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Scientists establish freaky two-way communications with lucid dreamers - 0 views

newatlas.com/...lucid-dream-communication
shared by Marcus Maertens on 06 Mar 21 - No Cached
  • Marcus Maertens on 06 Mar 21
     
    Success rate is a little questionable, but as a proof of concept this is good enough I guess.
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Power generation from ambient humidity using protein nanowires | Nature - 0 views

www.nature.com/...s41586-020-2010-9 NRG technology bio
shared by Marcus Maertens on 19 Feb 20 - No Cached
  • Marcus Maertens on 19 Feb 20
     
    Sounds juicy...
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amzn/computer-vision-basics-in-microsoft-excel: Computer Vision Basics in Microsoft Exc... - 2 views

github.com/...sion-basics-in-microsoft-excel FUN
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  • Marcus Maertens on 19 Feb 20
     
    One of the best use cases for MS Excel so far.
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A scalable photonic computer solving the subset sum problem | Science Advances - 0 views

advances.sciencemag.org/...eaay5853 INF
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  • Marcus Maertens on 03 Feb 20
     
    +1 for team photon!
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Sun's surface seen in remarkable new detail - BBC News - 2 views

www.bbc.com/...science-environment-51305216 space
shared by Marcus Maertens on 30 Jan 20 - No Cached
  • Marcus Maertens on 30 Jan 20
     
    Short movie, but very calming to watch. 4/5
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Paralysed man moves in mind-reading exoskeleton - BBC News - 0 views

www.bbc.com/health-49907356 technology science
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  • Marcus Maertens on 04 Oct 19
     
    Thibault, 30, said taking his first steps in the suit felt like being the "first man on the Moon".
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AI competitions don't produce useful models - Luke Oakden-Rayner - 2 views

lukeoakdenrayner.wordpress.com/...ons-dont-produce-useful-models AI
shared by Marcus Maertens on 20 Sep 19 - No Cached
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  • Marcus Maertens on 20 Sep 19
     
    This is an interesting viewpoint on the applicability (usefulness) of AI models devised by competitions, backed up by easy statistics. Worth a read!
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Who needs qubits? Factoring algorithm run on a probabilistic computer | Ars Technica - 2 views

arstechnica.com/...un-on-a-probabilistic-computer PHY INF technology
shared by Marcus Maertens on 19 Sep 19 - No Cached
  • Marcus Maertens on 19 Sep 19
     
    advantages: p-bits run on room temperature and are easier to connect than q-bit.
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A Moon Space Elevator Is Actually Feasible and Inexpensive: Study | Observer - 1 views

observer.com/...nar-exploration-columbia-study space technology
shared by Marcus Maertens on 17 Sep 19 - No Cached
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  • Marcus Maertens on 17 Sep 19
     
    Recent study on a moon-based space elevator towards GEO
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Rocket Lab Announces Reusability Plans For Electron Rocket | Rocket Lab - 0 views

www.rocketlabusa.com/...lity-plans-for-electron-rocket space technology
shared by Marcus Maertens on 07 Aug 19 - No Cached
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  • Marcus Maertens on 07 Aug 19
     
    They want to catch the first stage of the Electron "Mid-air", using a helicopter. Would love to see that!
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LightSail 2 Spacecraft Successfully Demonstrates Flight by Light | The Planetary Society - 2 views

www.planetary.org/...uccessful-flight-by-light.html space technology
shared by Marcus Maertens on 01 Aug 19 - No Cached
  • Marcus Maertens on 01 Aug 19
     
    Crowd-funded LightSail is sailing in space!
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pyrasite: Tools for injecting code into running Python processes - 2 views

pyrasite.com INF
shared by Marcus Maertens on 26 Jul 19 - No Cached
  • Marcus Maertens on 26 Jul 19
     
    Need to tap into a python session? Look no further!
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Space Engine - the universe simulator - 3 views

spaceengine.org space fun
shared by Marcus Maertens on 25 Jul 19 - No Cached
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  • Marcus Maertens on 25 Jul 19
     
    Procedural generation for creating space stuff!
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AI Portraits Ars - 8 views

aiportraits.com AI fun
shared by Marcus Maertens on 23 Jul 19 - No Cached
  • Marcus Maertens on 23 Jul 19
     
    An interesting project that can teach you something about AI training bias. While the system can generate marvelous portraits, it was trained on images displaying not a smiling expression, so it will most likely fail on smiling photos.
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Parents Name Their Baby 'Google' After...Google - 4 views

kotaku.com/google-after-google-1836372361 fun
shared by Marcus Maertens on 22 Jul 19 - No Cached
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  • Marcus Maertens on 22 Jul 19
     
    His little sister is called "Bing"... not?
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No limit: AI poker bot is first to beat professionals at multiplayer game - 1 views

www.nature.com/...d41586-019-02156-9 AI
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  • Marcus Maertens on 12 Jul 19
     
    Another victory for our future robo-overlords.
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StarCraft II Official Game Site - 4 views

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shared by Marcus Maertens on 11 Jul 19 - No Cached
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  • Marcus Maertens on 11 Jul 19
     
    Correct me, if I am wrong, but AFAIK this is the first time an AI enters a ladder, i.e. playing against humans on their own terms in the wild and not as part of some pre-arranged experiment.
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Japan's Hayabusa2 probe makes second touchdown on distant asteroid | The Japan Times - 1 views

www.japantimes.co.jp/...ond-touchdown-distant-asteroid space
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  • Marcus Maertens on 11 Jul 19
     
    Collecting space rocks.
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Will California's New Bot Law Strengthen Democracy? | The New Yorker - 1 views

www.newyorker.com/...w-bot-law-strengthen-democracy AI
shared by Marcus Maertens on 05 Jul 19 - No Cached
  • Marcus Maertens on 05 Jul 19
     
    California wants to force bots to reveal their identity in communication.
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Unsupervised word embeddings capture latent knowledge from materials science literature... - 1 views

www.nature.com/...s41586-019-1335-8 AI
shared by Marcus Maertens on 05 Jul 19 - No Cached
  • Marcus Maertens on 05 Jul 19
     
    New results in NLP might allow to automate scientific discoveries by data mining of papers. Work considers 3.3M abstracts from material science, physics and chemistry and claims to discover new materials before they are published later on.
  • Marcus Maertens on 05 Jul 19
     
    That's cool! Didn't know.
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