Hacking and cracking with Mr. Robot

USA’s wildly popular “Mr. Robot” took center stage at the CES 2016 CyberSecurity Forum in Las Vegas. Hosted by Nilay Patel of The Verge, the Robot panel featured a number of writers, consultants and security experts, including USA Network’s Kor Adana.

Adana – a scribe for the hit series – told conference attendees that he and Robot creator Sam Esmail were both frustrated with the way the majority of conventional films and shows insisted on portraying hacking over the years.

Microsoft and Rambus pool resources on quantum computing

Quantum computing research and development continues to pick up pace. Now we hear that software (services and devices) giant Microsoft will be collaborating with memory specialist Rambus on developing memory systems for future architectures, specifically for quantum computing.

Sensors Enable ADAS

Advanced driver assistance requires a careful and complex balance of hardware, software and security.

Securing intelligent transportation systems

Earlier this week, Team Lightbulb hosted its annual Broadband Conference at CES 2016. A number of topics were discussed at various panels throughout the day, including the steady evolution of intelligent transportation systems (ITS).

Jill Ingrassia, the Managing Director of Government Relations and Traffic Safety Advocacy at AAA, told conference attendees the auto industry has managed to significantly reduce the amount of vehicle crashes in recent years. However, more progress must be made, as thousands of people a year still lose their lives in traffic accidents.

Microsoft is pushing for a quantum leap to shape the future of computing

Microsoft and Rambus have announced a partnership whereby they will be jointly looking into the memory requirements which will be necessary for quantum computing to become a reality in some form…

New York Times talks lensless smart sensors

Dave Gershgorn of the New York Times recently noted that the optics of the camera obscura have faithfully served photographers for ages. Indeed, the recipe has been kept fairly simple throughout the years: a lens, aperture, dark box and something to record the light.

“But the camera as we know it is changing,” Gershgorn confirmed. “A revolution in digital imaging research could surpass the camera obscura in almost every technical way: resolution, size and energy efficiency. It’s called computational photography, and it stems from the idea that if you can capture visual data instead of a true image, then the picture can be reconstructed with software.”