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'Quantum Brain' Would Mimic Our Own To Speed Up AI

Posted in Medicine, Science on 16th Feb, 2021
by Alex Muller

We are at a state where we can start to relate fundamental physics to concepts in biology, like memory and learning

Study Looks To Tailor Your Diet To Your Genetic Makeup

Posted in Medicine on 16th Feb, 2021
by Alex Muller

The five-year-long study will examine how 10,000 Americans process food.

Artificial Island In The North Sea Will Harvest Enormous Wind Energy

Posted in Business, Hardware on 16th Feb, 2021
by Alex Muller

Beyond Denmark, the sea-based power station will supply electricity to several countries bordering the North Sea, likely including the Netherlands, Germany, and the UK.

Changes Noticeable In Brain Fluid That Are Detectable Years Before Alzheimer's Symptoms Arise

Posted in Medicine on 11th Feb, 2021
by Alex Muller

A potential means to identify the earliest mechanisms occurring among APOE4 gene carriers that might contribute to Alzheimer's disease before people develop memory problems.

Drinking Green Tea And Coffee Lowers The Risk Of Death For Stroke And Heart Attack Survivors

Posted in Medicine on 11th Feb, 2021
by Alex Muller

Stroke survivors who consumed at least seven cups of green tea daily lowered their risk of all-cause mortality by approximately 62%.

AI Able To Accurately Predict The Covid-19 ‘Escape' Mutations

Posted in Medicine, Science on 11th Feb, 2021
by Alex Muller

In recent years, AI has gotten extremely efficient at modeling both grammar and semantics in human language, which is turning out to be a surprisingly useful tool in understand the development of covid's genetic mutations.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Set To Launch NASA Moon Outpost In 2024

Posted in Science on 11th Feb, 2021
by Alex Muller

The Lunar Gateway Space Station has been a controversial project since its inception, with its critics saying that the space industry should be focused on putting human on Mars which many feel is long overdue.

Interview With The Chainlink Blockchain Project

Posted in Interviews, Online, Software on 11th Feb, 2021
by Alex Muller

Blockchain Projects and decentralized finance are the big story in the tech world right now, and with tools like secure Chainlink oracles, the rise of decentralized finance is inevitable.

An Interview With SingularityNet, A Next Gen-AI Project That Aims To Put Artificial General Intelligence On The Blockchain.

Posted in Interviews, Online on 10th Feb, 2021
by Alex Muller

In 2021, perhaps the two hottest areas of technology undergoing rapid development and hype are AI and Blockchain technologies. SingularityNet is a project that aims to democratize the advent of general artificial intelligence and make it inclusive to benefit the whole world.

Using An Evolutionary Process To Design Robots For Exploring Other Planets

Posted in Hardware, Software on 10th Feb, 2021
by Alex Muller

New artificial evolutionary algorithms that have produced a diverse set of robots that drive or crawl, and can learn to navigate through complex mazes.

As Satellites Get Smaller Cheaper And More Advanced, Low Earth Orbit Is Starting To Get Overcrowded

Posted in Hardware, Science on 10th Feb, 2021
by Alex Muller

As procedures and regulations vary from country to country, the challenge is how to govern mega-constellations without creating legal fragmentation.

How AI Holds The Key To Even Better AI

Posted in Reviews, Software on 29th Jan, 2021
by Alex Muller

AI practitioners require technologies that automate cumbersome processes involved in designing a deep learning model.