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Machine learning just got more human with Google’s RankBrain

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in neuroscience, robotics/AI

Sep 3
2016

An introduction to Google’s AI RankBrain and what it means for you.

Interesting Futurism Animation 35

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in futurism

Sep 3
2016

9 reasons why the Lincoln Navigator concept car is a glimpse into the future

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in futurism, transportation

Sep 3
2016

Lincoln’s Navigator concept car is loaded with high-tech features that we’ll likely see in future models.

This Wristband Lets You Talk Through Your Fingertips

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in futurism

Sep 3
2016

This wristband lets you take phone calls through your fingers.

Baidu Can Now Test Its Self-Driving Cars In California

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in robotics/AI, transportation

Sep 3
2016

The California DMV has just given Baidu its Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit, clearing it to test its self-driving tech in California streets.

Google has been one of the first and one of the most senior in the companies developing autonomous driving technology. But “another Google” is looking to catch up in the field.

Baidu, the Chinese search engine giant, has just received the green light to test its self-driving cars in the streets of California.

This Company Will Forever Alter the 360° Video-Making Industry

Posted by Elmar Arunov in virtual reality

Sep 3
2016

The 360° video industry is about to dramatically change; these guys have solved multiple of the problems facing the medium.

Share Your Science: Analyzing Human Brain Connections with GPUs

Posted by Roman Mednitzer in computing, neuroscience, science

Sep 3
2016

Moises Hernandez Fernandez, PhD student at University of Oxford shares how he’s using GPUs to accelerate the analysis of the human brain’s underlying anatomical and structural organization. Learn more about their amazing work at http://nvda.ws/2bJqm9j.

Share your GPU-accelerated science with us at http://nvda.ly/Vpjxr and with the world using #ShareYourScience.

Watch more scientists and researchers share how accelerated computing is benefiting their work at http://nvda.ly/X7WpH

For first time, carbon nanotube transistors outperform silicon

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in bioengineering, computing, nanotechnology, particle physics

Sep 2
2016

For decades, scientists have tried to harness the unique properties of carbon nanotubes to create high-performance electronics that are faster or consume less power — resulting in longer battery life, faster wireless communication and faster processing speeds for devices like smartphones and laptops.

But a number of challenges have impeded the development of high-performance transistors made of carbon nanotubes, tiny cylinders made of carbon just one atom thick. Consequently, their performance has lagged far behind semiconductors such as silicon and gallium arsenide used in computer chips and personal electronics.

Now, for the first time, University of Wisconsin–Madison materials engineers have created carbon nanotube transistors that outperform state-of-the-art silicon transistors.