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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos pledges to help WHO flood the world with coronavirus test kits

Posted by Genevieve Klien in biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Mar 27
2020

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and the World Health Organization’s director-general are trading ideas on how to get the COVID-19 pandemic under control, using tools ranging from Amazon Web Services’ firepower in cloud computing and artificial intelligence to distribution channels for coronavirus test kits.

Bezos recapped today’s talk with Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in an Instagram post, featuring a screengrab of Bezos’ videoconference view with the billionaire’s own visage in the upper right corner of the frame:

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The Coronavirus Could Reshape Global Order

Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in biotech/medical

Mar 27
2020

By Kurt M. Campbell and Rush Doshi

KURT M. CAMPBELL is Chair and CEO of the Asia Group and was U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 2009 to 2013.

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Chinese Factories Reopen After COVID-19 Lockdown, But Is The World Ready To Trade Yet?

Posted by Prem Vijaywargi in biotech/medical

Mar 27
2020

Xi Jinping has urged the nations to lift trade barriers.

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How one Scientist Reversed Aging in Humans

Posted by John Davies in life extension

Mar 27
2020

On this episode of Anti-Aging Hacks, we discuss all about reversing aging in humans! My guest in this podcast is Dr. Greg Fahy, and he is the first scientist to reverse aging in humans. Here is what we discuss in this interview: 1. Why the Thymus is really important for Immune Function 2. How creating a combination.

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The Tentacle Bot

Posted by Marcia Wiegand in robotics/AI

Mar 26
2020

I would love to see this on a long handle to grab the stuff I can’t get to. http://robohub.org/ lead me here after seeing Sabine Hauert do a talk on micro-swarms.

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No, the coronavirus wasn’t made in a lab. A genetic analysis shows it’s from nature

Posted by Quinn Sena in biotech/medical, genetics

Mar 26
2020

Scientists took conspiracy theories seriously and analyzed the coronavirus to reveal its natural origins.

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Sanger Institute Releases Draft Sequence for Tyrannosaurus rex Genome

Posted by Quinn Sena in biotech/medical

Mar 26
2020

O,.,o.

NEWSBRIEF.

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This is why Elon Musk wanted to avoid Parachutes

Posted by Bill D'Zio in engineering, space, space travelTagged boeing starliner, ESA exomars rover, new space, spacex crew dragon, spacex parchute test

Mar 26
2020

By Bill D’Zio Originally published on www.westeastspace.com

Parachutes are plaguing space programs. SpaceX doesn’t like Parachutes. They are difficult to design, hard to package, and easy to damage. The larger the mass of the spacecraft, the more effort to slow down. Larger, more efficient, complex parachute systems are needed. Several failures have hit the industry over the last few years, including SpaceX Crew Dragon, ESA ExoMars, Boeing CST-100, and the NASA Orion to name a few.

How do parachutes work and why are they hard?

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How AI Can Realize The Promise Of Adaptive Education

Posted by Genevieve Klien in business, education, robotics/AI

Mar 26
2020

Derek Haoyang Li, the founder of Squirrel AI Learning, is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded two publicly listed companies, and one of the companies has a market cap of $200 million. Squirrel AI Learning is the leading AI + education innovator and unicorn at the forefront of the K12 AI revolution. Within three years of its product release, Squirrel AI Learning has established more than 2,600+ learning centers in China and hosted the first series of human-vs-AI competitions in the Asia-Pacific region that proved the AI’s success. Squirrel AI Learning is recognized by Deloitte as one of the top 10 global AI enterprises with high growth. Squirrel AI Learning was also included in MIT Technology Review’s TR50 Smartest Companies in China list. Stanford Graduate School of Business has also published a case study on Squirrel AI Learning.

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