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Jul 24, 2019
Microsoft Invests $1 Billion in Elon Musk-Founded OpenAI
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI
OpenAI, the artificial intelligence firm originally founded by Elon Musk and Y Combinator’s Sam Altman, just landed a $1 billion investment from Microsoft.
Though originally founded to be a non-profit, ethical alternative to the massive companies developing AI tech, OpenAI became a sort of hybrid non-profit and for-profit back in March. The two companies have been collaborating on projects for years, but now with this new investment, Business Insider reports that OpenAI will be developing AI tech specifically for Microsoft’s cloud services.
Jul 24, 2019
Podcast #33: The Disruptors with Matt Ward
Posted by Mark Sackler in category: innovation
“This is the age of disruption.”–Sebastian Thrun “Innovations can only be disruptive in relation to something else.”–Clayton M. Christensen Disruption. I…
Jul 24, 2019
Inside The Tiny Country Where Robots Grow The Food
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: food, robotics/AI, sustainability
This innovation drive, including increasing use of automation on farms like Dijkstra’s, has helped propel a country with a land mass smaller than the state of West Virginia to become the world’s second-biggest food exporter after the U.S., with agri-food exports worth more than $100 billion.
And it’s dairy, and fruit and vegetables ― where technologies like milking and harvesting robots are becoming commonplace in the Netherlands ― that account for the biggest share of that export revenue.
“Automation has been part of that success story,” said Erik Nicholson of the United Farm Workers of America. The Netherlands “is seen as a world leader because of the innovation going on there and the output it manages despite its comparatively small size.”
Jul 24, 2019
Physicists have let light through the plane of the world’s thinnest semiconductor crystal
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: computing, quantum physics
An international research team has studied how photons travel in the plane of the world’s thinnest semiconductor crystal. The results of the physicists’ work open the way to the creation of monoatomic optical transistors — components for quantum computers, potentially capable of making calculations at the speed of light.
Jul 24, 2019
How to Find Birth Parents through DNA
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
Adoptees and others with unknown parentage can use DNA testing to find and connect with their biological families or to learn more about where their ancestors came from.
DNA testing won’t always provide adoptees with a quick answer to finding their biological roots, but with some traditional genealogy research and DNA testing, many have found success! If you’re wondering how to find your birth parents through DNA, this article can help you get started.
Jul 24, 2019
You Can Now Sign Up to Buy Your Own Hybrid-Electric Plane
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: transportation
Los Angeles company Ampaire is offering its hybrid-electric Electric EEL aircraft to general-aviation pilots starting this week.
See some of the top images and discoveries that will form Cassini’s legacy: https://go.nasa.gov/2oec6H2
Jul 24, 2019
NASA’s plan to save Earth from a giant asteroid
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
There are a lot of bad ways to wake up from a nap. Getting hit with a space rock is certainly one of them.
One afternoon in 1954, Ann Hodges was dozing on her living room couch. At 12:45 pm, a meteorite ripped through her living room ceiling and woke her up with a direct hit to the stomach.
Jul 24, 2019
We are happy to announce our support for Turn Biotechnologies. Turn.bio is based on the scientific breakthrough work at Stanford of Vittorio Sebastiano, Jay Sarkar, and Marco Quarta. They are now leading the team to develop therapies that return mature differentiated cells to a dramatically younger state leaving their differentiated identity unaltered. Congrats! More info on kizoo.com/en
Posted by Michael Greve in categories: biotech/medical, innovation
Turn.bio is based on the scientific breakthrough work at Stanford of Vittorio Sebastiano, Jay Sarkar, and Marco Quarta. They are now leading the team to develop therapies that return mature differentiated cells to a dramatically younger state leaving their differentiated identity unaltered. Congrats!
More info on kizoo.com/en