The advent of the micro-computer stimulated and enabled the development of sophisticated control and data logging electronics for these systems in the 1980s.
Recent developments in global optimization and the availability of very fast computers have stimulated the research on the direct minimization approach.
Upton's research was also useful when he came to invent Raspberry Pi, a tiny singleboard computer designed to stimulate computer science teaching in schools.
Speaking at the Learning Without Frontiers conference in London last week, he said that computer games stimulate the brain's reward system to produce dopamine, a chemical "which helps orient our attention and enhances the making of connections between neurons, which is the physical basis for learning".
Next, the mad scientist connects the nerve endings of Tim*'s brain with wires to a machine that, controlled by a powerful computer, starts stimulating Tim*'s brain in such a way that Tim* does not notice what actually happened to him.
With the implant, if I were to think, Open my hand, the computer could stimulate my arm in the right places and make my hand open.
The University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering launches a summer school on computing that stimulated construction of stored-program computers at universities and research institutions.
The computer has also stimulated development of another potential forecasting tool, input output analysis.
A computer program sequentially stimulated these muscles to re-create the sequence of contraction and relaxation involved in physical exertion.
The integration of experimental data with computer modeling has stimulated productive collaborations among the disciplines of biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering.
Microsoft new operating system, Vista, will create demand for personal computers, thereby stimulating sales at chip makers.
