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NASA's 'Swarmies' are a squad of smaller, less intelligent rovers - 0 views

www.engadget.com/...nasa-swarmies

robot swarm AI

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Thijs Versloot on 27 Aug 14

Typically, we send rovers to our planetary neighbors one at a time -- but what if we sent a small team of smaller, less impressive robots instead? That's the idea NASA is exploring at Kennedy Space Center with Swarmies: a quartet of four autonomous robots designed to work together to complete a single mission.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Typically, we send rovers to our planetary neighbors one at a time -- but what if we sent a small team of smaller, less impressive robots instead? That's the idea NASA is exploring at Kennedy Space Center with Swarmies: a quartet of four autonomous robots designed to work together to complete a single mission.</div>

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The ABC's of animal speech: Not so random after all -- ScienceDaily - 3 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...140819200209.htm

animal speech BIO science

shared by Tom Gheysens on 22 Aug 14 - No Cached

Paul N on 23 Aug 14

maybe we can use some neural networks to do animal "speech" recognition? :P

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More Steam From Less Energy, Thanks to Creepy Sponge Thing - 2 views

cleantechnica.com/...rgy-thanks-creepy-sponge-thing

technology steam sun MIT

shared by Thijs Versloot on 25 Jul 14 - No Cached

Thijs Versloot on 25 Jul 14

A new, sponge-like material developed engineers at MIT can convert water to steam using just 1% of the sunlight required by conventional steam-producing solar generators.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A new, sponge-like material developed engineers at MIT can convert water to steam using just 1% of the sunlight required by conventional steam-producing solar generators.</div>

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Microsoft Hololens, Occulus rift killer? - 1 views

www.youtube.com/watch

FUN

shared by Paul N on 27 Jan 15 - No Cached

Paul N on 27 Jan 15

Probably old news by now, but this thing sounds so awesome it warrants an entry

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Probably old news by now, but this thing sounds so awesome it warrants an entry</div>

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Thijs Versloot on 28 Jan 15

Looks like fun! Note though, I'm always slightly annoyed when people use holography only because it sounds cool. because clearly this is not a hologram! Definition: a three-dimensional image formed by the interference of light beams from a laser or other coherent light source. I am sure this is not what is happening in these goggles.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Looks like fun! Note though, I'm always slightly annoyed when people use holography only because it sounds cool. because clearly this is not a hologram! Definition: a three-dimensional image formed by the interference of light beams from a laser or other coherent light source. I am sure this is not what is happening in these goggles.</div>

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Paul N on 28 Jan 15

I think they suspect that "hologram" would sell better than "yet-another-augmented-reality-goggle"

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The Edge.org annual question, 2015: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MACHINES THAT THINK? - 3 views

edge.org/...hink-about-machines-that-think

AI Edge

shared by Luís F. Simões on 17 Jan 15 - No Cached

Artifitial Intelligence to predict solar flares - 0 views

phys.org/...hysicists-dangerous-solar.html

PHY space AI

shared by jcunha on 15 Jan 15 - No Cached

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A team from Stanford showing possibility of solar flare prediction using AI techniques and data from the NASA SDO observatory.

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Shop which knows your name - 6 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...business-30219820

science technology shopping face recognition AI

shared by Ma Ru on 09 Dec 14 - No Cached

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Ma Ru on 09 Dec 14

I'm sure Leo will love it. Yet another argument not to have a facebook account or a smartphone.

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LeopoldS on 13 Dec 14

absolutely ... so you ditched yours also already?

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Ma Ru on 16 Dec 14

Ditched? I never had either! But then on the other hand a recent Dilbert summarised me pretty well...

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LeopoldS on 17 Jan 15

so you also don't have a mobile phone? I thought I knew only one person of my age who does not have one yet ... congratulations

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">so you also don't have a mobile phone? I thought I knew only one person of my age who does not have one yet ... congratulations</div>

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which country is the 22nd member state of ESA? - 4 views

www.esa.int/...New_Member_States

ESA

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tvinko on 24 Feb 15

Hungary :)

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Dario Izzo on 25 Feb 15

Yeahhh? Coming back to ESA?

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How to make droplets chase each other and self-assemble into devices - 0 views

physicsworld.com/...and-self-assemble-into-devices

technology science PHY FUN

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annaheffernan on 17 Mar 15

Droplets can be made to chase each other around a track and even self-assemble into devices, simply by mixing two everyday liquids. This remarkable discovery made by scientists in the US has already been used to create beautiful shapes and patterns, and could also be exploited to create optical components that assemble themselves and even to clean surfaces. It looks very like Jojo's self-assembling balls :p

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Droplets can be made to chase each other around a track and even self-assemble into devices, simply by mixing two everyday liquids. This remarkable discovery made by scientists in the US has already been used to create beautiful shapes and patterns, and could also be exploited to create optical components that assemble themselves and even to clean surfaces. It looks very like Jojo's self-assembling balls :p</div>

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Nice job opportunity at ESA - 7 views

www.esa.int/...ESA-VN-HO-2014-012.pdf

space ESA jobs fun

shared by Ma Ru on 23 Jun 14 - No Cached

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Ma Ru on 23 Jun 14

Anyone's going to apply? Just so that I know my competition... ;-)

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Dario Izzo on 25 Jun 14

damn!! they look for someone with the "greatest personal integrity" -- I am out

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">damn!! they look for someone with the "greatest personal integrity" -- I am out</div>

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Paul N on 30 Jun 14

I'm game :)) I'll pay for everyone's beers with my limitless paycheck after I get it!

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Help Scientists Track Cosmic Ray Particles Using Your Smartphone Camera - 2 views

petapixel.com/...articles-using-your-cell-phone

science

shared by Paul N on 20 Oct 14 - No Cached

Paul N on 20 Oct 14

Looks like crowdsourcing for astronomy stuff is already being done.

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Faster optimization | MIT News - 1 views

news.mit.edu/...er-optimization-algorithm-1023

optimisation

shared by LeopoldS on 26 Oct 15 - No Cached

LeopoldS on 26 Oct 15

is this really as revolutionary as praised? optimisation guys please ... full paper here: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1508.04874v1.pdf

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">is this really as revolutionary as praised? optimisation guys please ... full paper here: <a href="http://arxiv.org/pdf/1508.04874v1.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://arxiv.org/pdf/1508.04874v1.pdf</a></div>

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tvinko on 27 Oct 15

They use a 'separation oracle' meaning that the paper is theoretical.

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Nasa scientists find evidence of flowing water on Mars | Science | The Guardian - 2 views

www.theguardian.com/...nd-evidence-flowing-water-mars

science space mars water

shared by Juxi Leitner on 28 Sep 15 - No Cached

Thijs Versloot on 29 Sep 15

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQAICTgUwAAVZjf.jpg

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Why Xbox Kinect didn't take off - Business Insider - 2 views

www.businessinsider.com/x-kinect-didnt-take-off-2015-9

shared by Isabelle Dicaire on 10 Sep 15 - No Cached

Isabelle Dicaire on 10 Sep 15

Interesting read!

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Juxi Leitner on 10 Sep 15

it got some interesting viewpoitns from a game/marketing point of view but to say that Kinect2 was only a marginal improvement over the first one is only true if you think about games. For robots it is a huge step forward!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">it got some interesting viewpoitns from a game/marketing point of view but to say that Kinect2 was only a marginal improvement over the first one is only true if you think about games. For robots it is a huge step forward!</div>

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Intelligent Machines - BBC News - 3 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-33978561

technology science AI news BBC

shared by Ma Ru on 13 Sep 15 - No Cached

Ma Ru on 13 Sep 15

AI week on BBC - interesting opportunity to get a glimpse into how the field is viewed by laymen...

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">AI week on BBC - interesting opportunity to get a glimpse into how the field is viewed by laymen...</div>

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Bioelectrochemical cells - producing power via photosynthesis - 4 views

www.nature.com/...nenergy201521

BIO energy

shared by jcunha on 20 Jan 16 - No Cached

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jcunha on 20 Jan 16

Nature paper showing a new photo-bioelectrochemical cell with a new photon-driven biocatalytic fuel cell method achieving electrical power generation from solar energy.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Nature paper showing a new photo-bioelectrochemical cell with a new photon-driven biocatalytic fuel cell method achieving electrical power generation from solar energy.</div>

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LeopoldS on 21 Jan 16

do you have the pdf?

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Evidence for extensive horizontal gene transfer from the draft genome of a tardigrade - 3 views

www.pnas.org/...15976.abstract

radiation biomimetics

shared by LeopoldS on 19 Jan 16 - No Cached

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LeopoldS on 19 Jan 16

recent paper on tardigrades taking others genes as mentioned by Riccarda

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Bridging the Bio-Electronic Divide - 1 views

www.darpa.mil/...2015-01-19

BCI BMI brain

shared by LeopoldS on 21 Jan 16 - No Cached

LeopoldS on 21 Jan 16

new darpa project ... who still remembers our Ariadna study from 2005 ....?

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Undecidability of the spectral gap : Nature : Nature Publishing Group - 3 views

www.nature.com/...nature16059.html

Gödel undecidability fundamental physics mathematics

shared by LeopoldS on 10 Dec 15 - No Cached

LeopoldS on 10 Dec 15

if anybody was still doubting: Gödel was a real genius!

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How to reach for the general public ..... - 8 views

spacecraftforall.com

crowdfunding spacecraft INF

shared by Dario Izzo on 01 Oct 15 - No Cached

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Dario Izzo on 01 Oct 15

Super cool html5 site (crowdfunded) to describe a space mission.

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