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My personal term for the inexact nature of the messy, fuzzy world was muzzy. But then, in 1980, I acquired an Ohio Scientific desktop computer and found prompt, lasting relief. All its operations were built on a foundation of binary arithmetic, in which a 1 was always exactly a 1 and a 0 was a genuine 0, with no fractional quibbling. The 1 of existence, and the 0 of nothingness! I fell in love with the purity of digital and learned to write code, which became a lifelong refuge from muzzy math.Of course, digital values…

Analog quantum computers are a type of quantum computer that operates using continuous variables, such as the amplitude and phase of a quantum wavefunction, to perform computations.Physicists have created a novel type of analog quantum computer capable of addressing challenging physics problems that the most powerful digital supercomputers cannot solve.A groundbreaking study published in <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Nature…

Garmin launched its Vivomove Trend watch which combines the style of a traditional analog watch with the health tracking and notification and NFC features of smartwatches. Garmin Vivomove Trend brings a fiber-reinforced 40 mm polymer casing with a stainless steel bezel. You’ll find traditional analog dials that tell the time but there’s also a monochrome LCD display of 254 x 346-pixel resolution hidden behind. Vivomove Trend can manage notifications from your paired iPhone or Android phone including the option to…

File this one under style over substance, but damn if these speakers don’t pack a whole lot of style into a small container. Under the amazing name Soul of Blackleaf, these stylish speakers use a magnetic fluid to visualize your music as its plays. “This basically a Bluetooth speaker that we combined with the visual effects. We have our own patented sound detection technology, and every time you play a song, we create patterns based on the music. It is customized every time, giving a different…

Garmin has a line of hybrid smartwatches called Vivomove. “Hybrid” means that there are analog watch hands like classic watch (well, not quite – they are electronically controlled) as well as a digital display. The Vivomove series has a stylish design and is not particularly rugged. The more adventurous types should look at the new model instead – the Garmin Instinct Crossover. It based on the new Instinct 2 series, making it pretty rugged – the watch is rated for 10 ATM water resistance and is built to a MIL-STD-810…

“While I see and understand the power of social media and how you can communicate messages and engage in some way, shape, or form, those platforms aren’t designed for sort of a personalized interaction with the voter,” Mike Baumwoll tells WIRED. “It was specifically designed to allow and empower voters and give them a microphone to ask a question.”When a politician replies to a question that was upvoted on Rep’d, their response is blasted to all the other users who voted. The campaign can then send that response out to…

via Disney Most Star Wars fans are busily processing the incredible ninth episode of Andor. ‘Nobody’s Listening!’ shows a galaxy far, far away at its darkest, including a horrifying torture sequence and the dark secret at the heart of the Imperial prison on Narkina 5. With just three episodes to go, Andor is now in sight of the finish line. After this wraps there’s going be a little break before The Bad Batch season two on Jan. 4, 2023, which will kick off a huge year that’ll include The Mandalorian, Ahsoka.…

After first teasing it way back on January 2021, Korg has released the much-anticipated Drumlogue, a hybrid drum machine with a digital multi-engine and expandability via the logue SDK used in its Minilogue XD and other products. It has both analog and digital drum synths and can also play back samples, with the unique ability to add third-party plug-in effects and more — making it one of the more versatile drum machines out there. As mentioned, the Drumlogue has three sound engines, analog and digital synthesisers as…

Everyone has their own preferences when it comes to the hardware they game with. Some like giant arcade sticks, some prefer smaller gamepads, and the debate between symmetrical and asymmetrical joystick layouts will continue for centuries. What everyone can agree on is that a a controller that replaces every button with analog sticks has no place in this universe.Although joysticks have been a part of console gaming back to its earliest roots, the gamepad has more or less come to dominate gaming on the sofa. The Nintendo…

Photo-sharing app Dispo brought back the nostalgia of an analog camera by letting people see the images they snap a day later. Now, a new company called Later Cam wants to create similar magic by not just offering an analog-like photo-taking experience, but also by delivering prints of those one-take photos. The idea is simple: Users can pick a “disposable camera” style in the Later Cam app through the “Digital Disposable” mode, then take up to 27 photos. Like an old-school camera, you don’t get…