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Aug 2, 2021

Artificial intelligence uncovers the building blocks of life and paves the way for a new era in science

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI, science

The idea is to offer the predictions for the structure of practically every protein with a known sequence of amino acids free of charge. “We believe that this is the most important contribution to date that artificial intelligence has contributed to scientific knowledge,” he said following the publication of DeepMind’s research in the medical journal Nature.


DeepMind, a company bought by Google, predicts with unprecedented precision the 3D structure of nearly all the proteins made by the human body.

Aug 2, 2021

Sony releases a more powerful wearable AC

Posted by in categories: health, wearables

Sony has announced a follow-up product to the Reon Pocket, the app-controlled “wearable air conditioner” it released last year after crowdfunding it on the company’s own platform. The Reon Pocket 2 looks more or less the same as the original model, but the newly designed internals can achieve up to twice the level of heat absorption, according to Sony, resulting in more powerful cooling performance. Sony also says that it’s improved the sweat-proofing in the Reon Pocket 2, making it more suitable for light exercise situations.


Just in time for summer.

Aug 2, 2021

PwnedPiper PTS Security Flaws Threaten 80% of Hospitals in the U.S.

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, security

PwnedPiper pneumatic tube system (PTS) security flaws threaten 80% of Hospitals in the U.S.

Aug 2, 2021

Bluetooth-enabled tracking startup Wiliot raises $200M

Posted by in categories: electronics, finance

Wiliot, a company developing Bluetooth-enabled sensors for tracking and analytics, has raised $200 million in venture capital.

Aug 2, 2021

Google’s Next Pixel Phone Will Be Powered By a Custom Chip

Posted by in categories: computing, mobile phones

Following the industry trend of tech giants manufacturing their own processors, the company will start putting bespoke silicon in its mobile hardware.

Aug 2, 2021

The Pentagon Is Experimenting With Using Artificial Intelligence To “See Days In Advance”

Posted by in categories: military, robotics/AI

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ux-KZEY_wrg

The Pentagon aims to use cutting-edge cloud networks and artificial intelligence systems to anticipate adversaries’ moves before they make them.

Aug 2, 2021

Omega-3 can boost life expectancy

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

High blood concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids, which oily fish such as salmon are known to be rich in, can increase your life expectancy by nearly five years.

Aug 2, 2021

Google’s own mobile chip is called Tensor

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, robotics/AI

Rick Osterloh casually dropped his laptop onto the couch and leaned back, satisfied. It’s not a mic, but the effect is about the same. Google’s chief of hardware had just shown me a demo of the company’s latest feature: computational processing for video that will debut on the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. The feature was only possible with Google’s own mobile processor, which it’s announcing today.

He’s understandably proud and excited to share the news. The chip is called Tensor, and it’s the first system-on-chip (SoC) designed by Google. The company has “been at this about five years,” he said, though CEO Sundar Pichai wrote in a statement that Tensor “has been four years in the making and builds off of two decades of Google’s computing experience.”

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Aug 2, 2021

Meet James Webb — A Time Machine Worth $10 Billion

Posted by in category: time travel

Aug 2, 2021

Astronomers Discover a “Changing-Look” Blazar – A Powerful Active Galactic Nucleus

Posted by in category: cosmology

A University of Oklahoma doctoral student, graduate and undergraduate research assistants, and an associate professor in the Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy in the University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences are lead authors on a paper describing a “changing-look” blazar — a powerful active galactic nucleus powered by a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy. The paper is published in The Astrophysical Journal.

Hora D. Mishra, a Ph.D. student, and faculty member Xinyu Dai are lead authors of the paper, along with Christopher Kochanek and Kris Stanek at the Ohio State University and Ben Shappee at the University of Hawaii. The paper represents the findings of researchers from 12 different institutions who participated in a two-year collaborative project involving the collection of spectra or imaging data in different electromagnetic bands. The OU team led the effort in analyzing all the data collected from the collaboration and contributed primarily on the interpretation of the analysis results, assisted by OU graduate student Saloni Bhatiani and undergraduate students Cora DeFrancesco and John Cox who performed ancillary analyses to the project.