Back in the hazy olden days of the pre-2000s, navigating between two locations generally required someone to whip out a paper map and painstakingly figure out the most optimal route between those ...
In January, I taught a Continuing Education Center online class called "Programmable Logic: How Do They Do That?" One of the topics I covered is how place and route software works. This is one of the ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you’ve been making the same commute for a long time, you’ve probably settled on what seems like the best route. But “best” is a ...