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Jul 7, 2023

All Animal Intelligence Was Shaped by Just Five Leaps in Brain Evolution

Posted by in categories: computing, neuroscience

The animal world is full of different types of intelligence, from the simple bodily coordination of jellyfish to the navigation abilities of bees, the complex songs of birds, and the imaginative symbolic thought of humans.

In an article published this week in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, we argue the evolution of all these kinds of animal intelligence has been shaped by just five major changes in the computational capacity of brains.

Each change was a major transitional point in the history of life that changed what types of intelligence could evolve.

Jul 7, 2023

What is VoiceSwap?

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

VoiceSwap was designed by DJ Fresh and Nico Pellerin to help producers, artists and writers who don’t want to use their voice on songs use AI to transform their voice to sound like one of our featured artists.

Our featured artists are partners who benefit from the use of their AI model.


Transform your voice with AI. Made by artists, for artists.

Jul 7, 2023

Threads, Twitter and Mark Zuckerberg’s long history of copycat apps and features

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

Mark Zuckerberg isn’t particularly shy about copying a good idea when he sees one.

From cribbing Snapchat’s stories feature to cloning TikTok in the form of Instagram Reels, the Facebook co-founder has a long and well-documented history of being a copycat.

Zuckerberg’s latest not-quite-innovation comes in the form of Threads, an Instagram-based Twitter competitor.

Jul 7, 2023

What I’ve Learned About Living With a CPAP Machine

Posted by in category: neuroscience

A man with sleep apnea shares what he’s learned about living with a CPAP machine.

Jul 7, 2023

How do captive animals really feel, and can we make them happier?

Posted by in categories: food, sustainability

We are finally figuring out the subtle ways that farm and zoo animals reveal their emotional states, from anxiety to optimism and even joy. The insights are also revealing some surprising ways we can improve their lives.

By Sam Wong

Jul 7, 2023

Scientists used ChatGPT to generate an entire paper from scratch — but is it any good?

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

A pair of scientists has produced a research paper in less than an hour with the help of ChatGPT — a tool driven by artificial intelligence (AI) that can understand and generate human-like text. The article was fluent, insightful and presented in the expected structure for a scientific paper, but researchers say that there are many hurdles to overcome before the tool can be truly helpful.


By holding the chatbot’s hand at every step, researchers produced a paper that was fluent and insightful. Yet they still have concerns.

Jul 7, 2023

Topaz Gigapixel AI Review: Image Upscaler

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Many of us have images we want improved?

If you’ve ever wished your camera had a few more megapixels so you could zoom in on details on your computer screen, or blow up your favourite photos to print, Gigapixel AI might be just the solution.

Continue reading “Topaz Gigapixel AI Review: Image Upscaler” »

Jul 7, 2023

Researchers develop network slicing technique for low-Earth orbit satellite communications

Posted by in categories: internet, satellites

The joint research team of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor JeongHo Kwak at the DGIST and Aerospace Engineering Professor Jihwan Choi at the KAIST have proposed a novel network slicing planning and handover technique applicable to next-generation low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network systems. Findings of the study have been published in the journal IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine.

LEO networks refer to communications networks with satellites launched within 300–1,500km, established for a stable supply of Internet services. Unlike base stations on land in which are often interfered with by mountains or buildings, LEO satellites can be launched to build to places with where could not be set up, thereby allowing them to receive the spotlight as a next-generation satellite communications system.

Accordingly, as more and more satellites are placed in lower orbits, satellite networks are expected to be formed as an alternative to terrestrial networks using links between LEO satellites. However, LEO satellites move in predictable orbits, and their connection within the network is wireless, which is why LEO satellite networks must be considered from a different view than terrestrial networks.

Jul 7, 2023

23-YO Brews Up Startup Success With Hot Chocolate That Empowers Organic Farmers

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, sustainability

Anuva Kakkar, the 23-year-old entrepreneur behind Tiggle, an Agra-based D2C organic hot chocolate brand, has come a long way in a very short period despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. From selling cups of hot chocolate to commuters outside the DLF Phase-3 metro station in Gurugram to starting her brand of hot chocolate powder and selling over 2 lakh cups through 2021, it has been a mercurial rise.

Made of premium cocoa sourced from a 40-acre family-owned certified organic farm near Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, Tiggle today sells three ‘premium’ varieties of hot chocolate powder — Light Hot Chocolate Mix, Dark Hot Chocolate Mix and Jaggery Hot Chocolate Mix. So, how did this entrepreneur from Agra set up her venture in such a challenging time for commerce?

Jul 7, 2023

The bio-inspired ‘transformer’ that crawls, rolls and flies

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Robots are often designed for a particular purpose, but what if they could transform to tackle new challenges. Enter M4, the multi-modal mobility morphobot. It draws inspiration from the natural world by adapting how it uses its limb-like rotors and wheels to move in a wide range of ways, saving energy and making it more versatile.

You can read more about M4 in the research paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39018-y