Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research shows how to implement simulated annealing for the Traveling Salesman Problem (find the best ordering of a set of discrete items). The goal of a combinatorial ...

Some straphangers who tapped their way into the subway system Monday morning were greeted with sticker shock: rather than getting charged the standard $2.75 to board the train, they discovered they ...

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In a recent video our hacker [Electronic Wizard] introduces the 74HC595 shift register and explains how to use it to drive 7-segment displays. [Electronic Wizard] explains that understanding how to ...