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Oct 18, 2016
Thousands of ‘scrotum frogs’ mysteriously dying
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: sustainability
I’m no biologist, but from what I understand frogs are kind of like the canary in the coal mine: They breath with their skin, thus environmental disasters will effect them first. So very, very not good.
Peruvian authorities want to know why more than 10,000 endangered frogs living near Lake Titicaca have suddenly died.
The Titicaca Water Frog is considered a “critically endangered” species, according to conservation groups. The giant amphibians, which can weigh more than two pounds, have excessive skin folds that have earned the species a rather wrinkly nickname: scrotum frog.
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Oct 18, 2016
Apple hires CMU professor as director of AI research to smarten up Siri — By Devin Coldewey | TechCrunch
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, robotics/AI
Apple is making a visible push in the direction of AI today by hiring Carnegie Mellon University professor Ruslan Salakhutdinov for what appears to be a newly minted position: director of AI research.
Oct 18, 2016
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry goes to the creators of molecular machines
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: chemistry, nanotechnology
Oct 18, 2016
An Electromagnetic Arms Race Has Begun: China Is Making Railguns Too
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: innovation, military
CASIC, a major Chinese defense contractor, has made major breakthroughs for China to build and deploy military railguns.
Oct 18, 2016
Medical Innovations
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, innovation
Oct 18, 2016
Google’s ‘DeepMind’ AI platform can now learn without human input
Posted by Elmar Arunov in category: robotics/AI
Bow to your robot overlords. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, now possesses a smart AI capable of learning without the need for human input.
Oct 18, 2016
Apple’s new director of AI research will speak at EmTech MIT 2016
Posted by Elmar Arunov in categories: computing, robotics/AI
Ruslan Salakhutdinov, a deep-learning expert at Carnegie Mellon, is exploring smart ways for computers to learn about the world.
Oct 18, 2016
Samsung’s 10nm node, SoCs now in mass production
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: computing
Samsung announced today that it is rolling out 10nm technology for mass manufacturing, with hardware expected in early 2017.