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Sep 16, 2016

New EU rules decree free, public 100Mbps Wi-Fi in every town in Europe

Posted by in category: internet

In the same address that claims the EU is in an “existential crisis,” its executive body president laid out plans to boot public internet access forward in a big way.

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Sep 16, 2016

GlobalFoundries announces new 7nm FinFET process, full node shrink

Posted by in category: computing

GlobalFoundries is planning an aggressive rollout schedule for next-generation technologies like 7nm manufacturing and FD-SOI.

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Sep 16, 2016

Fish lose their unique personality when they go to ‘school’

Posted by in category: futurism

Despite individual animals having their own personality, this gets suppressed when they make decisions together in a group, new research has found.

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Sep 16, 2016

What Happens if SpaceX Beats NASA to Mars?

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

If the Elon Musk-led company beats the $20 billion federal agency to the red planet, here’s what the consequences would be.

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Sep 16, 2016

Living Eye Implant Uses Lab-Grown Cells to Restore Sight

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Our eyes are one of our most complex body parts, made up of numerous delicate cell structures that work together seamlessly to allow us to see. Conditions like far-sightedness, glaucoma, and cataracts are widespread, and it’s no wonder given the fragile nature of the eye’s many components.

In the worst-case scenario, optical cells malfunction to the point of blindness. But a group of scientists at the University of Melbourne in Australia recently took a critical step towards alleviating and even curing a common vision problem. Added to groundbreaking work in other areas, blindness could become an affliction of the past.

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Sep 16, 2016

Boston Dynamics brings Spot robot to Disrupt SF

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Spot comes on stage at Disrupt SF.

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Sep 16, 2016

Artificial intelligence is helping blind people see

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Microsoft’s new AI glasses are helping blind people see. A great example of AI+human collaboration tech for the betterment of humanity.

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Sep 16, 2016

Researchers are figuring out how to make virtual assistants understand your feelings

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

One research lab is working on the next iteration of virtual assistants, those that can recognize and react to emotional cues.

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Sep 16, 2016

Unbreakable Encryption: Work Has Begun on the World’s First Quantum Enigma Machine

Posted by in categories: encryption, quantum physics

The University of Rochester’s new quantum enigma machine is taking data encryption to a whole new level. This means shorter encryption keys and more difficult message interception.

Need a way to prevent the enemy from intercepting and deciphering your message?

American mathematician Claude Shannon, AKA the “father of information theory” had a way to do it. He came up with a binary system that could transmit messages under three conditions: the key is random, used only once, and is at least as long as the message itself. A long key, though, sounds like a pain.

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Sep 16, 2016

This is the worlds first airbag for cyclists!

Posted by in category: futurism

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