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Mathematicians use computer to solve minimum Sudoku solution problem

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past several years, Sudoku, as most people know, has become wildly popular. Where once mainstream newspapers carried only crossword puzzles, they now also carry a Sudoku puzzle as ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 4 | with audio podcast weblog

Discovery could lead to more difficult Sudoku puzzles

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of number randomness in Sudoku matrices could lead to the development of more difficult and multi-dimensional Sudoku puzzles. In a recent study, mathematicians have found that ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Feb 13, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (31) | comments 11 | with audio podcast weblog

Toy Robot to Solve Sudoku (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Swedish programmer, Hans Andersson, has used a Lego Mindstorms NXT kit to develop a robot to solve Sudoku puzzles.

Electronics / Robotics

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 weblog

5 ways to strengthen your brain

You're lifting those barbells for strong muscles. You're walking around the block or running marathons or doing 1,000 jumping jacks every day for a stronger heart.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1




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Connected security systems tether homes to owners' smartphones

When Debbie Klava's daughters come home from school in Elk Grove, Calif., she knows the minute they walk in the front door. Even though she's working in an office 90 minutes away, she gets an email or cellphone text when ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Review: 'W.E.L.D.E.R.' leads parade of iPad gems

So you just got an iPad for Christmas. You already have all the essentials loaded - Facebook, Twitter, iBooks, whatever news app you prefer.

Technology / Software

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Barnes & Noble adds apps to Nook e-reader

Barnes & Noble Inc. on Monday added an applications store and an email program to its Nook Color e-reader, bringing the $249 device closer to working like a tablet computer in the vein of the iPad.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quantum engineers remove roadblock in developing next-generation technologies

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team has removed a major obstacle to engineer quantum systems that will play a key role in the computers, communication networks, and even biomedical devices of the future.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Language barrier: To take advantage of multicore chips, programmers will need fundamentally new software

For decades, computer scientists tried to develop software that could automatically turn a conventional computer program -- a long sequence of instructions intended to be executed in order -- into a parallel ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Review: Nookcolor is best dedicated e-reader

(AP) -- When Barnes & Noble Inc. began to sell its first electronic reading device, the Nook, a year ago, I found it as welcome as a bookcase landing on my toe. It was a terrible design - slow, confusing ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 9

UA engineer designs better error-correction code

(PhysOrg.com) -- One company already has licensed the technology from the UA, and patents are pending to meet growing computer industry demand for the error-correction algorithm developed by Bane Vasic.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 25, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Sorting when early memory loss signals big threat

(AP) -- Doctors can't tell if Leif Utoft Bollesen's mild memory loss will remain an annoyance or worsen, but experimental checks of the Minnesota man's aging brain may offer clues.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Computing, Sudoku-style

When Alexey Radul began graduate work at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab in 2003, he was interested in natural-language processing -- designing software that could understand ordinary ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Hands on with a Nintendo DSi XL

It seems almost annual now -- a new year and a new version of the Nintendo DS comes out. Nintendo's almost Apple-like in its offerings, and judging by the sales figures, it's a move that works. On March 28, ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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