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May 13, 2016
The World’s Largest Coal Company is Going Solar
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: energy, sustainability
China’s state-owned Shenhua Group Corp. has just signed a memorandum of understanding with Santa Monica based SolarReserve, partnering to bring 1,000 MW of clean energy into China.
Green is going global. More and more countries are getting in on the green energy bandwagon, shifting their energy dependencies from fossil fuel burning to renewable energy. And the biggest recipient of this? Solar.
Countries are increasingly depending on the Sun to provide for their energy needs. And this means the building of bigger and better solar farms.
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May 13, 2016
The Personal Factory Is Here—and It Will Bring a Wild New Era of Invention
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: computing, innovation
Visit Singularity Hub for the latest from the frontiers of manufacturing and technology as we bring you coverage of Singularity University’s Exponential Manufacturing conference. Watch all the talks from the first day here and second day here.
The software startup launching out of a garage or a dorm room is now the stuff of legend. We can all name the stories of people who got together in a garage with a few computers and ended up disrupting massive, established corporations — or creating something the world never even knew it wanted.
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May 13, 2016
Fighting Developing World Disease With AI, Robotics, and Biotech
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology, robotics/AI
While CRISPR, nanobots and head transplants are making headlines as medical breakthroughs, a number of new technologies are also making progress tackling some of the toughest age-old diseases still plaguing millions of people in the poorest parts of the world.
In low income countries, over 75% of the population dies before the age of 70 due to infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS, lung infections, tuberculosis, diarrheal diseases, malaria, and increasingly, cardiovascular diseases. Over a third of deaths in low income countries are among children under age 14 primarily due to pneumonia, diarrheal diseases, malaria and neonatal complications. In the developed world, those living in extreme poverty, such as homeless populations, also die on average at age 48.
Over the last year, artificial intelligence, robotics and biotechnology have all generated a number of new solutions that have the potential to dramatically reduce these problems.
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May 12, 2016
How to Stamp Out Trolls and Make the Internet a Safer Place
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: internet, robotics/AI
Good article and perfect timing for me too because I plan to see what “good” bots are available and how I can use it to eradicate troll activity around my online content.
To some unfortunate users, the internet is a minefield of harassment and hatred. But there are steps we can take to make it a lot friendlier.
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May 12, 2016
Hybrid hydrostatic transmission enables robots with human-like grace and precision
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: engineering, robotics/AI
Robotics with grace — hmmm.
A new type of hydrostatic transmission that combines hydraulic and pneumatic lines can safely and precisely drive robot arms, giving them the delicacy necessary to pick up an egg without breaking it.
May 12, 2016
BigLaw Firm Brings Artificial Intelligence on Board
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: law, robotics/AI
I still ponder on this question “Under current US laws, can I possibly win a suit against a law firm for poor representation because they used AI on my case and I lost my case that ended up causing me to lose millions and impacted my reputation? And, could this firm lose their license through the state board resulting from my claim & suit as well as others who claimed poor representation due to AI used on their case?” I believe they can under current laws.
Welcome to the firm, robot lawyers!
Last week, BigLaw firm BakerHostetler announced that it was partnering with ROSS Intelligence to bring artificial intelligence to its Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Creditor Rights practice. ROSS will be used to help BakerHostetler’s non-robot lawyers research more quickly and intelligently. Will other firms follow their lead?
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May 12, 2016
Artificial Intelligence VS. Botox: Can AI Technology Make Humans More Beautiful?
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: robotics/AI
AI revolutionizes the beauty industry everything from manufacturing and processing of products, to services, and to treatments.
The beauty industry is getting a makeover and thanks to artificial intelligence. Unfortunately, AI’s incorporation into the field of beautification is still in its infancy, making usages exceptionally limited.
May 12, 2016
How The Meaning Of Cancer Has Changed
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, entertainment
Nice read.
At the beginning of the movie 50/50, Adam Lerner is diagnosed with neurofibrosarcoma, a cancer of the spine’s nerve tissue. Adam sits in his doctor’s office while the doctor rattles off the word several times, but Adam has no idea what it means, or if there’s anything wrong with him at all. Eventually, his doctor uses the word “cancer,” and Adam’s perspective goes blurry, the doctor’s voice drowned out by a high-pitched ringing.
Many people have had real experiences like this one. Cancer is still one of the scariest words you can hear in a diagnosis. And chances are, you know someone who has heard it—almost 40 percent of adults are diagnosed with some form of it during their lifetime. Every patient’s story is different, and they don’t all have a happy ending. But because of decades of research into how cancer works, patients diagnosed with cancer today have a much better chance of survival than ever before.
May 12, 2016
Lego-like electronic bricks redefines ‘playing with blocks’
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: augmented reality, electronics, energy, quantum physics
Interesting method in controlling energy sources and efficiencies via Quantum legos.
The chrome-plated bricks can conduct electricity, integrate active parts such as LED lights, motor blocks, and even sound, light and proximity sensors. The conductive bricks feature flexible side-arms that ensure electrical connection between two adjacent blocks, and the whole assemblies are powered by a Bluetooth-controlled 9V battery block. The built-in Bluetooth controller lets users change the current’s direction and voltage levels via a mobile application.
That means the Brixo bricks can not only be triggered by sound, light and touch, but also controlled by any Bluetooth connected device, taking the good old Lego bricks further into the IoT world (the Danish company has its entries in the cloud via its Mindstorms Lego series and the augmented reality-capable Nexo Knights toys.
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