Science

How The Fruit Fly Could Revolutionise Distributed Computing

In the eyes of a few researchers, the secrets to breakthroughs in distributed computing lies in the nervous system of the fruit fly. And new, performance-improving algorithms based around these findings could help to better detect earthquakes or cure disease.


December 29, 2009
Software

First Look At Blio, Ray Kurzweil’s Tablet-Friendly Ebook Format

Blio, officially debuting next week at CES, lets you read your ebooks as they’re intended to look on paper. Clearly, Kurzweil is signalling his choice of tablets over e-ink, and his first shots are definitely persuasive.