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Eighty years ago today, the world's first large-scale electronic computer was unveiled in Philadelphia, launching the digital revolution that powers our modern world. ENIAC's breakthrough design turned weeks of calculations into seconds and sparked eight decades of innovation.
A former roboticist turned teacher is helping neurodivergent students build a life-size replica of ENIAC, one of the world's first computers, proving that different ways of thinking lead to extraordinary creations. Tom Burick's journey from struggling student to successful engineer inspired him to show his students that their unique minds are superpowers.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania just cracked a major challenge in artificial intelligence: running powerful computations using light instead of electricity. The breakthrough could slash AI's massive energy demands while speeding up processing.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have created a hybrid light-matter particle that could make AI computing dramatically faster while using far less energy. The breakthrough might finally solve one of artificial intelligence's biggest problems: its massive power consumption.