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WEB3 days ago · This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through September 14) Singularity Hub Staff - September 14, 2024.
This Wild Video Maps the Entire Internet and Its Evolution Since …
WEBFeb 28, 2021 · This Wild Video Maps the Entire Internet and Its Evolution Since 1997. In the early days of digital computing, the machines were monolithic and isolated. They didn’t communicate. In fact, they couldn’t communicate. There was no lingua franca. This problem was no secret. Computer scientists had been working on ways to network computers as ...
New AI Mimics Any Voice in a Matter of Minutes - Singularity Hub
WEBMay 24, 2017 · The entire recording was generated by a new AI with the ability to mimic natural conversation, at a rate much faster than any previous speech synthesizer. Announced last week, Lyrebird’s program analyzes a single minute of voice recording and extracts a person’s “speech DNA” using machine learning. From there, it …
How Will the Universe End? Scientists Seek an Answer in the …
WEBJanuary 16, 2022. This week, astrophysicists presented the biggest map of the universe yet. Having nailed down the position of 7.5 million galaxies, the map is larger and more detailed than all its predecessors combined. And it’s nowhere near complete. Using the ultra-precise Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), the team is adding the ...
Nanorobots: Where We Are Today and Why Their Future Has …
WEBMay 16, 2016 · The new nano-engines could lead to nanorobots small enough to enter living cells to fight disease, the researchers say. Professor Jeremy Baumberg from the Cavendish Laboratory, who led the research, has named the devices ‘actuating nanotransducers’ (ANTs). ‘Like real ants, they produce …
Thinking Like a Human: What It Means to Give AI a Theory of Mind
WEBSep 19, 2018 · Last month, a team of self-taught AI gamers lost spectacularly against human professionals in a highly-anticipated galactic melee. Taking place as part of the International Dota 2 Championships in Vancouver, Canada, the game showed that in broader strategic thinking and collaboration, humans still remain on top.. The AI was a series of algorithms developed by the Elon Musk-backed non-profit ...
The Benefits of a Mini Wind Turbine for Home | Singularity Hub
WEBJul 9, 2017 · According to its creator, Semtive Energy CEO Ignacio Juarez, a Nemoi turbine can power a four-person household at wind speeds of just 10-13 miles per hour. It’s also made of 95 percent recyclable aluminum, can be quickly assembled by one person, and is locally manufactured. Semtive Energy / Flickr. Nemoi was …
How DeepMind’s AI Helped Crack Two Mathematical Puzzles That …
WEBDec 7, 2021 · How DeepMind’s AI Helped Crack Two Mathematical Puzzles That Stumped Humans for Decades. By Shelly Fan. December 7, 2021. With his telescope, Galileo gathered a vast trove of observations on celestial objects. With his mind, he found patterns in that universe of data, creating theories on motion …
3 Major Materials Science Breakthroughs—and Why They Matter …
WEBMay 21, 2020 · In robotics, new materials are helping us create the artificial muscles needed for humanoid, soft robots—think Westworld in your world. Let’s unpack some of the leading materials science breakthroughs of the past decade. (1) Lithium-ion batteries. The lithium-ion battery, which today powers everything from …
Boston Dynamics Says Farewell to Its Humanoid Atlas …
WEBApril 17, 2024. Yesterday, Boston Dynamics announced it was retiring its hydraulic Atlas robot. Atlas has long been the standard bearer of advanced humanoid robots. Over the years, the company was known as much for its research robots as it was for slick viral videos of them working out in military fatigues, forming dance mobs, and doing parkour.