of a chip? Well, the Economist contends that even after Moore’s law ends, chip costs could still halve every few years. That crucial features…
The future of computers is upon us, with artificial intelligence innovation initiatives from companies such as Facebook, Google and China’s Baidu. In an attempt to create next-level artificial intelligence that mimics the human brain, they first need to figure out how our own minds work. So, in order to do this, some of the world’s top researchers…
No doubt that Google, Facebook, and Elon Musk are head to head at the forefront of the space race to wire the world. But these guys might have a new competitor. Now, an out-there, creative thinker who can come across as a rather disorganized and impulsive guy named Greg Wyler from Florida, may just beat them…
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Chemist, inventor & CEO of Carbon3D, Joseph DeSimone, has made more than one significant breakthrough contributions to the field of 3D printing. From his perspective, 3D printing is really nothing more than 2D printing over and over. In this groundbreaking TED talk, he unveils a revolutionary new technique that’s inspired by the infamous Terminator 2. This method…
Bloomberg reports how the world’s biggest exporter of crude oil (Saudi Arabia) has let prices plummet, delaying the day when climate concerns, efficiency, and fuel switching will break the world’s dependence thereon. Things were looking bleak for Ali al-Naimi, Saudi Arabia’s petroleum minister, when oil prices crashed last fall. Naimi pushed prices lower in an initial attempt to…
It seems the death of Moore’s law was not an accurate prediction at all, and has always been greatly exaggerated. People started to pronounce it deceased not long after Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, proclaimed that the number of transistors that can be etched on a given surface area of silicon would double second year. Moore’s…
