May 26, 2021
AI emotion-detection software tested on Uyghurs
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
A software engineer tells BBC’s Panorama about installing the system in police stations in Xinjiang.
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May 26, 2021
The Orca: This Autonomous Submarine Will Fight the Wars of the Future
Posted by Jason Blain in categories: military, robotics/AI
The 50-ton Voyager was developed by Boeing’s PhantomWorks division, which is devoted to advanced new technologies, succeeding a series of smaller Echo Seeker and Echo Ranger UUVs. The 15.5-meter long Echo Voyager has a range of nearly 7500 miles. It has also deployed at sea up to three months in a test, and theoretically could last as long as six months.
Supposedly, Voyager also can dive as deep as 3350 meters—while few military submarines are (officially) certified for dives below 500 meters.
And it isn’t the only robot submarine in the works.
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May 26, 2021
Mars Research | Artificial Muscle
Posted by Raphael Ramos in categories: bioprinting, cyborgs, Elon Musk, robotics/AI, space
May 26, 2021
You can live to 150? Scientists create app that shows human lifespan could nearly double
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, mobile phones, robotics/AI
An iPhone app that estimates biological aging discovered that life expectancy has the capacity to be almost double the current norm.
GEYLANG, Singapore — Have you made any plans for the 22nd century yet? A new study finds you might want to think about it because it’s possible for humans to live to see their 150th birthday!
Scientists in Singapore have developed an iPhone app that accurately estimates biological aging. It discovered that life expectancy has the capacity to be almost double the current norm. The findings are based on blood samples from hundreds of thousands of people in the United States and United Kingdom.
May 25, 2021
These microscopic robots swim through the ocean and dissolve microplastics
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: materials, robotics/AI
Our oceans are filled with tiny pieces of plastic. These tiny devices can break them down.
May 25, 2021
Strange robotic thumb can impact how the hand is represented in the brain
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI
UCL researchers have created a strange robotic “third thumb” that attaches to the hand and adds a large extra digit on the opposite side of the hand from the thumb. Researchers found that using the robotic thumb can impact how the hand is represented in the brain. For the research, scientists trained people to use an extra robotic thumb and found they could effectively carry out dexterous tasks such as building a tower of blocks using a single hand with two thumbs.
Researchers said that participants trained to use the extra thumb increasingly felt like it was part of their body. Initially, the Third Thumb was part of a project seeking to reframe the way people view prosthetics from replacing a lost function to becoming an extension of the human body. UCL Professor Tamar Makin says body augmentation is a growing field aimed at extending the physical abilities of humans.
May 25, 2021
The World’s First Robot Chef Is Finally Here, and It Even Cleans Up After Itself
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: food, robotics/AI
Anyone who spends a lot of time in the kitchen knows that there’s at least one gadget out there for every single step in the cooking process. But there has never been an appliance that could handle them all. Until now, that is.
Later this year, London-based robotics company Moley will begin selling the first robot chef, according to the Financial Times. The company claims the ceiling-mounted device, called the Moley Robotics Kitchen, will be able to cook over 5000 recipes and even clean up after itself when it’s done.
May 25, 2021
Samsung Develops a Very Fast 512GB DDR5 Memory Module
Posted by Hiel Salming Gagarin in categories: biotech/medical, finance, robotics/AI, supercomputing
2 sticks of RAM giving you 1TB of memory will be the norm soon.
While consumers today typically use computers with 8GB or 16GB of DDR4 RAM inside, Samsung is pushing ahead with the next generation of memory modules. Its latest stick of RAM is a 512GB DDR5 module running at 7200Mbps.
The new module will be used in servers performing “the most extreme compute-hungry, high-bandwidth workloads.” That means supercomputers, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. It was made possible thanks to advanced HKMG technology, which Samsung adopted back in 2018 for its GDDR6 memory. Basically, HKMG replaces the insulator layer in DRAM structures. The high dielectric material contained in the layer reduces current leakage and therefore allows higher performance. At the same time, Samsung managed to reduce power usage in the new module by 13%.
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May 25, 2021
Microsoft has built an AI-powered autocomplete for code using GPT-3
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: robotics/AI
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Microsoft has announced an update for its PowerApps software that uses GPT-3 to turn natural speech into code. The tool only works with the company’s simple Power Fx coding language, but it shows the potential of machine learning to transform programming.
May 25, 2021
New Dark Matter Map Reveals Hidden Bridges Between Galaxies
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: cosmology, physics, robotics/AI
A new map of dark matter in the local universe reveals several previously undiscovered filamentary structures connecting galaxies. The map, developed using machine learning by an international team including a Penn State astrophysicist, could enable studies about the nature of dark matter as well as about the history and future of our local universe.
Dark matter is an elusive substance that makes up 80% of the universe. It also provides the skeleton for what cosmologists call the cosmic web, the large-scale structure of the universe that, due to its gravitational influence, dictates the motion of galaxies and other cosmic material. However, the distribution of local dark matter is currently unknown because it cannot be measured directly. Researchers must instead infer its distribution based on its gravitational influence on other objects in the universe, like galaxies.
“Ironically, it’s easier to study the distribution of dark matter much further away because it reflects the very distant past, which is much less complex,” said Donghui Jeong, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State and a corresponding author of the study. “Over time, as the large-scale structure of the universe has grown, the complexity of the universe has increased, so it is inherently harder to make measurements about dark matter locally.”
