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25 April 2012

Is open hardware creating a more open world?

Today's open-source hardware movement empowers poor rural communities to communicate freely over Wi-Fi,  helps researchers independently measure the speed of neutrinos, and creates new business markets by allowing entrepreneurs to get involved in large projects. Proponents say 2012 is the year open hardware will take flight. But before take-off, the community needs best practice standards to serve as a flight plan.

Adrian Giordani
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Containing multitudes

Advanced computing is helping humanities and social science scholars analyze troves of data about worlds both real and virtual, shedding light on human behavior.

Tricia Barker
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Gamma rays, gravity waves, and galactic GPS

The Einstein@Home volunteer computing project has enabled the public to discover 27 new stars. When someone finds a new pulsar, not only do they enter the history books, they also get a personal email or even a signed-for-letter from project leader Bruce Allen.

Adrian Giordani
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Dear NASA: No more rainbows, please
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Testing diverse architectures

Not all computing systems are suited to the same tasks. But which tasks match with which architectures?

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