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Based on altering the distribution of dopants in a few components on the chip during fabrication, this method represents a big challenge for cyber-security as it is nearly impossible to detect with any currently practical detection scheme.  <a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/doping-level-hardware-trojans-compromise-cryptography/29220/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div>   <div class="summary_item " data-article="29228"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/terrafab-3d-print-norway/29228/">3D print your own little piece of Norway with Terrafab</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/author/james-holloway/">James Holloway</a></div> <div class="date">September 30, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/terrafab-3d-print-norway/29228/#comments">1 Comment</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/terrafab-3d-print-norway/29228/pictures">4 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/terrafab-3d-print-norway/29228/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131008031545im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/terrafab-3d-print-norway.png" title="Terrafab generates 3D-printable models from geographical data" alt="Terrafab generates 3D-printable models from geographical data"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Here's a bit of fun. Terrafab is a web app that uses a simple, familiar map interface with which visitors can select their favorite piece of Norway to 3D print at home (or order a print of, if they're yet to take the home-3D printing plunge).  <a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/terrafab-3d-print-norway/29228/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29182"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/carbon-nanotube-computer-cnt-stanford/29182/">Stanford scientists build first carbon nanotube computer</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/author/brian-dodson/">Brian Dodson</a></div> <div class="date">September 26, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/carbon-nanotube-computer-cnt-stanford/29182/#comments">3 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/carbon-nanotube-computer-cnt-stanford/29182/pictures">3 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/carbon-nanotube-computer-cnt-stanford/29182/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131008031545im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/carbon-nanotube-computer-cnt-stanford.jpg" title="Stanford EE graduate student Max Schulaker holds a silicon wafer on which have been grown ..." alt="Stanford EE graduate student Max Schulaker holds a silicon wafer on which have been grown ..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> In a technological tour de force, researchers at Stanford University have constructed a one-bit, one-instruction programmable computer on a chip using carbon nanotube-based electronics for all logic elements. Containing 178 carbon nanotube field-effect transistors, the computer is only able to carry out only one instruction, called SUBNEG. However, SUBNEG is Turing-complete, allowing the computer to run, albeit with an extraordinary level of inefficiency, any program, given enough memory, time, and programming ingenuity.  <a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/carbon-nanotube-computer-cnt-stanford/29182/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29164"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/cubox-i-mini-computer/29164/">CuBox-i mini computer goes up for pre-order</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/author/paul-ridden/">Paul Ridden</a></div> <div class="date">September 24, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/cubox-i-mini-computer/29164/#comments">4 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/cubox-i-mini-computer/29164/pictures">5 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/cubox-i-mini-computer/29164/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131008031545im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/cubox-i-6.jpg" title="SolidRun's new CuBox-i mini-computer" alt="SolidRun's new CuBox-i mini-computer"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Israel's SolidRun has announced the second generation of its tiny fanless computer system, the CuBox-i. Available in red or black, the Series starts with the CuBox-i1, which is able to run Android Jelly Bean or Linux, and packs a 1 GHz processor, 3D graphics and 512 MB of RAM. Not too shabby for just under US$45.  <a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/cubox-i-mini-computer/29164/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29158"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/apple-late-2013-imac-announcement/29158/">With little fanfare, Apple gives the iMac a spec bump</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/author/will-shanklin/">Will Shanklin</a></div> <div class="date">September 24, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/apple-late-2013-imac-announcement/29158/#comments">1 Comment</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/apple-late-2013-imac-announcement/29158/pictures">2 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/apple-late-2013-imac-announcement/29158/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131008031545im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/apple-new-imac.jpg" title="Apple quietly gave its iMac line an internal update today, guiding them into the land of H..." alt="Apple quietly gave its iMac line an internal update today, guiding them into the land of H..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> It looks like Apple wasn't quite able to squeeze all of its new products into that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/iphone-5s-announcement/29013/" target="_blank">iPhone event</a> earlier this month. Today Apple announced an update to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/imac/" target="_blank">iMac</a> that brings it up to speed with Intel's latest <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/4th-gen-intel-core-processor/27781/" target="_blank">4th-generation Haswell</a> processors.  <a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/apple-late-2013-imac-announcement/29158/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29142"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/half-of-us-jobs-computerized/29142/">47% of US jobs under threat from computerization according to Oxford study</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/author/lakshmi-sandhana/">Lakshmi Sandhana</a></div> <div class="date">September 24, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/half-of-us-jobs-computerized/29142/#comments">15 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/half-of-us-jobs-computerized/29142/pictures">4 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/half-of-us-jobs-computerized/29142/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131008031545im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/usjbotscomputerized-4.jpg" title="Jobs involving cognitive tasks are among those under threat, according to the study (Photo..." alt="Jobs involving cognitive tasks are among those under threat, according to the study (Photo..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> <p>Almost 47 percent of US jobs could be computerized within one or two decades according to a recent study that attempts to gauge the growing impact of computers on the job market. It isn't only manual labor jobs that could be affected: The study reveals a trend of computers taking over many cognitive tasks thanks to the availability of big data. It suggests two waves of computerization, with the first substituting computers for people in logistics, transportation, administrative and office support and the second affecting jobs depending on how well engineers crack computing problems associated with human perception, creative and social intelligence.</p>  <a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/half-of-us-jobs-computerized/29142/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29147"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/microsoft-surface-2-announcement/29147/">Microsoft tries again, announces the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/author/will-shanklin/">Will Shanklin</a></div> <div class="date">September 23, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/microsoft-surface-2-announcement/29147/#comments">16 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/microsoft-surface-2-announcement/29147/pictures">4 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/microsoft-surface-2-announcement/29147/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131008031545im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/surface-2-announcement-1.jpg" title="The Surface 2 now comes in silver, but it still runs the limited Windows RT" alt="The Surface 2 now comes in silver, but it still runs the limited Windows RT"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> The original Surface was Microsoft's first big attempt to marry its own sexy hardware to Windows 8 software. Neither the Surface RT or <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/microsoft-surface-pro-review/28138/" target="_blank">Surface Pro</a>, however, appeared to sell well at all, with the company ultimately writing off US$900 million in unsold Surface stock. How do you recover from such a setback? Well, if you're Microsoft, you wash, rinse, and repeat the same thing all over again, as the company today announced a second batch of Surfaces with some much-needed upgrades.  <a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/microsoft-surface-2-announcement/29147/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29078"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/usb-condom/29078/">"USB condom" keeps your devices safe in public ports</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/author/james-holloway/">James Holloway</a></div> <div class="date">September 16, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/usb-condom/29078/#comments">7 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/usb-condom/29078/pictures">2 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131008031545/http://www.gizmag.com/usb-condom/29078/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131008031545im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/usb-condom.jpg" title="Do you connect safely? 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