Tag: Computers

Twenty Years Before the Bestseller, Olivia Ramirez Smith Was Reading Nervous Systems

Before the bestseller and before the film, Olivia Ramirez Smith spent two decades in treatment rooms learning to read what a nervous system was doing.

Styrofoam Sucks, so She Invented ‘Nanowood’ to Replace it

In order to save our planet, we’ve got to get creative and rethink many of the materials that we use on a daily basis. Styrofoam is one ubiquitous material adding to our landfill problem. Some cities have banned its usage, while others are pledging to do. Tian Li, a post-doc student at the University of Maryland, has taken the no styrofoam pledge one step further...
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Should You Cover Your Webcam With Tape? FBI Director Says Yes

If you're not covering your webcam with a piece of tape when not in use already, it's probably a good time to start. Yes, your...

Google’s Artificial Intelligence Uses ‘Imagination’ to Win World’s Hardest Game

News about a supercomputer beating a human at a board-game doesn’t quite capture the public imagination like it used to. A lot was made...

Computers Are Closing In On Possessing The Artificial Intelligence Of A Two-Year-Old

The race for AI is in full-swing with companies like Facebook, Google, and China’s Baidu all spending billions of dollars to create software that...

Old Computer Parts Find New Life in the Form of Beautiful Insect Sculptures

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IBM’s Quest to Clone the Brain with New Computer Language

Science has long been fascinated with the idea of recreating human intelligence, and while that mystery may be distant beacon on the horizon, recreating...

‘Deep Learning’ Reveals Computers of the Future Will Soon Think for Themselves

What if machines could not only learn, but learn by themselves without the input of a human mastermind? It's a radical idea, one that...

Ancient ‘Computer’ Proves Greeks Had Everything Figured Out Way Before Us

In the year 1900, a group of sponge divers were exploring the ocean floor off the coast of Antikythera, a Greek island in the...