The first example of a computer being to calculate Pi was in 1949, when John von Neumann and chums used ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer) to compute 2,037 digits of Pi.

Microsoft's free Joulemeter utility gives you a rough estimate of a Windows system's power consumption. Plus: tips for reducing your electronics energy bill.

FAU researchers are building a COVID-19 dashboard they say will be able to predict risk using machine learning. The Florida Department of Health dashboard, like many popular dashboards, looks at ...

A test-tube circuit made of DNA-based logic gates can calculate the square root of numbers up to 15, using DNA replication and sequence binding to conduct computations. It's excruciatingly slow ...

Today, square roots... tomorrow, disease detection! Researchers have developed the most powerful molecular computer ever. If successfully integrated into living cells, it could diagnose disease.

After seeing an exhibit of an old relay-based computer as a kid, [Simon] was inspired to build a simple two-relay latching circuit. Since then, he’s been fascinated by how relays can function… ...

Wahoo Fitness’ new Elemnt Ace bike computer uses an added air pressure sensor to measure the effect of wind speeds on a cyclist’s performance.

A computer made from strands of DNA in a test tube can calculate the square root of numbers up to 900. Chunlei Guo at the University of Rochester in New York state and colleagues developed a ...