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Jun 22, 2020

How I’m using AI to write my next novel

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Try out this new AI tool. It just might make your writing more creative.

Jun 22, 2020

Ocean Worlds May Be Common in Our Milky Way Galaxy

Posted by in category: space

A team of U.S. astronomers has calculated internal heating rates for 53 terrestrial exoplanets and found that all of them are likely to have volcanic activity at their surfaces, and that at least 26% could be ocean worlds, with a majority similar in structure to the icy moons of our Solar System’s giant planets.

Jun 22, 2020

Serving as finance minister under Obasanjo, Jonathan tough – Okonjo-Iweala

Posted by in categories: employment, finance

Tunde Ajaja Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said in all the positions she has occupied, serving as Nigeria’s Minister of Finance remains one of her toughest jobs so far. O…

Jun 21, 2020

NASA Invites Competitors to Shoot for the Moon and Beyond

Posted by in category: satellites

NASA is inviting additional teams to compete in the Cube Quest Challenge. You can still participate in the in-space phase of the challenge and be eligible to win part of a $4.5 million prize purse.

The Cube Quest Challenge, NASA’s first in-space competition, incentivizes teams to design, build and deliver small satellites capable of advanced operations near and beyond the Moon. To compete, new teams meeting the eligibility criteria must obtain a ride to deep space for their CubeSats – either through commercial launch opportunities or programs like NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative.

“We welcome new teams to join us in this challenge in pursuit of advancing space exploration,” said Monsi Roman, program manager for NASA’s Centennial Challenges. “When we established the Cube Quest Challenge in 2015, commercial flight opportunities weren’t as available. Now that technology has advanced and commercial partners are flying payloads, it is a great time to make potential participants aware of the opportunity.”

Jun 21, 2020

Restaurants Are in Need of a Helping Hand. Miso Robotics Is Offering Them One. Literally

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, employment, food, robotics/AI

Both are AI-enabled, allowing them to take in their surroundings and learn and evolve over time. They know what time to start cooking a well-done burger so that it’s done at exactly the same time as a medium-rare burger for the same order, or could learn how to optimize oil use to minimize waste, for instance.

In a pre-pandemic time of restaurant labor shortages, Flippy kept kitchen productivity high and costs low, a giant deal in an industry known for tiny margins. Introducing Flippy into a kitchen can increase profit margins by a whopping 300%, not to mention significantly reduce the stress managers feel when trying to fill shifts.

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Jun 21, 2020

DARPA Invisible Man: Human Cells Engineered With Squid-Like Transparency

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Bioinspired research project a first step toward intrinsically translucent tissue.

Octopuses, squids and other sea creatures can perform a disappearing act by using specialized tissues in their bodies to manipulate the transmission and reflection of light, and now researchers at the University of California, Irvine have engineered human cells to have similar transparent abilities.

In a paper published today in Nature Communications, the scientists described how they drew inspiration from cephalopod skin to endow mammalian cells with tunable transparency and light-scattering characteristics.

Jun 21, 2020

The Tide Is Turning (And Is It Ever!)

Posted by in category: energy

In the US, renewables are expected to see fifty times as much net capacity added in the next three years as nuclear and fossil fuels combined.

Jun 21, 2020

Are You Ready to Eat Meat Grown in a Lab?

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In “Billion Dollar Burger,” Chase Purdy explores the “edible space race” to grow cell-cultured meat.

Jun 21, 2020

Molecular robot swarms

Posted by in categories: chemistry, nanotechnology, robotics/AI

Rapid progress has been made in recent years to build these tiny machines, thanks to supramolecular chemists, chemical and biomolecular engineers, and nanotechnologists, among others, working closely together. But one area that still needs improvement is controlling the movements of swarms of molecular robots, so they can perform multiple tasks simultaneously.

Jun 21, 2020

#ArtificialIntelligence Makes Blurry Faces Look More Than 60 Times Sharper — This AI turns even the blurriest #photo into realistic computer-generated faces in #HD

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