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How sounds can help you solve problems in your sleep
Posted in Science on 19th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller
55 percent more puzzles were solved if the subject had its corresponding sound played overnight while they slept.
First "molecular clock" for kids could reveal early signs of autism
Posted in Medicine on 16th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller
'This powerful and easy-to-use tool could be used by clinicians to identify why some children aren’t meeting early milestones and potentially diagnose children with developmental disorders earlier in life'
Deep Learning Networks Can’t Generalize; But They’re Learning From the Brain
Posted in Software on 11th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller
Without a slew of correct assumptions to guide the deep neural nets in their learning, “generalization is impossible.”
Google Brain’s ROBEL benchmark lets devs track AI quality on affordable robots
Posted in Business, Hardware, Software on 11th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller
More affordable robots designed to work with platforms and performance benchmarks make adoption more likely by developers, students, or startups interested in iterating to advance the field.
Smartphone app can detect eye diseases in children with 80 percent accuracy
Posted in Hardware, Medicine, Software on 4th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller
An app designed to detect early signs of several eye diseases in children has surpassed an 80 percent accuracy threshold equaling the sensitivity of devices used by trained ophthalmologists.