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Apr 6, 2020
A Robot Stand-Up Comedian Learns The Nuts And Bolts Of Comedy
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: information science, robotics/AI
Social roboticist, Heather Knight, sees robots and entertainment a research-rich coupling. So she programmed a charming humanoid robot named DATA with jokes, and equipped it with sensors and algorithmic capabilities to help with timing and gauging a crowd. Then Knight and DATA hit the road on an international robot stand-up comedy tour. Their act landed stage time at a TED conference and Knight was profiled in Forbes 30 Under 30. Watching Data perform is much like watching an amateur stand-up comedian cutting her/his chops at an open mic night doing light comedy with a sweet but wooden delivery.
Knight’s goal is specific:
Apr 6, 2020
Viruses don’t have a metabolism; but some have the building blocks for one
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: biological
In satellite photos of the Earth, clouds of bright green bloom across the surface of lakes and oceans as algae populations explode in nutrient-rich water. From the air, the algae appear to be the primary players in the ecological drama unfolding below.
But those single-celled organisms we credit for influencing the aquatic environment at the base of the food chain may be under the influence of something else: viruses whose genes can reconfigure their hosts’ metabolism.
In a new study published in Nature Communications, a research team from Virginia Tech reported that they had found a substantial collection of genes for metabolic cycles—a defining characteristic of cellular life—in a wide range of “giant viruses.”
Apr 6, 2020
Google Duo audio boost won’t leave you hanging on the phone
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
“It’s good to hear your voice, you know it’s been so long If I don’t get your calls, then everything goes wrong… Your voice across the line gives me a strange sensation” — Blondie, “Hanging on the Telephone”
In 1978, Debbie Harry propelled her new wave band Blondie to the top of the charts with a plaintive tale of yearning to hear her boyfriend’s voice from afar and insisting he not leave her “hanging on the telephone.”
But the questions arises: What if it were 2020 and she was speaking over VOIP with intermittent packet losses, audio jitter, network delays and out-of-sequence packet transmissions?
Apr 6, 2020
Liz Parrish about Anti-Aging gene therapy
Posted by John Davies in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Liz Parrish is the Founder and CEO of BioViva Sciences USA Inc.
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Apr 6, 2020
AI techniques used to improve battery health and safety
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: health, information science, mobile phones, robotics/AI, transportation
Researchers have designed a machine learning method that can predict battery health with 10x higher accuracy than current industry standard, which could aid in the development of safer and more reliable batteries for electric vehicles and consumer electronics.
The researchers, from Cambridge and Newcastle Universities, have designed a new way to monitor batteries by sending electrical pulses into them and measuring the response. The measurements are then processed by a machine learning algorithm to predict the battery’s health and useful lifespan. Their method is non-invasive and is a simple add-on to any existing battery system. The results are reported in the journal Nature Communications.
Predicting the state of health and the remaining useful lifespan of lithium-ion batteries is one of the big problems limiting widespread adoption of electric vehicles: it’s also a familiar annoyance to mobile phone users. Over time, battery performance degrades via a complex network of subtle chemical processes. Individually, each of these processes doesn’t have much of an effect on battery performance, but collectively they can severely shorten a battery’s performance and lifespan.
Apr 6, 2020
Alphabet’s DeepMind masters Atari games
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: entertainment, information science, robotics/AI
In order to better solve complex challenges at the dawn of the third decade of the 21st century, Alphabet Inc. has tapped into relics dating to the 1980s: video games.
The parent company of Google reported this week that its DeepMind Technologies Artificial Intelligence unit has successfully learned how to play 57 Atari video games. And the computer system plays better than any human.
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Apr 6, 2020
This Startup’s Computer Chips Are Powered by Human Neurons
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: entertainment, robotics/AI
As of right now, Cortical’s mini-brains have less processing power than a dragonfly brain. The company is looking to get its mouse-neuron-powered chips to be capable of playing a game of “Pong,” as CEO Hon Weng Chong told Fortune, following the footsteps of AI company DeepMind, which used the game to test the power of its AI algorithms back in 2013.
“What we are trying to do is show we can shape the behavior of these neurons,” Chong told Fortune.
READ MORE: A startup is building computer chips using human neurons [Fortune].
Apr 6, 2020
This Virtual Library in Minecraft Gives a Voice to Censored Journalists
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
Even in the countries where these journalists are censored, “You’re able to play Minecraft.”
Satellites come in all sizes and shapes. A small satellite or SmallSat is commonly considered to be a satellite that weighs less than 500 kg.
As a basic application of various satellite sizes by mass, the common distinction:
Lower Limit Upper Limit(kg) Classification Examples 1000 Large satellites Hubble Space Telescope / Inmarsat-4A F4 500 1000 Medium satellites O3b 0 500 Small satellites SpaceX StarLink
CubeSats are smaller yet.
CubeSats need to conform to specific criteria including shape, size, and mass. At this point, most people have become aware or are at least heard of CubeSats. (Cube Satellites). CubeSats (cube satellite, cube satellite) are a type of nanosatellites defined by the CubeSat Design Specification (CSD) or otherwise commonly known by the unofficial term “CubeSat standard”. Cubesats are small, and start off at the 1U size of 10xm x 10 cm x 11.35 cm ( yes not exactly a cube, but very close) Here are some standard CubeSat dimensions:
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