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May 18, 2022
NASA Detects Bright Flashes of Light on Jupiter
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: climatology, space
A team of NASA scientists has spotted strange flashes of light known as âtransient luminous eventsâ (TLEs) in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter.
Events like these have never been observed on another world until now â though here on Earth, scientists have observed similar flashes of light that occur far above lightning storms here on Earth, triggered by discharges of electricity in the upper atmosphere.
For a while, astronomers have theorized their existence in Jupiterâs massive, turbulent atmosphere. Thanks to new data collected by the ultraviolet spectrograph instrument (UVS) attached to NASAâs Juno spacecraft, a small space probe thatâs been orbiting the gas giant since 2016, the team was finally able to confirm their presence, as detailed in a new paper published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.
May 18, 2022
Googleâs DeepMind says it is close to achieving human-level AI
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: robotics/AI
New Gato AI is âgeneralist agentâ that can carry out a huge range of complex tasks, from stacking blocks to writing poetry.
Human-level artificial intelligence is close to finally being achieved, according to a lead researcher at Googleâs DeepMind AI division.
Dr Nando de Freitas said âthe game is overâ in the decades-long quest to realise artificial general intelligence (AGI) after DeepMind unveiled an AI system capable of completing a wide range of complex tasks, from stacking blocks to writing poetry.
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May 18, 2022
On the road to cleaner, greener, and faster driving
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
No one likes sitting at a red light. But signalized intersections arenât just a minor nuisance for drivers; vehicles consume fuel and emit greenhouse gases while waiting for the light to change.
What if motorists could time their trips so they arrive at the intersection when the light is green? While that might be just a lucky break for a human driver, it could be achieved more consistently by an autonomous vehicle that uses artificial intelligence to control its speed.
In a new study, MIT researchers demonstrate a machine-learning approach that can learn to control a fleet of autonomous vehicles as they approach and travel through a signalized intersection in a way that keeps traffic flowing smoothly.
May 18, 2022
âVisualizing the Protonâ â Physicistsâ Innovative Animation Depicts the Subatomic World in a New Way
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: particle physics, quantum physics
Try to picture a proton â the tiny, positively charged particle within an atomic nucleus â and you may envision a familiar, textbook diagram: a bundle of billiard balls representing quarks and gluons. From the solid sphere model first proposed by John Dalton in 1,803 to the quantum model put forward by Erwin Schrödinger in 1926, there is a storied timeline of physicists attempting to visualize the invisible.
May 18, 2022
Amazon Text-to-Speech groupâs research at ICASSP 2022
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: futurism
Amazonâs head of text-to-speech research, Andrew Breen, reports on the four papers accepted at this yearâs International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Si⊠See more.
Papers focus on speech conversion and data augmentation â and sometimes both at once.
May 18, 2022
Scientists Just Measured a Mechanical Quantum System Without Destroying It
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: computing, quantum physics
Thereâs a key aspect of quantum computing you may not have thought about before. Called âquantum non-demolition measurementsâ, they refer to observing certain quantum states without destroying them in the process.
If we want to put together a functioning quantum computer, not having it break down every second while calculations are made would obviously be helpful. Now, scientists have described a new technique for recording quantum non-demolition measurements that shows a lot of promise.
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May 18, 2022
A new drug could solve the problem of cataracts, without surgery
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
Surgery has always been the remedy for cataracts. However, a new compound might be able to clear the clouding of the lens, shows a new study.
May 18, 2022
Organic Transistors Explained. Printing CPUs at Home. What is Smart Skin
Posted by Ken Otwell in categories: health, quantum physics, robotics/AI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya5o5AEYX3g&feature=share
Slow processing⊠but good for display devices, interacting with other systems, bio-sensors/health monitoring, etc.
In this video I explain Organic Flexible CPUs and Organic Transistors. What is the-state-of-the-art of Organic Electronics? If this technology can replace Silicon Chips or not?
#CPU #OrganicCPU #FlexibleCPU
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