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This Stop-Motion Movie Is Animated Using Individual Atoms
Occasionally, researchers at IBM take a break from exploring the limits of data storage at the molecular level — and instead make stop-motion films, animated entirely with individual atoms. This is the result.
Bill Gates And Paul Allen Recreate Iconic 1981 Microsoft Photo
Back in 1981, Bill Gates and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen pulled of an audacious feat: they licensed MS-DOS to IBM in a deal that saw them retain entire control of the software. To mark the occasion, the pair were photographed amid a sea of contemporary computers — and now they’ve recreated the image.
IBM’s New Transistors Only Need A Microburst Of Power
The capabilities of new microprocessors are typically expressed around Moore’s Law, but it’s assumed that at some point we’ll pass its threshold in relation to what we can do with silicon. New research from IBM suggests that one of the most critical issues — heat produced by increasing transistor density — may be about to be solved.
IBM’s Watson Got A Job As A Pastry Chef
Super computer Watson can crush puny humans at Jeopardy. It can do a pretty bang-up job as a doctor. It can swear up a storm. Two of those aren’t easy for a normal person, but that’s not enough for IBM. IBM wants more.
Monster Machines: How This Supercomputer Will Silence Jet Engines
The modern jet engine may be powerful enough to shuttle travellers across a continent in just six hours, but it’s also unbearably loud. Aircraft engineers are developing quieter designs, but building and testing these prototypes can be costly. With the help of Livermore National Labs’ supercomputer and open-source modelling software, commercial airliners may soon be whisper quiet.
This 1983 Song-And-Dance Ad For Lotus 1-2-3 Is Hilarious
Last weekend, Lotus 1-2-3 turned 30. It was widely regarded as the IBM PC’s first killer piece of software — a heady combination of spreadsheet, database and graphics processor — and set the ball rolling for a whole world of productivity applications. But the best thing about it has to be this ad.
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