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Dec 10, 2021

How neural networks simulate symbolic reasoning

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Researchers at the University of Texas have discovered a new way for neural networks to simulate symbolic reasoning. This discovery sparks an exciting path toward uniting deep learning and symbolic reasoning AI.

In the new approach, each neuron has a specialized function that relates to specific concepts. “It opens the black box of standard deep learning models while also being able to handle more complex problems than what symbolic AI has typically handled,” Paul Blazek, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center researcher and one of the authors of the Nature paper, told VentureBeat.

This work complements previous research on neurosymbolic methods such as MIT’s Clevrer, which has shown some promise in predicting and explaining counterfactual possibilities more effectively than neural networks. Additionally, DeepMind researchers previously elaborated on another neural network approach that outperformed state-of-the-art neurosymbolic approaches.

Dec 10, 2021

Autonomous robot for concentrated solar power installation and maintenance

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, solar power, sustainability

Heliogen announced the roll-out of its robots to install and clean its CSP plants.


Heliogen, a California-based developer of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants, held the first technical demonstration of its ICARUS, or Installation & Cleaning Autonomous Robot & Utility Solution.

ICARUS is a system of autonomous robots designed to clean the heliostats, which are the reflective mirrors of the CSP system. Heliostats reflect sunlight into a collection tower, where the light and heat is converted to electricity and usable thermal energy. Recently, the company partnered with Bloom Energy to produce hydrogen fuel.

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Dec 10, 2021

World population forecast to decline for the first time in centuries

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

Stein Emil Vollset, the study’s lead author and Professor of Global Health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), elaborated on the findings.

“The last time that global population declined was in the mid 14th century, due to the Black Plague,” he told IFLScience. “If our forecast is correct, it will be the first time population decline is driven by fertility decline, as opposed to events such as a pandemic or famine.”

Some countries, however, are forecasted to see an increase in population.

Dec 10, 2021

China could surpass US in core 21st Century technologies within a decade: Harvard

Posted by in categories: internet, robotics/AI

They have cheap labour.


With China aggressively expanding in various fields like artificial intelligence, 5G networking, semiconductors, and more, it appears that the nation will be overtaking the US in 21st century technologies within just a decade.

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Dec 10, 2021

How Sand Mining Is Quietly Creating A Major Global Environmental Crisis | Forbes

Posted by in categories: business, habitats

Globally, it’s estimated that we mine as much as 50 billion metric tonnes of sand every year to build our roads, bridges, skyscrapers, homes and more. Rapid urbanization around the world has made sand a high value commodity, so much so that, for some, it’s even worth killing for. But not all sand is the same, and experts say some mining operations are damaging ecosystems, infrastructure and putting people in danger around the world.

0:00 Intro.
1:06 How the world uses sand.
3:46 Inside the growing demand for sand.
6:08 How the world mines sand.
7:33 A look at the environmental effects of sand mining.
9:20 Explaining sand mafias and cartels.
11:14 Exploring alternative building materials.
13:04 The future of sand and concrete.

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Dec 10, 2021

Mercedes-Benz gets world’s first approval for automated driving system

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

*slaps roof* This baby practically drives itself.


Drivers will be able to take their eyes off the road at speeds of up to 37 mph.

Dec 10, 2021

Teams of #unmanned aerial and ground vehicles swarmed a mock city in the last of six experiments for the OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

which envisions coordinating hundreds of #robots for missions in urban areas. http://ow.ly/OtWm50H8by5


Researchers have refined a molecule that shows promise for the prevention of Parkinson’s disease.

Dec 10, 2021

Are Scientists Homing in on a Cure for Parkinson’s Disease?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, neuroscience

Researchers have refined a molecule that shows promise for the prevention of Parkinson’s disease.… See more.


Summary: Researchers have refined a molecule that shows promise for the prevention of Parkinson’s disease.

Source: University of Bath

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Dec 10, 2021

Carrier Bush prepares for additional Stingray testing

Posted by in categories: military, robotics/AI

https://buff.ly/3yezAQJ #UAV #Defence #OSINT


Technicians plan to conduct deck-handling testing of the MQ-25 Stingray on the aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush (CVN 77) while the ship is underway in December. (Michael Fabey)

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Dec 10, 2021

Fine-Tuning Motivation in the Brain

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Summary: Researchers implicate neurons in the anterior insula cortex as a driving force for motivation in the brain, according to a new mouse study.

Source: CSHL

A characteristic of depression is a lack of motivation. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Professor Bo Li, in collaboration with CSHL Adjunct Professor Z. Josh Huang, discovered a group of neurons in the mouse brain that influences the animal’s motivation to perform tasks for rewards.