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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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Wider View of Smart Contracts
Smarter but also more usefully cooperative too.Smart Contracts are Here and They’re Getting Smarterby Thomas Frey | Dec 9, 2021 | Future Trends in Futurist Speaker...
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Heterogeneous Computing
More by Vint Cerf, previously discussed, cant we get computers to better work together? Communicate better. The ultimate idea of AI is one way. communicating...
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Communicating Blockchains
Intriguing statement and challenge, following up. An illustration of fragmented blockchains. How Can We Get Blockchains to Talk to Each Other?IEEE Spectrum, Edd...
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Math of Knots and Machine Learning
Big interest in the natural and useful topology of knotsUK AI Helps Untangle the Math of KnotsNature. Davide Castelvecchi, December 1, 2021Researchers at U.K.-based...
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Productivity of Wealth
Of interest, via McKinsey:The rise and rise of the global balance sheet: How productively are we using our wealth?Net worth has tripled since 2000, but the increase...
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Looking for Risk Patterns in Serious Illness
Analyzing Kinds of Risk is important.AI Program Helps Identify Patients at High Risk of Serious Illness By Tel-Aviv University, December 8, 2021Researchers atThe...
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NVIDIA Launches New Mining GPUs
Implications? More general in usage? Nvidia quietly launches more GPUs for mining, not gaming By Myles Goldman, December 7, 2021 2:23PM Nvidia pulled a...
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Windows Defender with Windows 10 (latest version) Test vs Ransomware.
Comments on the use of standard security tools for RansomwareThe PC Security Channel 162K subscribersWindows Defender with Windows 10 (latest version) Test vs...
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Map of Quantum Computing
See below, well done, below was provided by Qiskit.orgMap of Quantum computing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UlxHPIEVqA&t=25s A good non technical summary...
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Volcanic Tracking in an Open Air Lab
Been monitoring global volcanic activity for some years. Just loosely involved with monitoring the La Palma volcanic event by looking at tracking data for current...
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Tales and Tests of the Faraday Bag
Most interesting look and test of a faraday 'bag', aka 'cage'. for security of devices in our growing world of things. Saw this quoted in Schneier , where...
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Tool Predicts Where Coronavirus Binds to Human Proteins
Computational tool for predicting binding sites.Tool Predicts Where Coronavirus Binds to Human ProteinsCornell Chronicle, Krishna Ramanujan, November 29, 2021Cornell...
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Storing Data with DNA
Often brought up, as an interesting benchmark? Scientists Claim Big Advance in Using DNA to Store DataBBC News, Paul Rincon, December 1, 2021Scientists at the Georgia...
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Mckinsey Most Recent Reports:
Most Recently from McKinsey & Company Monthly Highlights, December 2021While economic growth has been sluggish over the past two decades in advanced economies,the...
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Machine Learning and Disease Treatments
'Transformational' Approach to ML Could Accelerate Search for Disease TreatmentsUniversity of Cambridge (U.K.), in CACM.November 29, 2021The transformational machine...
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Creating 3D Maps with a Backpack
Intriguing LIDAR example here. Accuracy and use example? Could have used this for mapping retail interiors during sales analysis.Creating 3D Maps with a Backpack...
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The Future is Big Graphs
Like the thought. But how do we define big here? Complete?The Future Is Big Graphs: A Community View on Graph Processing SystemsBy Sherif Sakr, Angela Bonifati...
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Laser Space Communications Sat to be Launched
New aims to improve solar system wide communications.How NASA's new laser communications mission will work in space in Space.comBy Elizabeth Howell about 5The...
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Simpler Quantum Computer Design
Simplicity is good.Stanford Engineers Propose Simpler Design for Quantum ComputersStanford News, McKenzie Prillaman, November 29, 2021Stanford University engineers...
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