What on earth would we do without the word "wow?"
I had just finished posting the previous entry on The Week in Physics when I discovered these two stories: this one, in which we learn of a scientific supercomputer (a Cray XT5) capable of performing 1.64 quadrillion calculations per second.
And they're already at work on a faster one.
And then we have this story, from the UK, in which robotics researchers and designers have come up with an android (just a head, for now) which can mimic facial expressions. You definitely want to watch the video on this one.
Taking these two stories together, I'd say we live in fascinating times for computational physics, software, and robotics. What was that word again? Oh yes: wow.
Posted by Craig Ceely at November 16, 2008 01:34 PM