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Apr 2, 2018
What Artificial Intelligence Will Do to Creativity
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
Humans plus machines equals heightened creativity.
By Elizabeth Kiehner
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Apr 2, 2018
DNA tests for IQ are coming, but it might not be smart to take one
Posted by Bill Kemp in categories: biotech/medical, education, neuroscience
Apr 2, 2018
Scientists invent cheaper and greener wastewater treatment
Posted by Bill Kemp in category: energy
A new energy-efficient process developed at Murdoch University is set to revolutionise wastewater treatment by significantly reducing the industry’s electricity consumption.
Dr. Ralf Cord-Ruwisch and Dr. Wipa Charles, along with two Phd students have collaborated with engineers Professor Liang Cheng and Dr. Lee Walker to form BioFilmTec Pty. Ltd – a research team designing and developing a new wastewater treatment system that requires less than half the electricity to operate.
With current wastewater treatment technology in Australia more than 100 years old, Dr. Cord-Ruwisch believes the time is right for a more energy-efficient approach.
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Apr 2, 2018
Aiming to fill skill gaps in AI, Microsoft makes training courses available to the public
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
Apr 2, 2018
A Flawed Study Shows How Little We Understand Crispr’s Effects
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical
Icarus is a blue supergiant, a rare type of star that is larger than the Sun and far more luminous.
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Apr 2, 2018
This weird-looking plane isn’t a joke
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: humor, internet
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives.
With so much fake news slithering around the web all year, is it still possible to enjoy April Fools’ Day?
Apr 2, 2018
A Blockchain For Mars
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, finance, space travel
Outside John Snow Pub, arguably one of the best pubs to visit on a rainy November day in Soho, London, I was having a beer with my dear friend Alex, discussing tech and cryptocurrency like we always do. The thing that struck me the most from the conversation that Alex brought up was the technical challenges of Mars to have its own blockchain due to speed of light delays between Earth and Mars. It took me on a little journey of determining what might a blockchain on Mars look like, what are the challenges brought upon by speed of light and other factors, and how to push forward the efforts of colonizing the Red Planet.
The past few years and especially 2017 have brought cryptocurrency to the mainstream. Everyone and their grandmother can be seen at one point asking around “How can one buy bitcoin?” and “Would you buy Ripple?” among other questions. Every day, someone armed with a badly-edited whitepaper (a paper outlining how the technology works) will raise millions of dollars in Initial Coin Offerings, or ICOs (the cryptocurrency version of a stock market IPO). By now, one can see that, while 99% of the coins will probably fail due to bad planning, overpromised marketing, or because of their scammy nature, there is no doubt that the future of the cryptocurrency market is bright and it has a lot of room for growth.
The race to Mars is on going. SpaceX still is leading the efforts to allow humans for colonization of the Red Planet, most recently with their two simultaneous Falcon Heavy rocket landings.
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Apr 2, 2018
Retailers Race Against Amazon to Automate Stores
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: business, mobile phones, robotics/AI
Companies are testing robots that help keep shelves stocked, as well as apps that let shoppers ring up items with a smartphone. High-tech systems like the one used by Amazon Go completely automate the checkout process. China, which has its own ambitious e-commerce companies, is emerging as an especially fertile place for these retail experiments.
But the opening of Amazon Go in January was alarming for many retailers, who saw a sudden willingness by Amazon to wield its technology power in new ways. Hundreds of cameras near the ceiling and sensors in the shelves help automatically tally the cookies, chips and soda that shoppers remove and put into their bags. Shoppers’ accounts are charged as they walk out the doors.
Amazon is now looking to expand Go to new areas. An Amazon spokeswoman declined to comment on its expansion plans, but the company has a job posting for a senior real estate manager who will be responsible for “site selection and acquisition” and field tours of “potential locations” for new Go stores.
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