Category: Software

Can DNA Solve The World’s Data Storage Problem?

Post author By Natasha Ramirez
Post date November 6, 2020
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We’re creating more data than we know what to do with. Millions of emails and texts and tweets and YouTube videos are quickly building up in data storage centers. Thus far the answer to the issue has been to just build more and more data storage warehouses across the globe, but these data centers suck up immense amounts of power, take up miles of space, and are definitely not helping out the climate change crisis at stake. Since data has become such a crucial part of the world’s digital economy, we can’t ignore the dilemma we’ve created for ourselves: we’re completely overwhelming our data storage systems.

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Margaret Hamilton, the first software engineer [her code got humans on the moon!]

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date January 15, 2019
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Margaret Hamilton standing next to Apollo 11 Code (cropped image) — Margaret Hamilton in 1969, lead software engineer of the Apollo Project, standing next to a huge stack of code she and her MIT team produced for the Apollo project. This is perhaps her most famous photo. Image source: Intel

Margaret Hamilton is not only one of the first software developers, but she also literally created the term “Software Engineering” to describe her work. The code she wrote successfully put humans on the moon for the first time.

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5 Ways Software Helps to Save the Planet

Post author By Our Planet
Post date December 3, 2018
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Space Ecploration and Artificial Intelligence — NASA's missions over the years have relied on complex human-controlled radio systems, but the agency is now openly investigating artificial intelligence to control its radios. These are so-called "cognitive radios" which could keep space networks up and running with increased efficiency and make astronauts available for more essential tasks. By applying artificial intelligence and machine learning, satellites can control systems without any problem, making real-time decisions without awaiting instruction. AI and ML can also lead to a reduction in radiation damage in comparison to current radio systems, making it last longer and gave astronauts more accurate data and also leading to the discovery of new landscapes without human help.

We all have heard about the influence that our technology-driven world is having on our planet – from industrialization to excessive resource consumption and carbon emissions. And when it comes to saving our planet from constant climate change, there are tons of main schools of thought. Some believe that with innovative economic and technological development, we’ll find a way to protect the ecological balance and clear out our environmental messes. The people on the other end of the spectrum believe that we should let nature takes its course and integrate only environmentally sustainable practices. Also, we should instead focus on reducing our resource consumption and conserving the natural environment.