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May 12, 2023

The Direct Fusion Drive That Could Get Us to Saturn’s Moon in Under 2 Years

Posted by in category: space travel

Proponents of Direct Fusion Drive (DFD) propulsion system say the drive could send us to Saturn’s moon, Titan, in just 2 years. Here’s how it works.

May 12, 2023

Lessons from ‘Star Trek: Picard’ — a cybersecurity expert explains how a sci-fi series illuminates today’s threats

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, futurism

‘Star Trek: Picard’ is set 400 years in the future, but, like most science fiction, it deals with issues in the here and now. The show’s third and final season provides a lens on cybersecurity.

May 12, 2023

SpeechGPT? LeMUR AI can turn 10 Hrs SPEECH into LLM Context

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

This is awesome and more than a little scary. You can actually try it on a youtube video and then ask questions about the content…


Introducing LeMUR, AssemblyAI’s new framework for applying powerful LLMs to transcribed speech.
With a single line of code, LeMUR can quickly process audio transcripts for up to 10 hours worth of audio content, which effectively translates into ~150k tokens, for tasks likes summarization and question answer.

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May 12, 2023

High-Resolution Image of the Human Retina Reveals Stunning Details

Posted by in category: genetics

High spatial and temporal resolution

The scientists performed all these analyses on organoids that were of different ages and thus at different stages of development. In this way, they were able to create a time series of images and genetic information that describes the entire 39-week development of retinal organoids.

May 12, 2023

Mirror-Image Supernova Yields Surprising Estimate of Cosmic Growth

Posted by in category: cosmology

A new way to gauge the universe’s expansion rate has delivered a confusing result that may conflict with previous related measurements.

May 12, 2023

OneNote documents have emerged as a new malware infection vector

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, encryption

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Intro

In February 2022, Microsoft disabled VBA macros on documents due to their frequent use as a malware distribution method. This move prompted malware authors to seek out new ways to distribute their payloads, resulting in an increase in the use of other infection vectors, such as password-encrypted zip files and ISO files.

May 12, 2023

How AI Could Empower Any Business

Posted by in categories: business, robotics/AI

The ability to build AI systems and the idea empower a business to scale them is on the rise. Read about how AI could empower any business at Landing AI.

May 12, 2023

Revolutionary Sensor Mimics Human Eye for Vivid Imagery

Posted by in categories: information science, robotics/AI

Summary: Researchers have created a device that emulates the human eye’s ability to see color by using narrowband perovskite photodetectors and a neuromorphic algorithm.

The photodetectors, sensitive to red, green, and blue light, mimic our cone cells, while the neuromorphic algorithm simulates our neural network to process information into high-quality images. Unlike modern cameras that require external filters, this technology could improve resolution and reduce manufacturing costs.

The device also generates electricity as it absorbs light, potentially leading to battery-free camera technology.

May 12, 2023

SpaceX and Vast Team Up to Create First Private Space Station

Posted by in category: space travel

Haven-1 is scheduled to reach low-Earth orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than August 2025, and will initially act as an independent crewed station, before connecting to a larger Vast base, currently in development. If all goes well, the Vast-1 mission will then send a four-person crew via SpaceX Dragon to dock with Haven-1 for up to 30 days.

While the International Space Station has at least another seven years of life, plans for Haven-1 represent “the first steps in Vast’s long-term vision of launching much larger, artificial gravity space stations in Earth orbit and beyond,” says Vast CEO Jed McCaleb.

Eventually, Vast plans to develop a 328-foot-long multi-module spinning artificial gravity space station, delivered by SpaceX’s Starship transportation system.

May 12, 2023

Look out, ChatGPT: this rival chatbot can now read a whole novel in under a minute

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

This rival AI, named Claude, has one big advantage over ChatGPT: a much longer memory.