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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Airman and his Robot
The future of an augmented and networked military.Tech. Sgt. .... 321st Contingency Response Squadron security team, patrols with a Ghost Robotics Vision 60 prototype...
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Soft 3D Printing via NIST
All the examples I have seen up front are 'hard', seems a considerable update.NIST Scientists Get Soft on 3D Printing By U.S. National Institute of StandardsStandards...
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Rand: Predicting the Future
How Accurate Are Predictions for the Future? In the Rand Review, with some interesting links and some of Rands own contributions to the topic, the Delphi technique...
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Carebots vs Doctors
Just about to have my second remote Dr visit of the Pandemic era. So the question is home for me. Now this is just a phone remote visit, really just a conference...
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Self Erasing Chip
Some intriguing applications, could have used this for counterfeiting applications. Expiring analysis applications.A Self-Erasing Chip for Security, Anti-Counterfeit...
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AFWERX Announces Speakers for EngageSpace – Space Industry Event, Sept. 29-30, 2020
Las Vegas, Sept. 21, 2020 – AFWERX, the U.S. Air Force’s innovation catalyst, announced its line-up of keynote speakers and panels for EngageSpace, the interactive...
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Ring Makes a Home Patrolling Drone
This could be a life and home changer. Have seen some things that were similar. Can this work in the messy environment of a home? Ring made a security drone that...
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Training Machines to see 3D in the Dark
A kind of enhanced sensory interaction. Security an obvious application. Low light applications.How to Train a Machine to See 3D in the DarkAustralian National...
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SC20 Announces Record Number of Teams for Annual Student Cluster Competition
This year’s Student Cluster Competition at SC20 will include two firsts: it will involve the most number of teams (19) in the competition’s 14-year history, and...
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Applying Mathematics and Computer Science to Everyday Life – Anecdotes from Donald Knuth and Robert Tarjan
On day two of the Virtual Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) 2020, Robert Endre Tarjan and Donald Ervin Knuth engaged in a freewheeling conversation about mathematics...
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Applying Mathematics and Computer Science to Everyday Life – Anecdotes from Donald Knuth and Robert Tarjan
On day two of the Virtual Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) 2020, Robert Endre Tarjan and Donald Ervin Knuth engaged in a freewheeling conversation about mathematics...
From insideHPC
U.S. Announces AI R&D Agreement with UK
The Trump Administration announced today that the United States and the United Kingdom signed a Declaration on Cooperation in Artificial Intelligence Research and...
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Google Maps now Providing Pandemic Warnings
I do wonder about the liability for giving information that leads to transmission? COVID-19 Google Maps updatesIf your area is affected by COVID-19, you can use...
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Measuring Why Users Click on Fraudulent Emails
What seems a useful measurement scale for understanding this. Its still very basic behavior.The Phish Scale: NIST-Developed Method Helps IT Staff See Why Users...
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Exploring World of Smart Contracts with MadMax
A space we have now looked at for some time, a somewhat technical example well worth going through. Note close attention to 'vulnerabilities' which remain at...
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Vulnerability Disclosure in Cryptocurrencies
Very good, piece. Its been difficult to accept the vulnerabilities that have been revealed to expose monetary systems to it. A good review of recent examples...
From Putting People First
Lack of partnership with key community members causes ICT4D projects to fail
The main lesson is that even a nearly imperceptible deviation from the full inclusion of all relevant parties in every aspect of the project can result in large...
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Earth System Modeling: Exascale and Long-Range Forecasting of Storms, Droughts, Sea Level Rise
In this interview, award winning scientist Mark Taylor at Sandia National Laboratories’ Center for Computing Research talks about the use of exascale-class supercomputers...
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Amazon Refreshes Echo Lineup
Amazon Echo Moves forward, looks to be a considerable update.Amazon refreshes Echo lineup with new custom chip By Stephanie Condon for Between the Lines | in ZDNet...
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