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Mar 13, 2017
Western Digital Is Starting To Produce World’s First 64-Layer 3D NAND Flash Memory Chip
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: computing
Western Digital begins production of the first 64-layers 3D NAND memory chip in the world. (Photo : SanDisk / YouTube)
Western Digital has announced on Monday, Feb. 6, that it has started its production of the densest 3D NAND flash memory chips in the industry. The new Western Digital 3D NAND chips enable three bits of data to be stored in each cell and stack 64 layers atop another.
Mar 13, 2017
These are the Basic Income Experiments Coming in 2017
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: economics, robotics/AI
Mar 13, 2017
Tesla is so sure its cars are safe you’ll say goodbye to a lot more than just steering wheels
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation
In the self-driving future envisioned by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, car owners might be saying “goodbye” to a whole lot more than steering wheels.
Musk is so sure of the safety features bundled into Tesla vehicles that his company has begun offering some customers a lifetime insurance and maintenance package at the time of purchase.
No more monthly insurance bills. No more unexpected repair costs.
Mar 13, 2017
BMW and LEGO collaborated to create the concept hoverbike of our dreams
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: futurism, transportation
LEGO and BMW teamed up to create a model set for one of the automaker’s most popular motorcycles – BMW R 1200 GS Adventure.
Lego Technic engineers used the same 603 pieces from the model to construct a concept hoverbike. Then, their colleagues at BMW, impressed by the design, built a life-sized replica of the futuristic bike.
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Mar 13, 2017
DeepCoder builds programs using code it finds lying around
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: robotics/AI, security
Like all great programmers I get most of my code from StackOverflow questions. Can’t figure out how to add authentication to Flask? Easy. Want to shut down sendmail? Boom. Now, thanks to all the code on the Internet, a robot can be as smart as a $180,000 coder.
The system, called DeepCoder, basically searches a corpus of code to build a project that works to spec. It’s been used to complete programming competitions and could be pointed at a larger set of data to build more complex products.
From the paper:
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Mar 13, 2017
Scientists Have Finally Figured out How Cancer Spreads Through the Bloodstream
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in category: biotech/medical
In Brief In a new report, scientists detail that have have observed how cancer cells spread from the initial tumor to the bloodstream. This development could allow us to better understand cancer and, thus, how to fight it.
In what could be a major step forward in our understanding of how cancer moves around the body, researchers have observed the spread of cancer cells from the initial tumour to the bloodstream.
The findings suggest that secondary growths called metastases ‘punch’ their way through the walls of small blood vessels by targeting a molecule known as Death Receptor 6 (no, really, that’s what it’s called). This then sets off a self-destruct process in the blood vessels, allowing the cancer to spread.
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Mar 13, 2017
Uber’s Artificial Intelligence Research Guru Steps Down
Posted by Alireza Mokri in category: robotics/AI
Uber Technologies’ Gary Marcus said he is stepping down from his post as head of AI Labs, four months after the unit was created.
Gary Marcus, head of the recently launched AI Labs, said in a Facebook post on Wednesday that he is stepping down and will serve as a special advisor to AI Labs.
The ride-hailing app created AI Labs last year and also acquired Geometric Intelligence to form the initial AI Labs team.
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Mar 13, 2017
Goldcorp partners with IBM to hunt for exploration targets at Red Lake
Posted by Alireza Mokri in categories: robotics/AI, supercomputing
Goldcorp (NYSE: GG, TSX: G) is teaming up with one of the world’s largest computer companies to help it find more gold at its storied Red Lake mine in Ontario.
Vancouver-based Goldcorp announced on March 3 it is bringing IBM Watson technology to Canadian mining for the first time. Named after IBM’s founder, Thomas J. Watson, Watson is a supercomputer that combines artificial intelligence with analytical software. According to WhatIs, IBM Watson replicates the human ability to answer questions by accessing 90 servers with a combines data storage of 200 million pages of information. Yet it can squeeze into a space that would fit 10 refrigerators. The supercomputer memorized the “urban dictionary” in 2013.
While the High Grade Zone (HGZ) has been the backbone of the Red Lake operation, with an average gold grade over two ounces per tonne, HGZ is expected to be depleted by 2020. Thus the need for more exploration to keep the mine going.
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