SpaceX halts rocket launch at the LAST second before lift-off when its auto-abort computer detected an engine issue SpaceX was set to launch Falcon 9 with 60 Starlink satellites on Sunday The rocket’s software detected an engine problem and aborted the mission The technology shut off the engines just milliseconds before the rocket took off By Stacy … Read more
Rare fully-functional Apple-1 computer – launched by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976 – sells for $458,711 at auction in Boston The Apple-1 machine was the first product sold by the Apple Computer company Once a museum piece, the unit has been restored to full function It was auctioned off with an original Apple-1 Cassette Interface, … Read more
Next goal is to increase qubit computing power every year for five years and sell quantum as a service. IBM doubles quantum volume in the race for computing supremacy Jamie Garcia, global lead for Quantum Applications, IBM Research, talks at CES 2020 about how IBM reached milestones in quantum computing in 2019. Honeywell announced Tuesday … Read more
Provided by TechRepublic Premium Published February 10, 2020 Topic TechRepublic Premium Format PDF Computer Hardware Engineers design and create the physical components that make computers, smartphones, sensors, and other digital devices run. Because of the meticulous nature of the work, the best candidates will have an inherent ability to focus on the task at hand. … Read more