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Future VR Haptics May Use Chemicals on the Skin to Make You Feel

Gizmodo

As a potential way to simulate a human’s ability to feel physical sensations, researchers have developed haptic VR hardware that applies chemicals to your skin to trigger… Read more. Virtual reality experiences are never going to feel like the real world until we’re able to engage all of our senses, not just vision and hearing.

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Scientists turn to the cloud to streamline supercomputer calculations for chemistry

GeekWire

Their effort to make supercomputer-scale resources more widely available through cloud computing could aid in the search for methods to break down toxic “forever chemicals” that are currently hard to get rid of. The chemical, also known as PFOA, was banned worldwide in 2019 but still persists in the environment.

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Microsoft makes quantum breakthrough, plans commercial offering

CIO Business Intelligence

“Through this collaboration, we’re bringing a new generation of reliable quantum hardware to customers by integrating and advancing Atom Computing’s neutral atom hardware into our Azure Quantum compute platform,” Jason Zander, executive vice president of strategic missions and technologies at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post Tuesday.

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A matter of time: 3 metrics that demonstrate the value of immersion cooling

Network World

It reduces hotspots and thermal cycling (temperature fluctuations), which could cause wear on hardware components over time. The improved thermal environment could lead to fewer hardware failures, such as fan failure rates, extending the lifespan of equipment.

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Armis, Honeywell Uncover Vulnerabilities in Honeywell Systems

Tech Republic Security

Newly discovered vulnerabilities in distributed control systems could allow attackers access to systems supporting industrial, energy, chemical and other operations.

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Retro Chic: The IoT Means Hardware Engineers Are Cool Again

The Investing Edge

By WWI, a third key player in the Industrial Revolution, Chemical Engineers, had emerged to advance the science and design of materials. The new rock stars of the technology-entrepreneur world had become Mechanical, Electrical, and Chemical Engineers, and this would be true for much of the 20 th century. (My engineering folks.

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This ag-tech startup kept digging, and found an electrifying idea to zap weeds and soil pests

GeekWire

startup that replaces chemical pesticides with devices that zap soil pests with a jolt akin to a controlled lightning strike. For a decade, the company has doggedly kept at its goal, finding creative solutions to hardware challenges and quickly pivoting to seize new opportunities. The chemicals also kill good bugs as well as bad.

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