Amit Katwala

Bournemouth, London

Features editor @WIRED Author of TREMORS IN THE BLOOD + THE ATHLETIC BRAIN Co-host All Consuming on @bbcradio4 / @bbcsounds

Articles

El Apocalipsis Cuántico está cerca y es realmente peligroso

1 month ago | es.wired.com | Amit Katwala

Un día no muy lejano, comenzará en un laboratorio de investigación cerca de Santa Bárbara, o Seattle, o en una instalación secreta en las montañas chinas: será el súbito desvelamiento de los secretos del mundo. Tus secretos. El ‘Q-Day’ y la ruleta rusaLos analistas de ciberseguridad lo llaman Q-Day, o el Día Q: el día en que alguien construya una computadora cuántica capaz de descifrar las formas de encriptación más utilizadas.
The Quantum Apocalypse Is Coming. Be Very Afraid

1 month ago | technewstube.com | Amit Katwala

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The Quantum Apocalypse Is Coming. Be Very Afraid

1 month ago | wired.com | Amit Katwala

One day soon, at a research lab near Santa Barbara or Seattle or a secret facility in the Chinese mountains, it will begin: the sudden unlocking of the world’s secrets. Your secrets. Cybersecurity analysts call this Q-Day—the day someone builds a quantum computer that can crack the most widely used forms of encryption.
The Quantum Apocalypse Is Coming. Be Very Afraid

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Amit Katwala

2 days agoOn March 18th, Chetan Nayak, a physicist leading Microsoft’s quantum team, presented new data on the company’s quantum computing chip at the American Physical Society’s Global Physics Summit in Anaheim, California. It was meant to calm a raging debate among physicists, but researchers remain …
雨を自在に操る神？人工降雨の新技術に投資するアラブ首長国連邦

Sep 23, 2024 | wired.jp | Amit Katwala

アラブ首長国連邦の都市、アル・アインの上空で、パイロットのマーク・ニューマンが合図を待っていた。合図があると、ニューマンは銀色に輝くパネルのスイッチのいくつかを足で切り替え、ふたつの黒いダイヤルを回し、「FIRE（発射）」と書かれた赤いボタンを押した。すると、小型プロペラ機の翼に取り付けられた細長い容器が開き、白い細かな粒子が吹き出した。この粒子はナノスケールの酸化チタンで包まれた食塩で、暖かい上昇気流にのって舞い上がり、もくもくとした雲の中へと消えていく。起伏に富むアブダビの砂漠がオマーン国境にある山脈と出合う場所で生じる対流雲だ。少なくとも理論では、この粒子が水分を引き寄せ、小さな滴となり、それがほかの水滴に触れて融合し、最終的には引力が作用するほどの大きさの雨粒となって空から落ちてくる。...
Cloud seeding nanomaterials: Desert countries are trying to wring rain out of wisps of clouds. How are they doing?

Sep 15, 2024 | geneticliteracyproject.org | Amit Katwala

Amit Katwala | Wired | September 16, 2024 In a gold-trimmed command center on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, scientists are seeking to wring moisture from desert skies.
The new gods of weather can make rain on demand-or so they want you to believe

Sep 9, 2024 | nationalobserver.com | Amit Katwala |Phil Pothen |Max Fawcett

This story was originally published by Wired and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaborationIn the skies over Al Ain, in the United Arab Emirates, pilot Mark Newman waits for the signal. When it comes, he flicks a few silver switches on a panel by his leg, twists two black dials, then punches a red button labeled FIRE. A slender canister mounted on the wing of his small propeller plane pops open, releasing a plume of fine white dust.
The weather gods who want us to believe they can make rain on demand

Sep 7, 2024 | motherjones.com | Amit Katwala

This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the skies over Al Ain, in the United Arab Emirates, pilot Mark Newman waits for the signal. When it comes, he flicks a few silver switches on a panel by his leg, twists two black dials, then punches a red button labeled FIRE. A slender canister mounted on the wing of his small propeller plane pops open, releasing a plume of fine white dust.
Este experto en codificación usa la IA para descifrar los ritmos secretos del corazón

Aug 15, 2024 | es.wired.com | Amit Katwala

Roeland Decorte creció en una residencia de adultos mayores en Bélgica, donde aprendió a detectar los primeros signos sutiles de deterioro mental en pequeños cambios en la forma de andar o hablar de los internos. Cuando Decorte tenía 11 años, su padre, propietario y director de la casa, empezó a despertarse en mitad de la noche con dolores en el pecho y una abrumadora sensación de muerte inminente.
This Code Breaker Is Using AI to Decode the Heart’s Secret Rhythms

Aug 14, 2024 | technewstube.com | Amit Katwala

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