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Nov 16, 2019
New twist on CRISPR technology
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, food
In a classic episode of an old-school TV comedy called I Love Lucy, we see Lucille Ball stepping into an assembly line job at a candy factory. As the pace of the conveyor belt exceeds her ability to wrap the candy, the frenzy gets the best of her. She shoves candy into her pockets, into her hat, into her mouth—it’s a job fail.
As we know, faster doesn’t always mean better. And precision can take a big bite out of speed.
Nov 16, 2019
Sleep deprivation makes you crave sugar
Posted by Paul Battista in category: neuroscience
Nov 16, 2019
Purified cannabidiol reduces seizures in patients with severe epilepsy
Posted by Paul Battista in category: biotech/medical
Nov 16, 2019
Regular Crew Launches by SpaceX, Boeing Likely Won’t Start Until Summer 2020, NASA Inspector General Says
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
A new report from NASA’s Office of Inspector General finds that regular commercial crew flights by private companies SpaceX and Boeing likely won’t begin until summer 2020, despite NASA’s push for spring 2020 targets.
Nov 16, 2019
Polio Vaccine May Stall The End Of Polio
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, health
CDC Sends Surge Staffers To Stop Vaccine-Derived Polio Outbreaks In Africa : Goats and Soda Health officials have long known that virus from the oral vaccine can contaminate water supplies; they underestimated how big a problem this would be.
Nov 16, 2019
A Family-Owned German Satellite Company Wants to Launch Rockets as Well
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: business, satellites
OHB, which started as a ship-maintenance business, doesn’t want to rely on the aerospace giants anymore.
Nov 16, 2019
Building An AI (Neural Networks | What Is Deep Learning | Deep Learning Basics)
Posted by Ankur Bargotra in category: robotics/AI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKN_Cc-GyCY
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In the last video in this series, we discussed the biologically inspired structure of deep leaning neural networks and built up an abstracted model based on that. We then went through the basics of how this model is able to form representations from input data.
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Nov 16, 2019
Why Mercedes’s Self-Driving Trucks Are Set to Overtake Its Robotaxis
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Safety and cost concerns have led Mercedes-maker Daimler to predict revenues from autonomous trucks before self-driving cars become a thing.