Tag: Computer Science
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New legged robots designed to explore planets as a team
While rovers have made incredible discoveries, their wheels can hold them back, and erratic terrain can mean damage. There is no replacing something like Perseverance, but sometimes rovers could use a leg up, and they could get that from a small swarm of four-legged robots. They look like giant metal insects, but the trio of…
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One small teraflop: HPE’s supercomputer takes a giant leap on the space station
HPE’s Spaceborne Computer is installed on the International Space Station. (HPE Photo) The most powerful computer ever sent into space proved its mettle this month by registering a processing speed in excess of a trillion floating-point calculations per second, a measure that’s known as a teraflop. “HPE’s Spaceborne Computer is the first high-performance commercial off-the-shelf…
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Want a career in aerospace? Study computer science, job forecast for Seattle region suggests
Computer science plays an increasingly significant role in aerospace development. (Credit: Boeing) The most reliable way to break into the aerospace industry of tomorrow is to learn computer science today. That’s one of the preliminary findings from a study that estimates how many workers will be available to fill future jobs at King County’s aerospace ventures. The…