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Bacterial Computer Solves Hamiltonian Path Problem Rob writes 'A team of US scientists has engineered bacteria that can solve complex mathematical problems faster than anything made from silicon. The research, published today in the Journal of Biological Engineering (abstract and provisional PDF), proves that bacteria can be used to solve a puzzle known as the Hamiltonian Path Problem, a special case of the traveling salesman problem. The researchers say that this proof-of-concept experiment demonstrates that bacterial computing is a new way to address NP-complete problems using the inherent advantages of genetic systems.' of this story at Slashdot. SlashdotOn the road: Lexus IS 220d Smooth, comfortable, but nothing to write home about, says Andrew AnthonyFor some years now Lexus has been american for luxury. It doesn't matter that the car is Japanese - part of Toyota - because it's a brand that has had a major cultural impact in the States. If you'd been an American novelist in the last decade or so and you'd wanted to create a character who was successful, materially comfortable and, perhaps, a little complacent, you'd probably have them drive a Lexus.As Don DeLillo writes in Underworld, 'I was driving a Lexus through a rustling wind. This is a car assembled in a work area that's completely free of human presence. The system flows forever onward, automated to priestly nuance. It's a culmination in a way, machines made and shaped outside the little splat of human speech. And this made my rented car a natural match for the landscape I was crossing.'If you say so, Don. No doubt wise to the literary significance, last year Lexus magazine commissioned a  GuardianJVC outs NC-TX mini-systems with iPod docks, video JVC has announced the upcoming release of two mini-systems, the NX-TC3 and NX-TC5. Both sport a 4.3-inch touchscreen, which can display photos or videos from a connected USB thumb drive. Each is also equipped with an iPod dock, a CD player and an AM/FM tuner, supplemented by 512MB of internal memory, to which music can be ripped. Only the TC5 can rip music to an external USB device however, or loa... macnn.comChina`s oil giants to see robust yearly earnings: analysts China's two oil majors will see robust growth in earnings this yea mainly due to the new oil pricing system and more stable crude prices, China.org said on Friday, citing analysts . IB TimesElectronic Armageddon, and No Electricity Either Smart grid technology is a hot issue on Capitol Hill, but some are raising questions about the idea. In recent days we've discussed the smart grid's potential exposure to worm attacks, consumers' unreadiness for the idea, and whether the whole concept may need a rethink. A Congressional hearing on Thursday surfaced another reason for caution: the smart grid's vulnerability to EMP. 'Electromagnetic Pulse' refers to the damage caused in electrical circuits and systems when a nuclear explosive goes off nearby. The electric grid as it's currently constituted is vulnerable to EMP; the further down the road we go towards a smart grid, the more vulnerable it will become. 'It makes a great equalizer for small nations looking to stand up to military Goliaths, argues Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (Rep.-Md.), a former research scientist and engineer who has worked in the past on projects for NASA and the military. All one needs to wreak some serious EMP damage, he charges, is a sea-worthy steamer, $100,00 SlashdotNew Leader In Netflix Prize Race With One Day To Go brajesh writes 'Netflix Prize, an algorithm competition to improve the Netflix Cinematch recommendation system by more than 10%, has a new leader — The Ensemble — just one day before the competition ends. The 30-day race to the end was kicked off after BellKor's Pragmatic Chaos submitted the first entry to break the 10% barrier, with the results showing a 10.08% improvement. The Ensemble, made up of three teams who chose to join forces ('Grand Prize Team,' 'Opera Solutions' and 'Vandelay United), has managed to overtake BellKor with a score of 10.09% — an improvement of .01% over the former leaders. From the article on Techcrunch: 'The competition will end [today], so teams still have a little bit of time left to make their last-second submissions, but things are looking good for The Ensemble. This has to be absolutely brutal for team BellKor.'' of this story at Slashdot. SlashdotCopyright Status of Thermodynamic Properties? orzetto writes 'I work at a research institute, and programming models of physical systems is what I do most of the time. One significant problem when modeling physical processes is finding thermodynamic data. There are some commercial solutions, but these can be quite expensive, and to the best of my knowledge there are no open source efforts in this direction. In my previous job, my company used NIST's Supertrapp, which is not really that expensive, but is written in Fortran, and an old-fashioned dialect at that. As a result, it is a bit difficult to integrate into other projects (praised be f2c), and the programming interface is simply horrible; worse, there are some Fortran-induced limitations such as a maximum of 20 species in a mixture. I was wondering whether it would be legal to buy a copy of such a database (they usually sell with source code, no one can read Fortran anyway); take the data, possibly reformatting it as XML; implement a new programming interface from scratch; an SlashdotNew reporting system inflates grosses Business News: Numbers-crunching brightens Broadway outlook -- One key factor that could boost Broadway past the billion-dollar mark is a simple matter of numbers-crunching. VarietyRainbow Ants Habitat with Rainbow Color Sand (Toy) newly tagged ``science`` Rainbow Ants Habitat with Rainbow Color Sand (Toy)By CloseoutZone Buy new: $19.95 First tagged 'science' by David R. Williams customer tags: sand art, color sand, ant farm, educational, science, insects, ant habitat, antworks, learning AmazonDreambox Lands Distributor Bellevue, WA-based Dreambox Learning, an education software startup, announced yesterday that Pearson Canada, the largest education publisher in Canada, will distribute its online math education system to schools and customers throughout Canada. financial details were not released. Dreambox, started in 2006, launched its math learning program designed for students in kindergarten through second grade in ... Seattle Post Intelligencer1 2 3 4 5 |
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