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Sep 4, 2020
Farming Metal From Plants Could Be the Future of Sustainable Tech
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: food, sustainability
Sep 4, 2020
This 3D-Printed Bunny Can Infinitely Duplicate, Thanks to DNA
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical, computing
Sep 4, 2020
These Contacts Lenses Can Correct Color Blindness
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Sep 4, 2020
This headset lets you control your TV
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: electronics
Don’t lift a finger — using only your mind!
Don’t lift a finger — this headset lets you control your TV using only your mind!
Sep 4, 2020
Most massive black hole merger yet puzzles astronomers
Posted by Derick Lee in category: cosmology
The detectors have sensed dozens of such cataclysms over the past 5 years, but the one on 21 May 2019 was different. Not only was it the most powerful and distant merger ever seen, but the resulting black hole also belongs to a class of long-sought middleweight black holes, members of the LIGO-Virgo collaboration report today in two new studies. Puzzlingly, however, the two black holes that merged are heavier than expected: Their masses fall in a gap in which theorists … See More.
Sep 3, 2020
Fog catching nets could help solve the world’s water crisis
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: sustainability
Sep 3, 2020
This Equation Calculates the Chances We Live in a Computer Simulation
Posted by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes in categories: computing, information science
Sep 3, 2020
Glue Made of Human Protein Heals Wounds Faster and Better
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: biotech/medical
Another bit of science fiction is coming to life as scientists develop a highly elastic and adhesive surgical glue similar to the one Ryan Gosling used to seal his wound in Blade Runner 2049.
Surgeons use sutures, staples, and wires (sometimes in combination with adhesive substances) to facilitate healing of external and internal wounds. These methods, however, are not optimal, especially for reconnecting contracting tissues like those of lungs, arteries and the heart.
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Sep 3, 2020
Artificial intelligence algorithm can determine a neighborhood’s political leanings by its cars
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: information science, mapping, robotics/AI, transportation
From the understated opulence of a Bentley to the stalwart family minivan to the utilitarian pickup, Americans know that the car you drive is an outward statement of personality. You are what you drive, as the saying goes, and researchers at Stanford have just taken that maxim to a new level.
Using computer algorithms that can see and learn, they have analyzed millions of publicly available images on Google Street View. The researchers say they can use that knowledge to determine the political leanings of a given neighborhood just by looking at the cars on the streets.
“Using easily obtainable visual data, we can learn so much about our communities, on par with some information that takes billions of dollars to obtain via census surveys. More importantly, this research opens up more possibilities of virtually continuous study of our society using sometimes cheaply available visual data,” said Fei-Fei Li, an associate professor of computer science at Stanford and director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab and the Stanford Vision Lab, where the work was done.