These bacteria have an appetite for plastic.

Originally shared by Next Nature Network

These bacteria have an appetite for plastic.
http://buff.ly/1SfAUHW

So true.

Originally shared by Bio E

So true.

#health #healthtip #organic #organicfood #food #fitness #weightloss #run #yoga #exercise #gym #vegetarian #vegetables #organicfarming #herbalremedy #fruit #motivation #digestion #foodporn #eat #diet #vegan #herbs #gut #guthealth #probiotics #quote #biogenicsmd #gmo #pesticide #environment #farming #processed #junkfood #fastfood #sugar

Google gives its search app a new voice

Originally shared by Engadget

Google gives its search app a new voice
http://engt.co/1RLhhY8
http://engt.co/1RLhhY8

The Bank of Russia has partnered with Yandex to use machine learning to find websites belonging to unlicensed money...

Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky

The Bank of Russia has partnered with Yandex to use machine learning to find websites belonging to unlicensed money lenders. "The system works by analysing key words across an existing Yandex database, which identified seven million web pages related to finance topics. The algorithm is then able to assign a web page to its correct category, before identifying if an organisation is licenced, which Yandex says occurred correctly in 98 percent of cases."
http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/security/security-management/bank-russia-yandex-machine-learning-188808

Neurosynaptic supercomputer with 4 billion synapses only needs 2.5 watts of power - Energy equivalent to running a...

Originally shared by Futuristech Info

Neurosynaptic supercomputer with 4 billion synapses only needs 2.5 watts of power - Energy equivalent to running a tablet

https://futuristech.info/posts/neurosynaptic-supercomputer-with-4-billion-synapses-only-needs-2-5-watts-of-power-energy-equivalent-to-running-a-tablet

Raising minimum wage could inadvertently fast track automation in the restaurant industry

Originally shared by Futuristech Info

Raising minimum wage could inadvertently fast track automation in the restaurant industry

https://futuristech.info/posts/raising-minimum-wage-could-inadvertently-fast-track-automation-in-the-restaurant-industry

What can #robots do beyond working in #manufacturing?

Originally shared by Universal Robots

What can #robots do beyond working in #manufacturing? For instance, #cobots can be a cameraman at a #Championsleague game, whip up the perfect crab bisque or help Greenpeace save the bees. For new #innovations in the field of #robotics, visit our blog and read on:
http://www.universal-robots.com/blog/cobots-are-making-a-difference/

SVR Case Studies: Adept’s versatile mobile service platform - Lynx mobile robot platform can be adapted for many...

Originally shared by Robohub

SVR Case Studies: Adept’s versatile mobile service platform - Lynx mobile robot platform can be adapted for many applications. Source: adept.com Interview with Michael Oitzman, Sr. Product Line Manager, Adept Mobile Robots courtesy of Tanya Anandan, for A3 Association for Advancing Automation (edited for clarity) What are the current markets and types of applications for Adept mobile robots in the service robotics sector? Service robotics is a small, emerging part of our main target markets...
http://ow.ly/3cZWZg

Are we what we eat?

Originally shared by ScienceDaily
http://dlvr.it/KwdvFv

LOL, looking forward to the day when everyone starts considering the possibility of everything being free, via easy...

Originally shared by Singularity 2045

LOL, looking forward to the day when everyone starts considering the possibility of everything being free, via easy access to limitless resources. #Basicincome #UBI will ensure a smooth transition. UBI is mentioned in the following article.

Zoltan Istvan writing in Tech Crunch (29 March 2016):  "If 90 percent of human jobs are replaced by robots in the next 50 years — something now considered plausible — is capitalism still the ideal economic system to champion? No one is certain about the answer, but the question is making everyone nervous — and forcing people to dig deep inside themselves to discover the kind of future they want."

"Whichever system we choose will have to incorporate an improving standard of life for people and society. For this reason, I tend to support a Universal Basic Income as one way to desire robots to take our jobs but not leave the world poor. However, that doesn’t really say what will happen to economies after the robot revolution is really underway." 

Zoltan seems to touch upon the idea of everything being free in the following quote: "In fact, I doubt money will even survive this century. If anything, in the future, only knowledge will have tradable value — the knowledge to create better machines, software and experiences from technology." http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/29/will-capitalism-survive-the-robot-revolution/

#robots #robotics #revolution #artificialintelligence #capitalism #money #working #jobs  
http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/29/will-capitalism-survive-the-robot-revolution/

Mattel brought Barbie into the 21st century with a new Artificial Intelligence.

Originally shared by Next Nature Network

Mattel brought Barbie into the 21st century with a new Artificial Intelligence.
http://buff.ly/1SfA5ig

This map shows which countries are being taken over by robots.

Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky

This map shows which countries are being taken over by robots. Japan 310.508. The US 168,623. Germany 161,988. South Korea 138,883.
http://www.businessinsider.in/This-map-shows-which-countries-are-being-taken-over-by-robots/articleshow/51592625.cms

Tiny Little Multi-Modal Picobug Walks, Flies, Grabs Stuff

Originally shared by Automaton, IEEE Spectrum's Robotics Blog
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/tiny-little-multimodal-picobug

Simple Blood Test May Detect Evidence of Concussion A Week After Injury

Originally shared by Neuroscience News

Simple Blood Test May Detect Evidence of Concussion A Week After Injury

Biomarker released by the brain during injury found to stay in the bloodstream for 7 days.

The research is in JAMA Neurology. (full access paywall)

#concussion #neurology
http://neurosciencenews.com/concussion-blood-test-3930/

Armed and Dangerous : China new armed drone helicopter

Originally shared by Corina Fuioaga

Armed and Dangerous : China new armed drone helicopter

http://futurism.com/chinas-new-armed-drone-helicopter/
http://futurism.com/chinas-new-armed-drone-helicopter/

How Google’s New ‘Hive-Mind’ Robots Learn From One Another ?

Originally shared by Corina Fuioaga

How Google’s New ‘Hive-Mind’ Robots Learn From One Another ?

http://futurism.com/videos/googles-new-hive-mind-robots-learn-one-another/


http://futurism.com/videos/googles-new-hive-mind-robots-learn-one-another/

2016 Arctic Sea Ice Wintertime Extent Hits Another Record Low

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/2016-arctic-sea-ice-wintertime-extent-hits-another-record-low

Scientists resurrect an abandoned drug, find it effective against human viruses

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

Scientists resurrect an abandoned drug, find it effective against human viruses

'Viruses have proven to be wily foes. Attempts to fend off viruses causing even the common cold or flu have failed, and new viral outbreaks such as dengue, Ebola or Zika continue to elude drugs.

Given these challenges, a group at Stanford is tackling the problem from a different angle: boosting the human body's ability to resist the virus rather than taking on the virus directly. This approach has paid off with a drug that, in cells in a lab dish at least, helps fight two disease-causing viruses and potentially many more. The work was published March 28, 2016 in Nature Chemical Biology.'

http://phys.org/news/2016-03-scientists-resurrect-abandoned-drug-effective.html
http://phys.org/news/2016-03-scientists-resurrect-abandoned-drug-effective.html

We Should All Have Our Own Bot

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

We Should All Have Our Own Bot

And our bots should be friends. Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been working on a new experiment, with a couple friends, with the goal of giving everyone a personal bot.
https://medium.com/@msg/we-should-all-have-our-own-bot-c8faa781f0a8#.892djotsf

The Rise of VPUs: Giving eyes to machines.

Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky

The Rise of VPUs: Giving eyes to machines. "Movidius is a small chip startup that you've most probably not heard of, yet. It's a European company that currently produces specialised chips known as Vision Processing Units (VPUs). The chips are meant for application in areas like Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and others. Movidius' Myriad 2 chip is running on the recently-announced DJI Phantom 4 drone, and its Myriad 1 chip was used in Google's first Project Tango device. Dashwood explains that while Movidius is a decade-old company, it turned its attention to VPUs in 2009, with Google's first Project Tango phone being the first instance of its chips being implemented. The Myriad 1 and Myriad 2 are high-performance, low-power chips, meant specifically for Computer Vision."
http://www.digit.in/general/the-rise-of-vpus-giving-eyes-to-machines-29561.html

Researchers create implantable chip to measure and alter dopamine levels in the brain

Originally shared by Futuristech Info

Researchers create implantable chip to measure and alter dopamine levels in the brain

https://futuristech.info/posts/researchers-create-implantable-chip-to-measure-and-alter-dopamine-levels-in-the-brain

MRI sensitivity enhanced 10,000 times with newly created molecular catalyst

Originally shared by Futuristech Info

MRI sensitivity enhanced 10,000 times with newly created molecular catalyst

https://futuristech.info/posts/mri-sensitivity-enhanced-10-000-times-with-newly-created-molecular-catalyst

Solar cell efficiency could increase by 15 percent with addition of nanocones

Originally shared by Futuristech Info

Solar cell efficiency could increase by 15 percent with addition of nanocones

https://futuristech.info/posts/solar-cell-efficiency-could-increase-by-15-percent-with-addition-of-nanocones

Clever animation about addiction. No language knowledge needed..

Clever animation about addiction. No language knowledge needed.. 
https://t.reembed.com/2WPwcs0RDet02leqBe1W1r2w

Knowledge is Power

Originally shared by Sir Sativa

Knowledge is Power
http://www.gmo.news/2016-03-18-russia-has-already-banned-gmos-when-will-the-rest-of-the-world-follow-suit.html

VIDEO: Kidney transplants now possible from any donor - Hope to expand this to all organs

Originally shared by Futuristech Info

VIDEO: Kidney transplants now possible from any donor - Hope to expand this to all organs

https://futuristech.info/posts/video-kidney-transplants-now-possible-from-any-donor-hope-to-expand-this-to-all-organs

Google's $150 Nik Collection of Photo Editing Software is Now 100% Free

Originally shared by Morten Lynge
http://petapixel.com/2016/03/24/googles-150-nik-collection-photo-editing-software

Successful autonomous drone delivery in urban Nevada - Carried its cargo... on a rope

Originally shared by Futuristech Info

Successful autonomous drone delivery in urban Nevada - Carried its cargo... on a rope

https://futuristech.info/posts/successful-autonomous-drone-delivery-in-urban-nevada-carried-its-cargo-on-a-rope

Should we be worried?

Originally shared by Lacerant Plainer

Should we be worried? : Artificial Intelligence (AI) is round the corner and some of the brightest and most 'in the know' people are worried. Should we be? You decide. Is it time for us to make sure AIs follow Isaac Asimov's three laws? 

Google Deepmind : DeepMind's AlphaGo artificial intelligence has won the final match of the Go series against world champion Lee Sedol. The AlphaGo AI, which aims to mimic how a human brain learns, effectively defeated humans at Go by a process of trial and error.

It combines advanced search techniques with neural networking, allowing it to both think creatively and take advantage of huge amounts of data about previously played games of Go. Using 12 layers of neural networks, it selects its next move using just one element of its system while the others predict how the rest of the game will play out. Predicting the future in this way, it adjusts its strategy and moves gradually towards victory.

Movers and Shakers : In a poignant interview given in 2014, Elon Musk likened AI to “summoning the demon.” Stephen Hawking warned that it might “spell the end of the human race.”  Other notable individuals have also come out against AI. Bill Gates recently stated, “I agree with Elon Musk and some others on this and don’t understand why some people are not concerned.” So why aren’t more people concerned? Surely, if left unchecked, AI will pose an existential threat to the entire human race.

In a riveting discussion between arguably two of the world’s  most intelligent people, Neil Degrasse Tyson and Ray Kurzweil, some important points were made on the future of technology. Ray Kurzweil, a computer engineer, celebrated author, and known futurist points out that by “2029 computers would have all of the intellectual and emotional capabilities of humans.”

Links and References

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertadams/2016/03/25/is-artificial-intelligence-dangerous/#7711831d1d01

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2016-03/15/alphago-deepmind-google-wins-lee-sedol

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/26/technology/the-race-is-on-to-control-artificial-intelligence-and-techs-future.html?_r=0

Wearable biomedical device can monitor diabetes and painlessly deliver drugs

Originally shared by Futuristech Info

Wearable biomedical device can monitor diabetes and painlessly deliver drugs

https://futuristech.info/posts/wearable-biomedical-device-can-monitor-diabetes-and-painlessly-deliver-drugs

It took less than 24 hours for Tay, Microsoft's A.I.

Originally shared by Popular Science

It took less than 24 hours for Tay, Microsoft's A.I. chatbot, to start generating racist, genocidal replies on Twitter.
http://www.popsci.com/heres-how-we-prevent-next-racist-chatbot?src=SOC&dom=gp

-E -

Originally shared by Obviusgeek

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Several companies, including #SMEs like Mjolkursamsalan Akureyri and the Scandinavian Tobacco Group are already...

Originally shared by Universal Robots

Several companies, including #SMEs like Mjolkursamsalan Akureyri and the Scandinavian Tobacco Group are already #automating their #packaging processes - when will you? #Packaging processes can be repetitious and strenuous for employees, however, for a #cobot , these tasks are ideal. Read in our new blog post, Legen-dairy packing skills, how #cobots can relieve the stress from your staff.
http://urrobots.com/qF

Plenty of benefits!

Originally shared by iHealthTube.com

Plenty of benefits!

Natural health news you need, and it's free! http://buff.ly/1Rjvxo7

Addiction

Originally shared by Corina Marinescu

Addiction
What is addiction and how do we break it?

Comic source:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/understanding-addiction/

#neuroscience   #addiction

"How corporations will use artificial empathy to sell us more shit." "The research being done by Shasha Lu, a...

Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky

"How corporations will use artificial empathy to sell us more shit." "The research being done by Shasha Lu, a lecturer in marketing at the Cambridge Judge Business School, seeks to combine machine-based image and video analysis with current marketing techniques in order to streamline product sales. The idea is essentially to teach a machine to read a customer’s behavioral cues in reaction to a particular product and then make targeted product recommendations based on these social signals. In Lu’s case, she is specifically focusing on teaching a machine how to give clothing recommendations tailored (ha!) to the individual consumer."

"According to Lu, the project is based on techniques used by human salespeople."
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-companies-will-use-artificial-empathy-to-sell-you-more-shit

Crazy-eyed robot wants a family and to destroy all humans - CNET

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

Crazy-eyed robot wants a family and to destroy all humans - CNET

' ... On display at SXSW in Austin, Texas, Sophia is the company's latest attempt to create a humanlike robot, and the way her face moves is probably as humanlike as a robot has ever gotten.  Sophia has 62 facial and neck architectures and a patented silicon skin called Frubber. She has cameras in her eyes that allow her to recognize faces and make eye contact. And she can participate in a conversation, using speech recognition software. She is even equipped with what Hanson Robotics calls its "Character Engine AI" software, or a personality. ... '

http://www.cnet.com/news/crazy-eyed-robot-wants-a-family-and-to-destroy-all-humans/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0_DPi0PmF0

Scientists Grow Full-Sized, Beating Human Hearts From Stem Cells

Originally shared by David Fuchs
http://www.popsci.com/scientists-grow-transplantable-hearts-with-stem-cells

Your optimized brain: Exploring the frontier of neurostimulation

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

Your optimized brain: Exploring the frontier of neurostimulation

tDCS, or transcranial direct current stimulation. Developed with the intent to treat a range of neuropsychiatric conditions, it applies a constant current to the surface of the scalp, priming neurons to fire more easily and produce a stronger, more synchronous signal. Because it doesn’t actually cause neurons to activate, tDCS is considered one of the safest types of non-invasive brain stimulation. It also has a relatively simple setup, and can be self-administered outside of the hospital setting.
http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/18/your-optimized-brain-exploring-the-frontier-of-neurostimulation/?ncid=rss

Google's Latest Plan to Take Over Your Living Room -- The Motley Fool

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

Google's Latest Plan to Take Over Your Living Room -- The Motley Fool

The search giant's cheap streaming bundle could come included with your next TV.

'Alphabet's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) search giant, Google, has a new plan to get between viewers and their television sets.

The maker of Android will partner with home theater giant Vizio to include its Chromecast technology in a series of forthcoming TVs, according to Variety.'

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/03/19/google-tries-yet-again-to-takeover-the-living-room.aspx
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/03/19/google-tries-yet-again-to-takeover-the-living-room.aspx

Today's personal-assistant services, such as Microsoft's Cortana, Google's OK Google and Apple's Siri, are limited...

Originally shared by 33rd Square

Today's personal-assistant services, such as Microsoft's Cortana, Google's OK Google and Apple's Siri, are limited because they must call out to the cloud for more powerful computers to answer or anticipate queries. According to a Canadian start-up, neuromorphic computing may hold the answer to these issues. http://www.33rdsquare.com/2016/03/circuit-seed-announces-advances-in.html
http://www.33rdsquare.com/2016/03/circuit-seed-announces-advances-in.html

A Chinese “mosquito factory” releases 20 million of the little buggers into the wild every week

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

A Chinese “mosquito factory” releases 20 million of the little buggers into the wild every week

A team of scientists, led by Xi Zhiyong of China’s Sun Yat-sen University and Michigan State University, announced Monday (Mar. 14) that they are breeding mosquitoes that are infected with Wolbachia bacteria, which produces infertile eggs when they mate with females in the wild. Because the transmission of dengue and Zika is carried by mosquitos, the release of these laboratory insects could stop the diseases from becoming epidemics, the research team explains (link in Chinese). The world’s biggest “mosquito factory,” with a total area of 3,500 square meters (38,000 sq ft), and four workshops that each can breed 5 million mosquitoes a week, has been established in southern China’s Guangzhou city, where dengue fever strikes annually.
http://qz.com/640394/a-chinese-mosquito-factory-releases-20-million-of-the-little-buggers-into-the-wild-every-week

Inhabitat's Week in Green: A solar-powered plane, and more! http://engt.co/1T3aCuE

Originally shared by Engadget

Inhabitat's Week in Green: A solar-powered plane, and more! http://engt.co/1T3aCuE
http://engt.co/1T3aCuE

Goodyear is Trying to Make Electricity Generating Tires - Industry Tap

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

Goodyear is Trying to Make Electricity Generating Tires - Industry Tap

'Goodyear has come up with an awesome concept of electricity generating tires which can help combat the biggest hurdle that an electric car faces.

Usually, electric cars come with heavy batteries, but they have limited capacity, so the range remains their limiting factor.

At the 85th Geneva International Motor Show, Goodyear unveiled its BHO3 concept tires. These amazing tires will generate electricity while moving and also when they are standing still.'

http://www.industrytap.com/goodyear-trying-make-tires-will-generate-electricity/35478
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Io5ex7BO4

Dramatic remissions in blood cancer in immunotherapy treatment trial

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

Dramatic remissions in blood cancer in immunotherapy treatment trial

Recent advances in an immune-cell cancer treatment — a type of immunotherapy using engineered immune cells to target specific molecules on cancer cells — are producing dramatic results for people with cancer, according to Stanley Riddell, MD, an immunotherapy researcher and oncologist at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Riddell and his colleagues have refined new methods of engineering a patient’s own immune cells to better target and kill cancer cells while decreasing side effects. In laboratory and clinical trials, the researchers are seeing “dramatic responses” in patients with tumors that are resistant to conventional high-dose chemotherapy, “providing new hope for patients with many different kinds of malignancies,” Riddell said.
http://www.kurzweilai.net/dramatic-remissions-in-blood-cancer-in-immunotherapy-treatment-trial

Modular Smartwatch by Maik Lippe

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

Modular Smartwatch by Maik Lippe

'This smartwatch designed by Maik Lippe recognizes this trend and offers the user a modular solution that can continue to be upgraded over time. Each technical component from the face to the “half straps” can be updated, including a half strap that houses a flexible battery to save space and give the face a slimmer profile. The sensor array at the back of the watch combines a number of sensors like heart rate, photo-spectrometer, blood pressure and more. '

http://www.beautifullife.info/industrial-design/modular-smartwatch-by-maik-lippe/
http://www.beautifullife.info/industrial-design/modular-smartwatch-by-maik-lippe/

New 'machine unlearning' technique wipes out unwanted data quickly and completely

Originally shared by michael barth
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/lu-nu031416.php

6 floating buildings powered by the sun http://engt.co/1RvfP9h

Originally shared by Engadget

6 floating buildings powered by the sun http://engt.co/1RvfP9h
http://engt.co/1RvfP9h

Along with other new and soon-to-be-available devices, the Meta 2, an augmented reality headset makes it possible...

Originally shared by 33rd Square

Along with other new and soon-to-be-available devices, the Meta 2, an augmented reality headset makes it possible for users to see, grab and move holograms just like physical objects, CEO Meron Gribetz hopes to extend our senses through a more natural machine interaction. http://www.33rdsquare.com/2016/03/will-augmented-reality-headsets-replace.html
http://www.33rdsquare.com/2016/03/will-augmented-reality-headsets-replace.html

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Originally shared by What's Hot Online


Science demo and Natural selection^^

Driverless Bus System Showcases Future of Public Transit - this May, not some distant future

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

Driverless Bus System Showcases Future of Public Transit - this May, not some distant future

As technology companies and automakers race to put a driverless car on the road, they might want to take a look at a small experiment being conducted in the Netherlands. WEpods, an abbreviation of Wageningen and Ede, two towns in the south-central province of Gelderland, will soon play host to a driverless bus system, ferrying dignitaries and visitors to a local university via six-passenger vehicles that look a bit like enclosed, oversized golf carts. Unlike similar autonomous transport systems currently in use, such as the Rotterdam Rivium bus or Heathrow airport shuttles, these electrically powered vehicles won’t run on dedicated tracks, instead rolling on the same roadways used by human drivers.
http://www.curbed.com/2016/3/17/11253500/driverless-car-autonomous-vehicle-wepod-bus

As the world stands at a climate crossroads, it is powerful yet humbling to think that our actions today will decide...

Originally shared by Digillence Rolson Digital LLP

As the world stands at a climate crossroads, it is powerful yet humbling to think that our actions today will decide what tomorrow will look like for generations to come.

This #‎EarthHour‬, switch on your social power to shine a light on climate action. #EarthHour2016

Switch off tonight from 8:30 PM and 9:30 PM for Earth Hour. #EarthHour

Originally shared by GreenGeeks

Switch off tonight from 8:30 PM and 9:30 PM for Earth Hour. #EarthHour

FTC issues warning to apps covertly monitoring TV broadcasts http://engt.co/1RsOeph

Originally shared by Engadget

FTC issues warning to apps covertly monitoring TV broadcasts http://engt.co/1RsOeph
http://engt.co/1RsOeph

DIY-crafted Seattle micro apartment: 8 spaces stacked in 182 sq ft

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJkBlqLJLWA&feature=share

New study from ABI Research says 400 million people will rely on “#robotic car sharing” by 2030

Originally shared by Robotics Trends

New study from ABI Research says 400 million people will rely on “#robotic car sharing” by 2030 
http://bit.ly/1WopsuI

IBM’s Watson AI powers robot at Hilton Hotels | BGR

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

IBM’s Watson AI powers robot at Hilton Hotels | BGR

'Remember Watson? It’s the artificially intelligent computer from IBM that can beat Jeopardy champions and is used in cancer-related research. Well, it turns out the computer is smart enough to also man the concierge station at a Hilton Hotels, where a tiny robot will give guests directions and make recommendations to improve their stays.'

http://bgr.com/2016/03/11/ibm-watson-ai-robot-hilton-hotels/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifgf6bZhxiE

iRobot’s Braava Jet Mopping Robot Is Small, Smart, and Not Round

Originally shared by Automaton, IEEE Spectrum's Robotics Blog
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/irobot-braava-jet-mopping-robot

This team has built adorable tiny backpacks for pigeons to track air pollution

Originally shared by TechCrunch

This team has built adorable tiny backpacks for pigeons to track air pollution
http://tcrn.ch/1Rn2H62

Manus VR gloves make virtual worlds feel more real.

Originally shared by Engadget

Manus VR gloves make virtual worlds feel more real.
http://engt.co/1pvAeVI

Stats show small drones pose 'minimal' risk to planes http://engt.co/1SV2ZXc

Originally shared by Engadget

Stats show small drones pose 'minimal' risk to planes http://engt.co/1SV2ZXc
http://engt.co/1SV2ZXc

Research inspired by teamwork in ants has helped inform methods that microrobots can move large objects as a team.

Originally shared by 33rd Square

Research inspired by teamwork in ants has helped inform methods that microrobots can move large objects as a team. Now a team of roboticists from Stanford has used just six super strong microrobot weighing just 100 grams altogether to pull a 3900lb (1800kg) car on polished concrete. http://www.33rdsquare.com/2016/03/six-super-strong-microrobots-pulls-car.html
http://www.33rdsquare.com/2016/03/six-super-strong-microrobots-pulls-car.html

Now you can ask Amazon's Echo about your Fitbit stats http://engt.co/1Rot2k2

Originally shared by Engadget

Now you can ask Amazon's Echo about your Fitbit stats http://engt.co/1Rot2k2
http://engt.co/1Rot2k2

Florida could soon unleash genetically modified mozzies...

Originally shared by New Scientist

Florida could soon unleash genetically modified mozzies...
http://ow.ly/ZB6vT

These workout shorts made me feel like I was running underwater http://engt.co/1RowJGx

Originally shared by Engadget

These workout shorts made me feel like I was running underwater http://engt.co/1RowJGx
http://engt.co/1RowJGx

US to ban hoverboard imports following Segway complaint http://engt.co/1RoBX4Z

Originally shared by Engadget

US to ban hoverboard imports following Segway complaint http://engt.co/1RoBX4Z
http://engt.co/1RoBX4Z

Mobli launches Galaxia, a social network that encourages users to create numerous personas

Originally shared by TechCrunch

Mobli launches Galaxia, a social network that encourages users to create numerous personas
http://tcrn.ch/1RoA7kB

Sky is becoming a virtual reality broadcaster http://engt.co/1SVzRyX

Originally shared by Engadget

Sky is becoming a virtual reality broadcaster http://engt.co/1SVzRyX
http://engt.co/1SVzRyX

Airmada poised to show their automated drone concept at Y Combinator Demo Day

Originally shared by TechCrunch

Airmada poised to show their automated drone concept at Y Combinator Demo Day
http://tcrn.ch/1SVBRau

The Surprising Way Sound Affects How You Eat | Shape Magazine

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

The Surprising Way Sound Affects How You Eat | Shape Magazine

' ... researchers at Brigham Young University and Colorado University set out to examine the relationship between food sound salience (the sound that food itself makes) and consumption levels, publishing their findings in the Journal of Food Quality and Preference. ... '

http://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/diet-tips/surprising-way-sound-affects-how-much-you-eat

The crunch effect: Food sound salience as a consumption monitoring cue

'... Highlights

• The impact of intrinsic auditory cues on consumption quantity is explored.
• Food sound salience leads to a decrease in consumption quantity.
• Marketers can manipulate food sound salience, thereby impacting consumption.

Abstract

While a growing body of research explores the impact of normative and environmental extrinsic factors on food consumption quantity, less attention is given to the intrinsic cues, or sensory properties, of the food being consumed. Our research contributes to this growing literature by examining the effect of food sound salience (i.e., the sound that a food makes during mastication) on consumption quantity. Specifically, we show that increased attention to the sound the food makes, or food sound salience, may serve as a consumption monitoring cue leading to reduced consumption. Across three studies, we show a consistent negative relationship between the salience of a food’s sound and food intake. Our research highlights the importance of intrinsic auditory food cues on consumption. Our findings are valuable to both researchers interested in understanding how sensory cues are connected to consumption and marketers utilizing sound in their communications to consumers.
...'

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950329316300271
http://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/diet-tips/surprising-way-sound-affects-how-much-you-eat

Forget AlphaGo, machines are now tackling everyday tasks...

Originally shared by New Scientist

Forget AlphaGo, machines are now tackling everyday tasks...
http://ow.ly/ZBoQg

45 Ideas creativas para reciclar o reutilizar botellas de plástico.

Originally shared by Ecoinventos

45 Ideas creativas para reciclar o reutilizar botellas de plástico.
http://ecoinventos.com/ideas-creativas-para-reciclar-o-reutilizar-botellas-de-plastico/?utm_content=buffer211cc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer

The human cells with only HALF a genome: Breakthrough could help treat genetic blindness, diabetes and infertility ...

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

The human cells with only HALF a genome: Breakthrough could help treat genetic blindness, diabetes and infertility  | Daily Mail Online

'Human cells are 'diploid' because they inherit two sets of chromosomes
This includes 23 chromosome from the mother and 23 from the father
Egg and sperm cells are haploid as they contain one set of chromosomes
The breakthrough will help study genetic abnormalities, treat blindness and diabetes and help with infertility'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3495625/Scientists-develop-new-human-stem-cells-half-genome.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3495625/Scientists-develop-new-human-stem-cells-half-genome.html

Memories Lost to Alzheimer's Can Be Found

Originally shared by Neuroscience News

Memories Lost to Alzheimer's Can Be Found

In the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, patients are often unable to remember recent experiences. However, a new study from MIT suggests that those memories are still stored in the brain, they just can't be easily accessed.

The research is in Nature. (full access paywall)

#optogenetics #memory #alzheimers
http://neurosciencenews.com/optogenetics-alzheimers-memory-retrieval-3867

This drug is closest yet to a universal snakebite antidote

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

This drug is closest yet to a universal snakebite antidote

'Snakes, says Dr. Matt Lewin, are “like little mobile landmines”: They’re invisible, lying in wait in populated areas, killing or maiming without warning. Worldwide, tens of thousands of people die from snakebites every year.

But an existing drug could change that. Lewin, an emergency medical doctor, presented findings Friday that a compound called varespladib can counteract the effects of 28 common venoms in biochemical models — making it the closest thing yet to a universal antidote.

[...]

“The results I have seen are very interesting and promising,” said José María Gutiérrez of the University of Costa Rica, who has been researching snake venom and treatments for 40 years and has seen Lewin’s results. But, he noted, it’s not quite time to make the giant leap toward human trials. He believes the work should progress with further animal studies. “The rationale of this approach is sound and should be pursued by researchers at the experimental and clinical levels,” he said.
...'

http://www.statnews.com/2016/03/11/snakebite-antidote/
http://www.statnews.com/2016/03/11/snakebite-antidote/

Development of a wall-climbing drone -- ScienceDaily

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

Development of a wall-climbing drone -- ScienceDaily

'A new wall-climbing drone can approach any type of structure by flying and sticking to the target and utitlizing a pose change and perching mechanism.

The integrity of large structures like bridges, high-rise buildings, wind turbines, and large aircrafts is deeply related with security. Today, due to the aging of large structures and the potential concerns about their collapse, interest in structural health monitoring has risen all over the world. Though there has been a great deal of research on the inspection of inaccessible large structures using mobile robots, since most existing robots require the installation of additional infrastructure or use magnetic-based technology or vacuum adhesion, it is difficult to apply those technologies to structures with diverse surface shapes and materials.'

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160315090624.htm
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160315090624.htm

IKEA Futon Bunk Bed For More Space

http://www.stonehand.com/ikea-futon-bunk-bed.html

Space saving furniture that transforms 1 room into 2 or 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nljmEUeLbY&feature=share

Title

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DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis on how AI will shape the future

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis on how AI will shape the future

What I’m really excited to use this kind of AI for is science, and advancing that faster. I’d like to see AI-assisted science where you have effectively AI research assistants that do a lot of the drudgery work and surface interesting articles, find structure in vast amounts of data, and then surface that to the human experts and scientists who can make quicker breakthroughs. I was giving a talk at CERN a few months ago; obviously they create more data than pretty much anyone on the planet, and for all we know there could be new particles sitting on their massive hard drives somewhere and no-one’s got around to analyzing that because there’s just so much data. So I think it’d be cool if one day an AI was involved in finding a new particle.


http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/10/11192774/demis-hassabis-interview-alphago-google-deepmind-ai

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European Psychology Lab Working Toward Matrix-Level VR Immersion via neurohaptics

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

European Psychology Lab Working Toward Matrix-Level VR Immersion via neurohaptics

Two researchers in Estonia are figuring out ways to trick your brain that are effective enough to elicit physical responses, and push the sensations of virtual reality immersion way beyond anything that’s been experienced so far. If you’ve ever put on a VR headset then chances are you have experienced the sensations that Madis Vasser and Peeter Nieler are working to accelerate and perfect. The two met during an Estonian VR meetup and began exploring the best way to spend their time and resources so they would have the greatest positive impact on the burgeoning VR/AR industry. I talked with them over Skype and learned about their efforts, which can be summed up in one word: Neurohaptics.
http://uploadvr.com/this-european-lab-is-working-toward-matrix-level-vr-immersion-through-psychological-research/

Video Friday: Walking the XDog, Muscle-Powered BioBots, and Rollin’ Justin Will Clean Your Kitchen

Originally shared by Automaton, IEEE Spectrum's Robotics Blog
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/video-friday-xdog-quadruped-robot-muscle-biobots-rollin-justin

Google is using neural networks to improve Translate http://engt.co/1RbLxbn

Originally shared by Engadget

Google is using neural networks to improve Translate http://engt.co/1RbLxbn
http://engt.co/1RbLxbn

Robot home can anticipate and cater to your needs http://engt.co/1TRLNmJ

Originally shared by Engadget

Robot home can anticipate and cater to your needs http://engt.co/1TRLNmJ
http://engt.co/1TRLNmJ

YOU HAVE DRY SKIN? YOU ARE LOSING YOUR HAIR? FIND OUT WHICH VITAMINS YOU ARE MISSING

Originally shared by Healthy Life

YOU HAVE DRY SKIN? YOU ARE LOSING YOUR HAIR? FIND OUT WHICH VITAMINS YOU ARE MISSING

"A newly discovered plastic-eating bacterium may hold the key to safely degrading millions of tonnes of polyethylene...

Originally shared by rasha kamel

"A newly discovered plastic-eating bacterium may hold the key to safely degrading millions of tonnes of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics dumped each year".
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-11/plastic-eating-bacterium-can-break-down-pet/7238614

Breast cancer study finds 'astonishing' drug combination that gives results.

Originally shared by Alessandro Littara

Breast cancer study finds 'astonishing' drug combination that gives results.

Using Herceptin in combination with another drug before surgery shrinks and may even destroy tumours in women with an aggressive form of breast cancer in less than two weeks, an “astonishing” study suggests. The results of the Cancer Research UK-funded trial, presented at the 10th European Breast Cancer Conference in Amsterdam, could – if successfully replicated – lead to fewer women needing chemotherapy.

http://bit.ly/1UiDuih

Seagate se prepara para lançar o SSD mais rápido do mundo

Originally shared by Vagner Oliveira Pimentel Pereira

Seagate se prepara para lançar o SSD mais rápido do mundo
https://tecnoblog.net/192630/seagate-ssd-10-gbps/

Scientists identify a virus and two bacteria that could be causing Alzheimer's - ScienceAlert

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

Scientists identify a virus and two bacteria that could be causing Alzheimer's - ScienceAlert

'... This isn't the first time scientists have suspected that viruses or bacteria could play a role in causing Alzheimer's - previous studies have shown that people with Alzheimer's tend to be more likely to be infected with certain microbes, including types of fungus, than the rest of the population.

But attempts to nail down those links have failed, so right now, the leading hypothesis is that Alzheimer's is caused by the build-up of sticky amyloid plaques and mis-folded tau proteins in the brain, which break down communication between neurons and lead to memory loss, cognitive decline, and eventually death.

Now the editorial claims it's time to consider the idea that certain viruses or bacteria are triggering this plaque build-up in the first place, and investigate whether antimicrobial drugs could help stop it. They say that the first microbes we should investigate are the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1), the chlamydia bacteria, and a type of spiral-shaped bacteria called spirochaetes.
...'

http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-identify-a-virus-and-two-types-of-bacteria-that-could-be-linked-to-alzheimer-s
http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-identify-a-virus-and-two-types-of-bacteria-that-could-be-linked-to-alzheimer-s

#health #fitness #weightloss #run #yoga #exercise #gym #quote #motivation #diet #stress #sports #running #ski...

Originally shared by Bio E

#health #fitness #weightloss #run #yoga #exercise #gym #quote #motivation #diet #stress #sports #running #ski #weightlifting #athelete #slim #slimming #power #life

Control a Vacuum Robot from Your Wrist

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

Control a Vacuum Robot from Your Wrist

'With a small rolling robot that’s controlled from your wrist, recently released smartwatch applications for the Neato Botvac Connected could mark a new era in chores.'

http://www.psfk.com/2016/03/smart-vacuum-robot-neato-botvac-smartwatch.html
http://www.psfk.com/2016/03/smart-vacuum-robot-neato-botvac-smartwatch.html

“Lets Save the #Earth, It’s Our #Home”

Originally shared by Green Energy Scotland

“Lets Save the #Earth, It’s Our #Home”

My latest article is now published on the Humai blog.

Originally shared by B.J. Murphy

My latest article is now published on the Humai blog. Check it out! https://medium.com/humai-blog/beauty-will-be-in-the-bionic-eye-of-the-beholder-aaa670f43648#.g2jjl2uqt
https://medium.com/humai-blog/beauty-will-be-in-the-bionic-eye-of-the-beholder-aaa670f43648#.g2jjl2uqt

How to Use Light Therapy to Relieve ADHD Symptoms (Proven by Science)

Originally shared by Meital James

How to Use Light Therapy to Relieve ADHD Symptoms (Proven by Science)
http://www.light-therapy-reviews.net/light-therapy-adhd/

“Migraines with aura linked to higher risk of stroke” http://rgn.bz/Vn3s

Originally shared by Before It's News

“Migraines with aura linked to higher risk of stroke” http://rgn.bz/Vn3s

Migraine sufferers who experience auras and female migraine sufferers taking estrogen are at a greater risk for stroke. The results of the study found that migraine sufferers with auras are at a 2.4 times greater risk for stroke from a blood clot, compared to migraine sufferers without auras.

Furthermore, migraine women sufferers who take estrogen have a 30 percent greater risk for blood clot-based stroke, compared to women not taking estrogen. Together, these two risk factors present a dangerous combination for some women with regards to their risk of stroke.

Dr. Elizabeth Loder, chief of the headache and pain division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said, “Women who have migraine with aura probably want to think more carefully about the potential risk of stroke associated with using estrogen. I would not go so far as to say they should never use it, but they should think more carefully about it.”

More http://rgn.bz/Vn3s

mind blowing.....

Originally shared by Samia Elsaid

mind blowing.....

Conoce el que puede ser el futuro del transporte en las ciudades: Airpod, el coche que funciona solo con aire...

Originally shared by Ecoinventos

Conoce el que puede ser el futuro del transporte en las ciudades: Airpod, el coche que funciona solo con aire comprimido como combustible.
http://ecoinventos.com/airpod-el-coche-que-funciona-con-aire/?utm_content=buffer1a859&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Quantum computers aren’t ready for the big time yet, but you could help program their circuits...

Originally shared by New Scientist

Quantum computers aren’t ready for the big time yet, but you could help program their circuits...
http://ow.ly/ZhXV7

Horsetail Falls, Yosemite National Park

Originally shared by Share Interest

Horsetail Falls, Yosemite National Park

USDA Whistleblower Launches Regenerative Ag Farm to Train Next Generation of Farmers

Originally shared by EcoWatch
http://ecowatch.com/2016/03/09/jon-lundgren-blue-dasher-farm

14 separate robots were dedicated to the job of learning grasping in parallel.

Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky

14 separate robots were dedicated to the job of learning grasping in parallel. "While initially the grasps are executed at random and succeed only rarely, each day the latest experiences are used to train a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) to learn to predict the outcome of a grasp, given a camera image and a potential motor command. This CNN is then deployed on the robots the following day, in the inner loop of a servoing mechanism that continually adjusts the robot's motion to maximize the predicted chance of a successful grasp. In essence, the robot is constantly predicting, by observing the motion of its own hand, which kind of subsequent motion will maximize its chances of success. The result is continuous feedback: what we might call hand-eye coordination. Observing the behavior of the robot after over 800,000 grasp attempts, which is equivalent to about 3,000 robot-hours of practice, we can see the beginnings of intelligent reactive behaviors. The robot observes its own gripper and corrects its motions in real time. It also exhibits interesting pre-grasp behaviors, like isolating a single object from a group."

MRSA superbug’s resistance to antibiotics is broken

Originally shared by Betsy McCall
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2080180-mrsa-superbugs-resistance-to-antibiotics-is-broken/

Serotonin Deficiency Implicated in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Originally shared by Neuroscience News

Serotonin Deficiency Implicated in Rheumatoid Arthritis

RA symptoms and pathology worse in mice missing enzyme needed for serotonin synthesis.

The research is in American Journal of Pathology. (full access paywall)

#rheumatoidarthritis #pain
http://neurosciencenews.com/ra-serotonin-health-3830

A look into Magic Leap's vision for the future of augmented reality

Originally shared by Futuristech Info

A look into Magic Leap's vision for the future of augmented reality

https://futuristech.info/posts/a-look-into-magic-leap-s-vision-for-the-future-of-augmented-reality

Pentagon's military drones have been spying on US citizens for last decade - Now we know for certain

Originally shared by Futuristech Info

Pentagon's military drones have been spying on US citizens for last decade - Now we know for certain

https://futuristech.info/posts/pentagon-s-military-drones-have-been-spying-on-us-citizens-for-last-decade-now-we-know-for-certain

Aufatmen: Zulassung für Glyphosat verschoben

Originally shared by Greenpeace Deutschland

Aufatmen: Zulassung für Glyphosat verschoben

Die EU Entscheidung über die Zulassung von Glyphosat um weitere 15 Jahre wurde vorerst verschoben. Ein richtiger Schritt - denn so lang die Sicherheit des Unkrautvernichtungsmittels derart umstritten ist sollte das Gift weder neu zugelassen noch eingesetzt werden. Ein grundsätzlicher Wandel in der Landwirtschaft ist unumgänglich: Ökologische Methoden müssen den Griff zur Giftspritze ablösen. Deshalb fordern wir von Landwirtschaftsminister Schmidt im Sinne des Verbraucherschutzes zu handeln und ein deutschlandweites Verbot für Glyphosat auszusprechen – macht mit: https://www.greenpeace.de/essen-ohne-pestizide

Here’s the latest reminder that space is really, really big.

Originally shared by New Scientist

Here’s the latest reminder that space is really, really big.
http://ow.ly/ZfhMX

Are payments necessary?

Originally shared by TechCrunch

Are payments necessary?
http://tcrn.ch/1R5Z0Sb

Video: How does the mind of a machine work? #Explanimator

Originally shared by New Scientist

Video: How does the mind of a machine work? #Explanimator
http://ow.ly/ZfiB2

Samsung launches a phone upgrade program of its own http://engt.co/1TKI5ve

Originally shared by Engadget

Samsung launches a phone upgrade program of its own http://engt.co/1TKI5ve
http://engt.co/1TKI5ve

Yes, I'm big - big and beautiful. That's why I can provide 13,000 mAh worth of green power to you. 💚😘 #solar

Originally shared by Solartab

Yes, I'm big - big and beautiful. That's why I can provide 13,000 mAh worth of green power to you. 💚😘 #solar
http://www.cultofmac.com/410913/solartab-solar-charger-review/?utm_campaign=solar-charger-is-big-enough-to-blot-out-the-sun-reviews&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter

#Morocco Unveils A Massive #Solar #Power Plant In The #Sahara #renewableenergy

Originally shared by Compressed Gas Technologies - Nitrogen Generators

#Morocco Unveils A Massive #Solar #Power Plant In The #Sahara #renewableenergy
http://ow.ly/ZaydV
http://ow.ly/ZaydV

3DTops es un proyecto español que quiere dar un nuevo uso a los tapones de plástico de las campañas solidarias.

Originally shared by Ecoinventos

3DTops es un proyecto español que quiere dar un nuevo uso a los tapones de plástico de las campañas solidarias.

Han creado una máquina que transforma los tapones en filamento plástico para impresión 3D que revaloriza el material y genera más beneficio para las campañas a las que se destina.
http://ecoinventos.com/3dtops/?utm_content=buffer5ef21&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Humanity’s machines just outstripped us, again.

Originally shared by New Scientist

Humanity’s machines just outstripped us, again.
http://ow.ly/ZfpeB

Zika-Virus noch gefährlicher als gedacht | Aktuell Welt | DW.COM | 08.03.2016

http://www.dw.com/de/zika-virus-noch-gef%C3%A4hrlicher-als-gedacht/a-19102961

Nobody is "big-boned". Please, take care of yourselves.

Nobody is "big-boned". Please, take care of yourselves.

Essential Modern Survival Kit : http://amzn.to/1Yw3Ais

Originally shared by Skills for Survival

Essential Modern Survival Kit : http://amzn.to/1Yw3Ais

American law needs a reboot when it comes to robots | Robohub

Originally shared by Sabine Hauert
http://robohub.org/american-law-needs-a-reboot-when-it-comes-to-robots/

#3dprinting #dogs #animals #health #technology

#3dprinting   #dogs   #animals   #health   #technology  
http://www.vocativ.com/news/267041/3d-printing-derby-prosthetics/

Mock experiment simulating growing vegetables on Mars and the Moon is successful

Originally shared by Futuristech Info

Mock experiment simulating growing vegetables on Mars and the Moon is successful

https://futuristech.info/posts/mock-experiment-simulating-growing-vegetables-on-mars-and-the-moon-is-successful

Google is using machine learning to teach robots how to grasp random objects

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

Google is using machine learning to teach robots how to grasp random objects

Google is now using these robots to train a deep convolutional neural network (a technique that’s all the rage in machine learning right now) to help its robots predict the outcome of their grasps based on the camera input and motor commands. It’s basically hand-eye coordination for robots. The team says that it took about 3,000 hours of practice (and 800,000 grasp attempts) before it saw “the beginnings of intelligent reactive behaviors.” “The robot observes its own gripper and corrects its motions in real time. It also exhibits interesting pre-grasp behaviors, like isolating a single object from a group,” the team writes. “All of these behaviors emerged naturally from learning, rather than being programmed into the system.”


http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/08/what-could-go-wrong/?ncid=rss

“A healthy person’s brain could be used in the treatment of depression or schizophrenia”: http://ow.ly/Z9ELx

Originally shared by New Scientist

“A healthy person’s brain could be used in the treatment of depression or schizophrenia”: http://ow.ly/Z9ELx
http://ow.ly/Z9ELx

Until Netflix can offer the same content everywhere to everyone who pays for it, many users won’t be happy with the...

Originally shared by WIRED

Until Netflix can offer the same content everywhere to everyone who pays for it, many users won’t be happy with the VPN crackdown.

http://bit.ly/24N5UGa

AI made quantum experimentation easier for our feeble brains http://engt.co/1R2p6p0

Originally shared by Engadget

AI made quantum experimentation easier for our feeble brains http://engt.co/1R2p6p0
http://engt.co/1R2p6p0

Testing the lifetime of human-machine interfaces in a few days | Robohub

Originally shared by Sabine Hauert
http://robohub.org/testing-the-lifetime-of-human-machine-interfaces-in-a-few-days/

Folding@home

Originally shared by Debian NL
http://folding.stanford.edu/

Google's Project Fi is no longer invite-only

Originally shared by Engadget

Google's Project Fi is no longer invite-only
http://engt.co/1X95p3w
http://engt.co/1X95p3w

High Coffee Consumption Daily Could Lower Multiple Sclerosis Risk

Originally shared by Neuroscience News

High Coffee Consumption Daily Could Lower Multiple Sclerosis Risk

Caffeine's neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory properties may explain link.

The research is in Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. (full access paywall)

#multiplesclerosis #coffee
http://neurosciencenews.com/caffeine-coffee-ms-neurology-3815

Tiny 3-D Printed Building Shares Its Energy With an (Also 3-D Printed) SUV

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

Tiny 3-D Printed Building Shares Its Energy With an (Also 3-D Printed) SUV

They called it the Additive Manufacturing Integrated Energy Structure, a mouthful more easily called AMIE 1.0. The unusual design, which was a collaborative effort five years in the making, expresses several intriguing ideas about fabrication methods and energy use. It’s one of the largest carbon fiber structures ever created with a 3-D printer—a method that resulted in very little waste—and shares energy with the SUV, which also was 3-D printed. The project offers a glimpse at how architects think we might live off-the-grid in the future.
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/additive-manufacturing-integrated-energy-structure/

Ubuntu and new micro - segmentation!

Originally shared by Guido Stepken

Ubuntu and new micro - segmentation!

With upcoming Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, in Ubuntu Core aka "Snappy", on Ubuntu phone, all services now not only run in separated containers (LXD) or virtual machines (KVM), but also automatically get firewalled against each other. Inbound and outbound.

So there is no "intranet", "extranet" any longer. Parts of your inhouse servers then logically belong to other companies, customers or other "Virtual Private Clouds".

All your SQL data has to become segmented, distributed. Thus - many traditional SQL database manufactureres simply are "out of business", have become obsolete.

"Firewall rules creator rulesets" dynamically write and activate firewall rules for you. On demand. Same for network I/O bandwith and file I/O limiters against DoS, Denial of Service attacks.

Note: "Firewall functionality" deeply sticks in Linux kernel, so comes for free. Same for packet inspection. So you can use a "Firewall" everwhere and for free. At no additional license cost!

Unlimited safety without loss of administrative comfort. Juju makes it possible!

#reinvent

Have fun!

Title

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Simple...

Originally shared by Bio E

Simple...

#health #healthtip #organic #organicfood #food #fitness #weightloss #run #yoga #exercise #gym #vegetarian #vegetables #organicfarming #herbalremedy #fruit #motivation #digestion #foodporn #eat #diet #vegan #herbs #gut #guthealth #probiotics #quote #biogenicsmd #gmo #pesticide #environment #farming #processed #junkfood #fastfood #sugar

5 Years After Fukushima, 'No End in Sight' to Ecological Fallout

Originally shared by EcoWatch
http://ecowatch.com/2016/03/05/5-years-after-fukushima

Bose's Project Vortex uses aerogels to create next generation stove top cooking system

Originally shared by Futuristech Info

Bose's Project Vortex uses aerogels to create next generation stove top cooking system

https://futuristech.info/posts/bose-s-project-vortex-uses-aerogels-to-create-next-generation-stove-top-cooking-system

RIP

RIP

Originally shared by Interesting Engineering

Sweden likely to become cashless in 5 years - Recent data shows only 2% of transactions are cash

Originally shared by Futuristech Info

Sweden likely to become cashless in 5 years - Recent data shows only 2% of transactions are cash

https://futuristech.info/posts/sweden-likely-to-become-cashless-in-5-years-recent-data-shows-only-2-of-transactions-are-cash

A Library for Neural Turing Machines in Lasagne

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

A Library for Neural Turing Machines in Lasagne

The first part of this post is about the theory behind Neural Turing Machines. The second is about the library itself, and benchmarks on tasks from Google DeepMind’s original paper.
https://medium.com/snips-ai/ntm-lasagne-a-library-for-neural-turing-machines-in-lasagne-2cdce6837315#.bbhbbpngn

Understanding Aesthetics with Deep Learning

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

Understanding Aesthetics with Deep Learning

The question then to ask is what do the master photographers’ images have in common, and what separates them from the amateur images? While it’s difficult for a computer to answer a philosophical question, if we express the question in mathematical terms we can attempt to solve it computationally. In our case, we aim to find a mathematical space in which the distance between the two images that are aesthetically pleasing is less than the distance between an aesthetically pleasing one and a mediocre one, as Figure 1 shows.
https://devblogs.nvidia.com/parallelforall/understanding-aesthetics-deep-learning/

"Over the past two years, well over $5 billion has been invested in AR and VR by all of the major technology...

Originally shared by Singularity Hub

"Over the past two years, well over $5 billion has been invested in AR and VR by all of the major technology companies, from Google to Microsoft and Samsung to HTC." http://bit.ly/1RoNxjq
http://bit.ly/1RoNxjq

Soporte para portátil con una caja de pizza.

Originally shared by Ecoinventos

Soporte para portátil con una caja de pizza.
http://ecoinventos.com/soporte-para-portatil-con-una-caja-de-pizza/?utm_content=bufferb2d58&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer

4D Printing Allows You to Print Objects That Change over Time http://buff.ly/1L8xyHa

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4D Printing Allows You to Print Objects That Change over Time http://buff.ly/1L8xyHa

A new study suggests that the real environmental problem is embodied in the things we buy.

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A new study suggests that the real environmental problem is embodied in the things we buy.
http://buff.ly/1SfyXgu

Robots were intentionally used to guide people astray to establish their unreliability, yet in a simulated building...

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Robots were intentionally used to guide people astray to establish their unreliability, yet in a simulated building fire, people still followed the untrustworthy robots as they led them away from exits.
http://www.slate.com/articles/video/video/2016/03/georgia_tech_researchers_determine_the_inherent_trust_between_humans_and.html

Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: A Special Report

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Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: A Special Report

LeCun was a pioneer in deep learning, a kind of machine learning that revolutionized AI. While he was working on his undergraduate degree in 1980, he read about the 1958 "perceptron" and the promise of neural-network algorithms that allow machines to "perceive" things such as images or words. The networks, which mimic the structure of the neural pathways in our brains, are algorithms that use a network of neurons, or "nodes," to perform a weighted statistical analysis of inputs (which can be anything – numbers, sounds, images). Seeing the networks' potential, LeCun wrote his Ph.D. thesis on an approach to training neural networks to automatically "tune" themselves to recognize patterns more accurately – ultimately creating the algorithms that now allow ATMs to read checks. In the years since, refinements in neural networks by other programmers have been the technological underpinning in virtually every advance in smart machines, from computer vision in self-driving cars to speech recognition in Google Voice. It's as if LeCun largely invented the nervous system for artificial life.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/inside-the-artificial-intelligence-revolution-a-special-report-pt-1-20160229#ixzz424xxh9ZS
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http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/inside-the-artificial-intelligence-revolution-a-special-report-pt-1-20160229

Elliott Malkin on Twitter: "NYC subway 2016 "

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https://twitter.com/elliott/status/705834663735128064

Russian autonomous trains arrive in Moscow.

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Russian autonomous trains arrive in Moscow. "The 'driver-less train control' software will deploy first in Circle Line, Moscow Metro. The fully autonomous trains will be responsible for everything but opening and closing the doors -- and even then, the software will have something to say about it."

"The system is capable of running trains between stations, stopping with a 3 centimeter margin of error, maintaining safe speed limits, and in turn, reducing driver fatigue and human error. The driver can switch to manual controls whenever needed and operate the doors. The software checks if the train is idle and at the platform for safe loading and unloading."
https://cleantechnica.com/2016/03/05/russian-autonomous-trains-arrive-in-moscow/

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The Three Breakthroughs That Have Finally Unleashed AI on the World | WIRED

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http://www.wired.com/2014/10/future-of-artificial-intelligence/

Artificial Intelligence Is Coming, and It Could Wipe Us Out if We’re Not Careful, Professor Warns

Originally shared by John Rodrigues
http://www.newsweek.com/artificial-intelligence-coming-and-it-will-wipe-us-out-if-were-not-careful-433506

An electroluminescent 'skin' that stretches to more than six times its original size while still emitting light has...

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An electroluminescent 'skin' that stretches to more than six times its original size while still emitting light has been developed. "This hyper-elastic light-emitting capacitor (HLEC), which can endure more than twice the strain of previously tested stretchable displays, consists of layers of transparent hydrogel electrodes sandwiching a dielectric (insulating) elastomer sheet. The elastomer changes luminance and capacitance (the ability to store an electrical charge) when stretched, rolled and otherwise deformed."
http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/03/light-skin-stretches-boundaries-robotics

The coffee robot revolution will have to wait (watch till the end!)

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The coffee robot revolution will have to wait (watch till the end!)

http://youtu.be/VKMysMDK8wU

#coffeerobot

#Google takes patent on #augmented #reality enhanced books #AR

Originally shared by Stefan Suurmeijer

#Google takes patent on #augmented #reality enhanced books #AR
http://www.fastcompany.com/3057464/google-takes-storybooks-through-the-looking-glass-with-augmented-reality

Researchers Find Likely Biological Link Between Zika Virus and Microcephaly

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Researchers Find Likely Biological Link Between Zika Virus and Microcephaly

Discovery with lab-grown stem cells could be used to identify potential therapies.

The research is in Cell Stem Cell. (full open access)

#zika
http://neurosciencenews.com/zika-stem-cell-microcephaly-3799

Vertical Vegetable Gardening: A Living Free Guide : http://amzn.to/17ACYX5

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Cotton bud in ear: Why can't we resist the temptation despite the warnings? | Features | Lifestyle | The Independent

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Cotton bud in ear: Why can't we resist the temptation despite the warnings? | Features | Lifestyle | The Independent

'... "People have been led to think that it's normal to clean their ears – they think that ear wax is dirty, that it's gross or unnecessary," he said. "But that's not true at all."

Fitzgerald likens ear wax to tears, which help lubricate and protect our eyeballs. Wax, he says, does something similar for the ear canal, where the skin is thin and fragile and highly susceptible to infection. "Your body produces it [ear wax] to protect the ear canal," Fitzgerald says. "What you're taking out is supposed to be in there. There's a natural migration that carries the wax out when left alone."

Even if our ears were meant to be cleaned, the truth is that buds would still be a terrible thing to use, he says. The shape, size, and texture are such that inserting them into your ears tends to push wax inward, toward your ear drum, rather than woo it out.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/the-dangers-of-putting-cotton-buds-in-your-ear-why-cant-we-resist-the-temptation-despite-warnings-on-a6840251.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/the-dangers-of-putting-cotton-buds-in-your-ear-why-cant-we-resist-the-temptation-despite-warnings-on-a6840251.html